Data Center Engineering Operations Internship

5 days ago


Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Data Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd - E35 Full time

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

Roles starting from June 2024 in South Africa.

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. Amazon is continually evolving and is a place where motivated employees thrive and also where employee ownership and accountability lead to meaningful results.

Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us.

Data Center Engineering Operations Internship - 12 months

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.

Amazon does not sponsor for immigration for this role.

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re 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 we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

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

A day in the life

About the team
Diverse Experiences

Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

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, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Cape Town, ZAF
- Ability to work well with others in a team environment, displaying strong time management skills



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