Career Exploration Videos for the Classroom

Amina is a hardware engineer at Amazon Web Services. Amina is an expert on the storage equipment at data centers and helps engineers fix issues with the hardware. Learn what a hardware engineer does, how Amina got into the field, and what she loves about her career. This video is part of the Uncovering Cloud Computing tour.

Veronica is a data center operations technician, also known as a DCO, at Amazon Web Services. Her role is to maintain the equipment that stores data from millions of users around the world. Learn what a DCO does, Veronica’s pathway to her career, and what she loves about working at AWS. This video is part of the Uncovering Cloud Computing tour.

Christopher is a fiber splicer at Team Fishel. As a fiber splicer, him and his team work to make connections between cables both under and over ground to ensure data can move around the world and you stay connected. Learn more about fiber splicing, how Christopher entered this field, and what he loves about his job. This video is part of the Uncovering Cloud Computing tour.

Roman is a data center network engineer at Amazon Web Services. His role is to build the network that allows computers around the world to talk to each other and ensures data makes it to the right place. Learn what a network engineer does, Roman’s pathway into his career, and what he loves about being a network engineer. This video is part of the Uncovering Cloud Computing tour.

At Amazon Web Services, Sara and Gail are Data Center Engineering Operations Technicians, or DCEO for short. They make sure the infrastructure is always working so there is no interruption to getting your data! Learn what a DCEO does, Sara and Gail’s unique pathways into their careers, and what they love about being a DCEO. This video is part of the Keeping Data Safe and Sustainable tour.

Tiffany is a controls manager at Amazon Web Services. Her team monitors the systems at data centers to ensure they are always functioning to keep services up and running. Learn more about what a controls manager does, Tiffany’s pathway into her role, and what she loves about her job. This video is part of the Keeping Data Safe and Sustainable tour.

Thomas is the director of security at Amazon Web Services. In his role, he makes sure your data is protected with both physical security at data centers and cybersecurity online. Learn what it means to work in cybersecurity, how Thomas got into his role, and what he loves about being in the business of protecting data. This video is part of the Keeping Data Safe and Sustainable tour.

Casey is a sustainability manager at Amazon. She works daily to work towards Amazon’s climate pledge to reach net-zero carbon by 2040. Watch to learn more about being a sustainability manager, Casey’s pathway into the role, and what she loves about being a sustainability manager. This video is part of the Keeping Data Safe and Sustainable tour.

Tayla is a Data Center Security Manager at Amazon. She works at a data center, ensuring customer information is physically protected. Watch to learn more about being a data center security manager, Tayla’s pathway into the role, and what she loves about being an expert in security. This video is a supplement to the Keeping Data Safe and Sustainable tour.

Yilin and Pravin are Software Development Engineers, or SDE for short, at Amazon Alexa. Yilin and Pravin’s work allowed Amazon Alexa to fly around the Moon and can change the ways astronauts experience deep space travel. Learn how Yilin and Pravin worked to bring voice artificial intelligence to the Callisto payload in NASA’s Artemis I test flight, their career journeys, and what they love about being an SDE. This video of part of the Callisto: Space Innovation Tour.

Jacqueline and Angie worked on testing the payload that flew onboard the Orion spacecraft in NASA’s Artemis I flight test. Learn how Jacqueline and Angie worked to test the Callisto hardware and software before it launched and journeyed around the Moon, how they got into their careers, and what they love about working in space technology. This video of part of the Callisto: Space Innovation Tour.

Dmitriy and Luis worked on the Callisto Payload which may change the ways astronauts interact with spacecraft in the future. Learn how Dmitriy and Luis worked to bring high-quality two-way video communication to deep space, their pathways into their career, and what they love about their jobs. This video of part of the Callisto: Space Innovation Tour.