Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announced today the opening of its office in San Juan for which it will seek to establish a local team of professionals.
At a press conference, the company announced that it will support the rapid adoption of cloud computing in the country and in the rest of the Caribbean.
As part of this expansion, AWS also plans to hire highly-skilled professionals for sales, public sector, marketing, and engineering and technical consulting roles who will be based in Puerto Rico.
“Puerto Rico is an important market for AWS in the Caribbean, where companies have been innovating and using the cloud to accelerate time to market and expand their businesses to reach local customers and around the world,” said Marcos Grilanda. , Regional Director of the commercial sector of AWS.
“The decision to open an AWS office in Puerto Rico speaks to the growing demand from our customers, the wide pool of talent that the Island has, and the investment we are making to support cloud adoption in the country. We are very excited to work with more Puerto Rican companies to help them drive innovation within their organizations while maintaining industry-high levels of reliability, privacy, and security,” he added.
The new office will establish a local group of account executives, solution architects, partner managers, support staff, and other functions for customers to engage directly with AWS in their local environment and language.
This news comes as AWS and Amazon continue their investments and expansion processes in Central and Latin America.
Also, together with the new office, and as part of its commitment to social responsibility, AWS announced the launch of its free Re/Start education program in conjunction with the Department of Economic Development and the Ana G. Mendez University. The companies will offer unemployed or underemployed Puerto Ricans the chance to prepare for careers in the cloud. The course includes hands-on labs, learning about Linux, programming languages like Python, networking, security, databases, and exercises based on real situations. Additionally, to validate their cloud skills, the program will provide free access for students to earn the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification, preparing them for roles in operations, site reliability, and infrastructure support.
People who are interested in a position in Puerto Rico, or any of the Amazon companies around the world, can apply online at www.amazon.jobs
