Operations Analyst, RI Operations
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. AWS offers over 100 fully featured services to millions of active customers around the world—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—to power their infrastructure.
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
The AWS RI Operations Team is in need of a driven, analytical, and process-oriented individual to own the creation and processing of Reservation Product transaction requests. We're looking for a motivated self-starter who is excited to escalate systemic issues, identify opportunities for improvement, has experience meeting strict SLAs, is comfortable working from a ticket queue, and has a passion for accuracy.
Key job responsibilities
- Process and audit Reservation Product transactions such as: cancellations, purchases, migrations, and modifications while adhering to Legal, Security, and Compliance requirements
- Occasionally act as escalation point for Reservation Product requests and issues
- Investigate data discrepancies, quickly establish root causes, and propose appropriate solutions
- Vocally self-critical to allow for self-correction of errors
- Communicate effectively across all related channels to ensure transparency of process
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Accounting, or a related field
- 2+ years experience in business analysis and functional roles requiring quantitative, analytical and organizational skills, including intermediate Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLookups)
- Experience with Microsoft Excel including the ability to create pivot tables and charts, develop formulas such as SUMIF, and use VLookup formulas
Preferred qualifications
- Experience working with a queue of requests with Service Level Agreements (SLA) and accuracy targets against Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
- Experience navigating a knowledge base and following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Experience performing data analysis and troubleshooting data integrity issues
- Occasionally retrieve and evaluate data using Excel and other data management/BI systems
A day in the life
1. Process reservation transactions — Work through a ticket queue to action cancellations, purchases, migrations, and modifications of Reserved Instance products, ensuring each request meets Legal, Security, and Compliance requirements within strict SLAs.
2. Investigate and resolve data discrepancies — Identify root causes of transaction errors or mismatches, propose solutions, and self-audit work to maintain accuracy across all processed requests.
3. Escalate systemic issues and drive improvements — Flag recurring patterns or process gaps to leadership, and recommend operational improvements that reduce manual effort or prevent future errors.
4. Communicate and collaborate across channels — Provide transparent status updates on in-flight requests, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and occasionally retrieve and evaluate data in Excel or BI tools to support decision-making.
About the team
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
About Sales, Marketing and Global Services (SMGS)
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
The AWS RI Operations Team is in need of a driven, analytical, and process-oriented individual to own the creation and processing of Reservation Product transaction requests. We're looking for a motivated self-starter who is excited to escalate systemic issues, identify opportunities for improvement, has experience meeting strict SLAs, is comfortable working from a ticket queue, and has a passion for accuracy.
Key job responsibilities
- Process and audit Reservation Product transactions such as: cancellations, purchases, migrations, and modifications while adhering to Legal, Security, and Compliance requirements
- Occasionally act as escalation point for Reservation Product requests and issues
- Investigate data discrepancies, quickly establish root causes, and propose appropriate solutions
- Vocally self-critical to allow for self-correction of errors
- Communicate effectively across all related channels to ensure transparency of process
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Accounting, or a related field
- 2+ years experience in business analysis and functional roles requiring quantitative, analytical and organizational skills, including intermediate Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLookups)
- Experience with Microsoft Excel including the ability to create pivot tables and charts, develop formulas such as SUMIF, and use VLookup formulas
Preferred qualifications
- Experience working with a queue of requests with Service Level Agreements (SLA) and accuracy targets against Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
- Experience navigating a knowledge base and following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Experience performing data analysis and troubleshooting data integrity issues
- Occasionally retrieve and evaluate data using Excel and other data management/BI systems
A day in the life
1. Process reservation transactions — Work through a ticket queue to action cancellations, purchases, migrations, and modifications of Reserved Instance products, ensuring each request meets Legal, Security, and Compliance requirements within strict SLAs.
2. Investigate and resolve data discrepancies — Identify root causes of transaction errors or mismatches, propose solutions, and self-audit work to maintain accuracy across all processed requests.
3. Escalate systemic issues and drive improvements — Flag recurring patterns or process gaps to leadership, and recommend operational improvements that reduce manual effort or prevent future errors.
4. Communicate and collaborate across channels — Provide transparent status updates on in-flight requests, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and occasionally retrieve and evaluate data in Excel or BI tools to support decision-making.
About the team
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
About Sales, Marketing and Global Services (SMGS)
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.