Sourcing Recruiter, Talent Acquisition

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Talent Acquisition team is seeking a talented customer-focused Recruiter to join their team.

As a Recruiter at AWS youll spearhead candidate generation initiatives in collaboration with hiring managers across diverse roles in Australia. Your mission is to uncover engage and evaluate top-tier talent leveraging your innovation and creativity with attraction strategies. At AWS we embrace all ideas fostering an environment where innovation counts. You will be part of a collaborative environment with dedicated business leaders that are fully committed to the recruitment journey.

Surrounded by a group of exceptional recruiters ready to dive in and deliver great results youll thrive in an environment that values ownership and action. Youll leverage your deep understanding of the technology landscape or other fast-paced industry to cultivate trusting connections with hiring managers recruiters and candidates.

This position is for a 12 month fixed term period and requires in-office presence (5 days per week) at our CBD office (either Sydney or Melbourne).

Key job responsibilities
Work closely with business in order to deeply understand the roles and responsibilities and utilise this information to develop effective recruiting strategies.
Build and maintain network of potential candidates through proactive market research and on-going relationship management gauging candidates for cultural alignment and motivation rather than simply sell a role.
Ensure all sourcing channels are sufficiently utilised including but not limited to employee referrals internal CRM career portals job fairs etc.
Be a subject matter expert on the talent market and offer ideas and strategies related that will contribute to the long-range talent landscape.
Implement new processes and fine-tuning standard processes for recruiting that fits within Amazons mission to deliver the highest quality results to the customer.
Active participation in the recruitment efforts including emphasis on the capability of assessing skills to help evaluate candidates and ensuring the highest bar.
Manage well on all the data associated with the recruitment process. Data-driven thinking and systematic approaches in achieving the operation excellence.
Emphasis on continuous improvement as such it is expected that you will spend time to ensure ongoing education of hiring managers and interviews on recruitment best practice and interview skills training.


- 3 years of technical recruiting in high volume and high hiring bar environment experience
- Experience managing and prioritizing multiple searches projects and client relationships
- Creative sourcing capability with the ability to proactively network and establish active pipeline of external candidates.

- Experience creating measuring and scaling workflow among candidates hiring managers and the recruiting team
- Strong consulting skills and demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
- Experience hiring talent that meet a high security bar and/or comprehensive knowledge of the defense talent landscape

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.