Amazon (AWS)

Data Center IT Support Engineer

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  • Software Engineering

  • Full-time

  • Office | Melbourne, VIC, Australia

  • Visa sponsorship · No

  • Junior · A role for someone with some basic skills, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically 1-2 years of experience is required.

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Why Amazon (AWS)

AWS is where innovation, risks, and ideas are celebrated. We are builders, we try new things, and imagine big dreams. It is still Day 1 for us, and we are looking for curious and passionate people to expand our diverse teams of thinkers, testers, and doers.

About the role

DESCRIPTION Data Center Operations designs, installs & maintains the world’s largest Computing Infrastructure. We are looking for skilled Data Center Engineers with a passion for technology to help us expand our cloud to the next level.

More about us: Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers an exciting, dynamic and challenging environment encouraging creativity and personal development while maintaining AWS computing environments in a secure, scalable, and cost-effective manner.

Mid 2012, AWS S3 web service accepted its 1 trillionth object, currently accepting more than 40,000 objects uploaded every second on a daily basis. To keep up with this demand on both disk and capacity, we continue to expand our Data Centers in every region! Our content delivery service Front, has expanded its Data Centers presence by over 50% worldwide in the last 12 months and are expected to continue increasing! This requires talented people to build & manage. We hope it is you!

The Opportunity: Data Center IT Support Engineer This role is a unique opportunity to work in some of the most cutting edge data centers in the world. Amazon data centers are large-scale high-density centers where you will be working on changing the face of technology in the region.

A Data Center IT Support Engineer may be the primary point of contact for both internal customers (for example: Engineers, Systems Engineers, Software Developers, Database Engineers, Technical Operations) and external customers (Vendors, Contractors, Service Providers among others). There is never a dull moment as each day presents itself with different challenges.

Some of the key responsibilities you will undertake are: Problem Solving: - Maintain a high level of system reliability by prioritising and resolving trouble tickets efficiently - Escalation point and technical troubleshooter for all Systems and problems - Deep diving into Linux server issues - XEN service virtualization troubleshooting Technical: - Troubleshoot technical issues on various platforms ranging from Systems through to Power/Mechanical - Remediation of physical layer outages, both Systems & Network - Remediation or recovery of physical power issues on racks - Participate in Data Center power & cooling events Operations: - Meet 24x7 On-Call requirements and response during shift rotations. - Install & configure racks of hosts in line with internal SLAs - Triage & resolve trouble tickets for all devices in your region - Data Center point of contact for all High Severity issues - Physical replacement of server and network device parts - Ensure correct rotation of parts & spares - Help define metrics to increase our customer uptime - Enforcing Amazons Security Best Practices - Interact with third party vendors & contractors - Contribute ideas to improve operational efficiency Project Management: - Participate in and deliver on a number of high impact small to mid-scale projects - Participate in team meetings for metric analysis and project status updates - Help build the world’s largest Cloud infrastructure Mentoring: - Share knowledge and help educate less technical staff on the best practices related to all service owner issues Hiring: - Contribute towards building a great team by getting involved in the Amazon hiring process/candidate interview

What you'll be responsible for

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    Data Pipelines

    Develop and maintain processes for the extraction, flow, and transformation of data

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    SQL and Databases

    Use SQL to query databases to extract and process data

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    Scripting and Automation

    Develop scripts and automated workflows to improve the efficiency and accuracy of repeated tasks

Skills you'll need

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    Collaboration

    Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

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    Numerical problem solving

    Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems

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    Attention to detail

    Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables

Meet the team

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