Roles

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This lesson explores how various organizational roles interact with AWS services to support and enhance an e-commerce application. It provides detailed examples for business stakeholders, development teams, operations teams, and analytics roles, showcasing each role's responsibilities and required AWS solutions.

Key Areas Covered

1. Business Stakeholders:

   • Product Managers and Marketing Teams leverage AWS services for campaign management, product performance tracking, and customer behavior insights.

   • AWS Services Used: Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon QuickSight, AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Pinpoint.

2. Engineering and Development Teams:

   • Frontend & Backend Developers integrate services into customer-facing applications.

   • DevOps Engineers manage CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and ensure secure deployments.

   • Machine Learning Engineers build intelligent features using AWS machine learning tools.

   • AWS Services Used: AWS CodePipeline, AWS CloudFormation, Elastic Load Balancers, and Amazon CloudWatch.

3. Operations and Monitoring Teams:

   • Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) maintain system reliability and handle incident responses.

   • Security Teams ensure compliance and protect infrastructure from vulnerabilities.

   • AWS Services Used: Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Systems Manager, AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Backup, and Elastic Load Balancers.

4. Data and Analytics Teams:

   • Data Analysts generate business insights and refine strategies using historical data.

   • SEO/Analytics Specialists optimize customer engagement through behavioral analysis.

   • AWS Services Used: Amazon OpenSearch, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Athena, and Amazon QuickSight.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the specific responsibilities of different organizational roles in maintaining an e-commerce system.

• Learn how AWS services are utilized to address role-specific requirements for scalability, reliability, and analytics.

• Develop strategies to align AWS solutions with organizational objectives.

Benefits of the Lesson

• Enhanced Collaboration: Encourages better integration between technical and business teams.

• Improved Productivity: Helps stakeholders and engineers leverage AWS tools effectively for their domain-specific needs.

• Operational Excellence: Streamlines processes for monitoring, development, and analytics, ensuring a robust e-commerce infrastructure.

• Cost Optimization: Demonstrates how role-specific AWS services reduce operational overhead and optimize resources.