AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
We are the team responsible for designing, planning, delivering, and operating all of AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that enable our customers to access innovative technology continuously.
Job Description
You will join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You will collaborate with people across AWS to deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers.
About the Role
We are looking for a proven cable technician with experience in robust technical understanding of network and infrastructure. The Network & Cable Decommissioning team is seeking a highly motivated, self-driven cable decommissioning technician who will work closely with project managers, network engineers, and operations teams to recover cabling infrastructure and sanitize legacy abandoned cable.
Key Responsibilities
* Physical Decommissioning of network and cabling infrastructure in a Data Center environment.
* Manage assigned work and priorities through ticketing system and/or workflows.
* Provide status updates to Stakeholders via ticketing system.
* Effectively co-ordinate and deliver multiple tasks congruently.
* Exhibit quality workmanship on all work and maintain Data Center cleanliness.
* Effectively leverage the logical tools and systems that are provided.
* Follow all production, safety and quality standards, codes and industry best practices.
* Collaborate with various Stakeholders to remove obstacles.
* Read and comprehend datacenter build documentation, and site specific layout material.
* Travel within geographical work area is required, up to 30% travel outside traditional work area may be required depending on your primary region.
A Day in the Life
You will be responsible for decommissioning network and cabling infrastructure in a Data Center environment, delivering sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes, managing work and priorities through ticketing system and/or workflows, providing structured feedback on project progress to Stakeholders, coordinating multiple concurrent projects, exhibiting quality workmanship on all work and maintaining Data Center cleanliness, following all production, safety and quality standards, codes and industry best practices, collaborating with various Stakeholders to remove project obstacles, reading and comprehending blueprints and building documentation/redline work, and traveling within geographical work area is required, up to 30% travel outside traditional work area may be required possibly including international travel.
About the Team
The Network and Cable Decommissioning team's primary focus is to reclaim capacity for our customers by safely removing decommissioned legacy network equipment and old cabling infrastructure, thus enabling a life cycle approach for the physical layer of our data center network, which will help utilize our existing DC space to its fullest potential.
Requirements
* 3+ years of experience with Cat 5, Cat 6 and OM1 – OS2 fibre optic cabling systems.
* 3+ years' experience troubleshooting cabling infrastructure connectivity issues, including patch panels and patch cords.
* 3+ years' experience managing work and priorities through ticketing system and workflows.
* Excellent judgement and analytical skills, ability to prioritize tasks based on fluctuating needs.
* +3 years experience installing/decommissioning large scale Data Centre network infrastructure cabling. Experience of using test equipment, such as VFL, power meter, and OTDR.
* Ability to work autonomously and co-ordinate projects independently.