What are the responsibilities and job description for the AWS Technical Project manager position at Edge Global?
Seattle, WA / Austin, TX
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Technical Project Manager
Key Responsibilities
Program & Delivery Management
- Own and drive large, complex technical programs involving multiple engineering teams and stakeholders
- Define program vision, roadmap, milestones, and success metrics
- Manage dependencies, risks, and trade offs, ensuring on time delivery with high quality
- Lead program reviews, deep dives, and executive updates using clear data driven narratives
- Technical Leadership
- Partner with software engineers and architects on the design and delivery of Java based services
- Deeply understand system architecture, APIs, data flows, and AWS infrastructure
- Evaluate technical design trade offs with a focus on scalability, resiliency, security, and performance
- Review architecture documents, design proposals, and operational readiness plans
AWS & Cloud Initiatives
- Drive programs involving AWS services such as:
- EC2, S3, RDS/DynamoDB
- Lambda, API Gateway, SQS/SNS
- CloudWatch, IAM, VPC
- Promote best practices for cloud cost optimization, security, reliability, and automation
Stakeholder & Communication Management
- Act as the primary point of contact for cross org technical programs
- Bridge communication between engineering, product, operations, and business teams
- Proactively surface risks and propose mitigation strategies
- Influence without authority across teams and organizational boundaries
- Operational Excellence
- Drive operational readiness, monitoring, and incident management
- Analyze post launch metrics and customer feedback to drive continuous improvement
- Champion automation, tooling, and process improvements
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 5 8 years of experience in Technical Program Management or Engineering roles
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Hands on experience or deep understanding of Java based backend systems
- Experience delivering programs on AWS or other cloud platforms
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (experience writing technical documents and PR/FAQ preferred)
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
- Prior experience working on large scale distributed systems
- Strong understanding of microservices architecture and RESTful APIs
- Experience working with Agile / Scrum / Kanban methodologies
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code
Key Skills
- Technical Program Management
- AWS Cloud Architecture
- Java & Backend Systems
- Distributed Systems
- Risk & Dependency Management
- Stakeholder Communication
- Data driven Decision Making