Data Center Engineering Operations Internship - Cape Town at Amazon Web Services

Key job responsibilities

• The Data Center Engineering Operations (DCEO) Team is the backbone of AWS, supporting the rapid growth of AWS business and customers 24x7. We commit to maintain the physical critical facility infrastructure of AWS and ensure the standards for operational performance in the areas of safety, security, availability, productivity, capacity, efficiency and cost.
• Interns will work in an Amazon Data Center and will provide technical support, including risk management and mitigation, corrective and preventative maintenance of critical facility infrastructure, vendor management and metrics reporting.
• Maintain mechanical and electrical equipment
• Assist root cause analysis of equipment failures
• Assist in troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events within internal SLA
• Take daily operational readings of all mechanical and electrical equipment
• Utilize internal CMMS to manage building workflows
• Interact with third party vendors & contractors who are working on site

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• In pursuit of Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Mechanical, Electrical, or Electronic Engineering, or has already graduated in those fields.
• Fluent English

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to work well with others in a team environment, displaying strong time management skills