Data Center Technician Intern

5 hours ago


Cape Town, South Africa Amzn Data Servcs SA (Pty) Ltd Full time

In pursuit of or obtained IT Certification or Technical/Bachelors Degree within a relevant technical field such as Information Technology, Computer Hardware Repair or similar
- English language Proficiency, both written and verbal
- Ability to work well with others in a team environment, displaying strong time management skills
- Holds the right to work in South Africa before or by the commencement of the internship (Amazon does not sponsor immigration for this role)

Amazon does not sponsor for immigration, including for H-1B, TN, and other non-immigrant visas, for this role.

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is growing rapidly, and we are looking for Data Center Technician Interns to join our expanding Infrastructure Operations team in Cape Town.

You will participate in our 3 months’ Fulltime internship program in our Cape Town-area Data Centers. This internship covers mandatory as well as voluntary university internships, please inform us which of the two you are aiming to pursue.

After completion of the training we offer the chance to stay with us directly or within completion of your degree, for further development in a permanent position.

Key job responsibilities

As an Intern, you will collaborate with experienced Amazon Technicians, assisting them during hardware and network troubleshooting.

You will have the opportunity to provide our internal workforce with infrastructure related support, resolving tickets related to HW (Motherboard, RAM, CPU, GPU, etc) and networking tickets (Link Down, Optics Replacements, Switch Replacements, etc).

Duties include:

- Hardware troubleshoot in servers which are not live with an AWS technician's supervision
- Understand the importance to meet SLA’s against assigned trouble tickets
- Follow the AWS technician's during network troubleshooting
- Replace Media (SSD/HDD) according with AWS Data Tech guidance
- Perform regular server hardware repairs (drives, motherboards etc) under the guidance of experienced techs
- Interact with third party vendors & contractors who are working on site



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