Associate Corporate Counsel
Posted on: 6 Feb 2021
Arlington, VA
Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented occupational health and safety attorney based in Arlington to support Amazon Web Services, a dynamic and rapidly growing business within Amazon.com. Amazon Web Services is at the forefront of the cloud computing and service industry providing IT services such as on-demand compute capacity, storage, content delivery, database services, browsers, and more.
This Associate Corporate Counsel will join a global legal team responsible for counseling AWS on a broad range of regulatory compliance matters relevant to our data center infrastructure operations, including health and safety, environmental, trade, and products. As part of this team, you will provide occupational health and safety legal counsel to the AWS Data Center Safety team for the eastern United States region, as well as various other engineering and operations teams. You will also have the opportunity to support the centralized Health and Safety Compliance team in several global initiatives, as well as collaborate with attorneys around the globe to support pioneering business initiatives and gain intimate knowledge about how our data centers operate. Some domestic travel will be required.
The successful candidate must be inquisitive, enjoy working hard and being continually challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations. Compensation will be based on experience and includes equity compensation.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Strong academic credentials including a J.D. degree and membership in at least one state bar is required.
Between 2 and 5 years of post-admission legal experience, preferably with some portion of that experience in occupational health and safety regulatory compliance.
Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
A mix of law firm and in-house experience
Excellent organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple projects at once, follow through and meet deadlines
Ability to work both independently and as a part of a cross-functional team
Common sense, great judgment, and a good sense of humor
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Amazon.com
Seattle, WA
Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical stores and online stores.
The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content.
In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as their own branded Websites; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as compute, storage, database offerings, fulfillment, publishing, digital content subscriptions, advertising, and co-branded credit card agreement services.
Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen AG. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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IndustryInformation Technology
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No. of Employees647,500
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Website
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Jobs Posted12764
