2025 Data Centre Operations Engineer Intern
DESCRIPTION
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.
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), we are working to be the most customer-eccentric 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.
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.
Key job responsibilities
· 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
Amazon internships are full-time (40 hours/week) for 12 consecutive weeks. Candidates must be
able to provide an internship agreement from their university. *add or remove based on country
requirements* Intern schedules are typically day schedules, Monday-Friday. A full time position
could involve day, evening, or weekend shifts and on-call rotations.
Amazon does not sponsor for immigration, including for H-1B, TN, and other non-immigrant visas,
for this role.
Note: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. For an update on your status, or to confirm your
application was submitted successfully, please login to your candidate portal. Please note that we
are reviewing a high volume of applications and appreciate your patience.
A day in the life
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About the team
The Engineering Operations team is Amazon’s front-line responders for hands-on electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting and operations. You will work with equipment that supports mission-critical servers and must maintain better than 99.999% uptime. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, stand-by diesel generators, switchgear, UPS’s, PDU’s, AHU’s, chillers, cooling towers, chemical treatment systems, pumps, motors, VFD’s, and building automation systems.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, 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.
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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our 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.
Early Career Talent
When you join Amazon Web Services as a student or recent graduate, you’ll have the chance for your voice to be heard and amplified. That’s because our teams are looking to learn as much from you as you’ll learn from them. Whether you’re graduating with a high school or equivalent diploma, associate degree, bachelor’s degree, MBA, or PhD, we offer a range of early career opportunities across the globe.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• In pursuit of Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Fluent English
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment, displaying strong time management skills
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