Network Deployment Technician, GND-NASA-Deploy

Job  | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensures 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.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll 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 you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

As a Network Deployment Technician at AWS, you will help build and maintain a cloud computing infrastructure across a number of data center and colocation sites in the Americas. The role involves periods working independently of your team and requires the ability to drive change while maintaining excellent communication.

• Installation and configuration of routers, switches and DWDM hardware.
• Troubleshoot fiber optic and copper cabling, network installations and configuration.
• Coordinate colocation remote hands for new capacity installations.
• Work cross‑functionally with internal partners to deliver network capacity projects.
• Resolve data center and facility issues.
• Identify, coordinate, and remediate outside plant (OSP) connectivity issues.
• Lead small to mid‑size network deployment projects.
• Build relationships with remote teams to ensure swift response times to events.
• Perform site audits to ensure safety and quality meet AWS standards.
• Improve operational processes within each site and/or cage.
• Provide status updates to stakeholders via internal tools.
• Decommission cable and network hardware in collaboration with partner teams as needed.
• Physical Requirements:
  
  Ability to lift & rack equipment up to 40 lbs; may require working in cramped spaces or elevated locations following health & safety guidelines.
• Travel:
  Up to 50% travel; majority local with potential for domestic and international travel.

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

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

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee‑led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences.

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

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.

• 2+ years of computer networking experience.
• 2+ years of Linux operating systems experience.
• Experience in computer networking.
• Can lift and rack equipment up to 40 pounds.
• Experience with computer hardware troubleshooting and repair.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; or equivalent work experience in a relevant technical discipline.

• Can work in cramped spaces or in elevated locations while adhering to health & safety guidelines.
• Experience dealing effectively with customers during problem resolution and…