Description

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.

We are looking to hire a Network Technician to join our growing team within Networking. Your responsibilities would involve delivering the hardware, configuration and fiber connectivity of interdependent scaling projects across several data center locations. You will work closely with both internal customers and external vendors to facilitate smooth project execution in association with Technical Program Managers. As Network Technician, you should be very detail oriented, possesses strong written and verbal communication skills and have significant experience in supporting large scale, enterprise class networks. You should be highly competent in all aspects of installation and troubleshooting of networking hardware, software and fiber connectivity, all combined with a proven project delivery methodology. You will work with minimum supervision to drive the stability and sustainability of our next-generation networks and to assist in the development of innovative ways to automate and scale our network as we expand. You will work with established best practices to refine operational procedures, develop new tooling and constantly think proactively and innovative. The desire and ability to work in an ambiguous, collaborative environment is essential for success.

Key job responsibilities

• Working closely with our Network Engineering & Network Technical Project Manager teams to ensure fast, smooth rollout of established designs and products.

• Managing work priorities through ticketing system and workflows & collaborating with various stake holders to remove project obstacles.

• Troubleshooting networking, routing and inter connectivity issues, including troubleshooting of network device configuration and low-level application interaction.

• Troubleshooting cabling infrastructure connectivity issues, including patch panels and patch cords.

• Specifying Power and Cooling requirements and ensuring Hardware Racking/Stacking completed for new equipment.

• Completing customer requests via Remedy trouble ticketing system and project management workflows.

• Participating in the migration, basic configuration and rollout of new or upgraded hardware.

• You will be required to travel, up to 20% travel outside traditional work area may be required possibly including international travel

A day in the life

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We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Zaragoza, ESP

Basic Qualifications

• Technical Diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field; or Certifications in a relevant field (CCENT, Network+, CCNA)

• 2+ years in data center or critical environment

• 2+ years of experience with network cabling, optic types, and test equipment (VFL, power meter, and OTDR etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cabling infrastructure best practices and methodologies

• Knowledge of major Command Line Protocols (Cisco IOS, JunOS, etc)

• Experience with ethernet and IP networking

• Experience in large scale data center network implementations and support

• Experience working in virtualized enterprise networking environments

• Experience working with IT best practice frameworks (ITIL, LEAN, AGILE)

• Familiarity with common networking terms and fabric-based network design

• Experience with enterprise level infrastructure technologies (Routers, Switches, Load Balancers, Firewalls etc.)

• Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role

• Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity

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