Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a fast paced technology company and a leader in the world of data centers. The position will help ensure overall availability and reliability to meet or exceed defined service levels of data center operations.
As a Data Center Support Engineer you will play a leadership role on your team by becoming a subject matter expert on one or more services. You own support activities for these services and regularly work with development teams to establish and improve service support. You operate with limited guidance from management and drive issues to resolution. You understand the business logic and architecture of your supported services that enable you to regularly resolve undocumented trouble tickets. You are able to read and understand complex application code and make approved code fixes to resolve support issues. You provide mentoring training documentation and tools to other Support Engineers to enable them to perform support activities. You regularly contribute to the creation and improvement of all support documentation. You may perform code builds and deployments communicating status regularly before during and after each deployment. You create and interpret metrics that measure support success and service performance. You help develop and refine operational policies and procedures used by your team and internal customers. You work on support projects that are large in scope and lead other Support Engineers on smaller projects. You participate fully and constructively in the planning of your teams work. You have the ability to write simple and efficient tools to improve operational efficiency. You contribute to design and development of support tools using software engineering best practices. You mentor other Support Engineers and are involved in hiring.
Key job functions:
- Troubleshoot diagnose and resolve technical challenges.
- Fix issues and develop tools and automations to improve operational excellence.
- Update and track progress on technical challenges.
- Enhance the readiness of systems and processes within the Data Center.
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global other words were the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers storage networking power and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and were looking for talented people who want to help.
Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Key job responsibilities
- Providing root cause support for incoming tickets involving extensive troubleshooting tasks across multiple products features and services.
- Assisting with software deployment scripting support and automation.
- Developing tools to facilitate operations and maintenance and data analytics.
- Generating system and support status reports.
- Coordinating customer notifications and workflows ensuring service level agreements are met.
- Collaborating with the support team to hand off or take over active support issues while contributing to the creation of a team-specific knowledge base and skill set.
About the team
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas fresh perspectives and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Mentorship and Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
- A or CND (Certified Network Defender) or Network or Security or COMPTIA A N or Sec certification
- 2 years of computer hardware experience including troubleshooting and repairing experience
- - 2 years of data center engineering or 2 years of data center or mission critical facilities (example: hospital military facility public safety facility etc.) experience
- Knowledge of web services distributed systems and web application development
- Experience with REST web services XML JSON
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $67200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $150300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.