TechnicalEditor

The Certification Technical Editor (CTE) edits content for global audiences across all domains in the AWS certification product portfolio. This portfolio currently includes 12 certification exams that are administered to more than 550K global customers annually. The CTE can accurately and independently edit content for all levels of certification exams, from entry-level foundational exams to highly specialized and technical professional and specialty exams. The CTE performs all levels of editing, including copyediting and proofreading, fact checking, substantive content editing, and high-level developmental editing for a variety of content, such as exam questions, exam content guides, instructional presentations, blog posts, and process documents. The CTE ensures that AWS certification exams accurately measure candidate knowledge by maintaining clear, concise content that adheres to global English and psychometric standards. This role is critical to maintaining certification value and fairness by eliminating language barriers and testing artifacts that could impede accurate assessment. The CTE is skilled at editing content to meet global English standards so that exam content can be translated accurately into more than 10 languages. The CTE remains vigilant for noninclusive, offensive, and regionally specific language at all times and ensures that exam content is clear, inclusive, and fair for a diverse global audience. The CTE is also a guardian of AWS brand integrity, ensuring that AWS services and technologies are described accurately, consistently, and correctly in all exam-related content. The CTE is knowledgeable about assessment industry best practices and applies them to successfully manage the editorial process for all stages of an exam’s lifecycle. This lifecycle includes Job Task Analysis (JTA) surveys, JTA reports, exam blueprints, exam guides, practice exams, unscored high-stakes exam content, and scored high-stakes exam content, for which psychometric