IT Support Engineer I

Amazon ,
Durham, Durham
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

IT Support Engineer Our overall mission is simple: we want Amazon to be the place where our customers can find, discover and buy anything online. Whatever our customers want, we will find the means to deliver it. With your help, Amazon will continue to enable people to discover new worlds and implement innovation. This is your chance to make history. Role: IT Support Engineer The Amazon IT teams keep our business running smoothly by resolving complex hardware, software, server and infrastructure issues, with both on-site and on-call capacity for our Operations network. As an IT Support Engineer you will report to the IT Manager on your site and will be responsible for working closely with the business and fellow engineers to implement and maintain critical infrastructure elements as well as day to day support to meet our operations present and future business needs. Besides your day to day activities, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to get involved in projects and innovate. You will be a key part of a multinational team and thrive in delivering high-quality results and always be on the lookout for improvements. Business Area: Operations - Fulfilment centre Operations is at the heart of the Amazon customer experience. Each action we undertake is done on behalf of our customers, as meeting their expectations makes us feel good. The Operations teams in our Fulfilment Centres are responsible for controlling the vast range of fast paced inventory from inbound to outbound and work very hard to ensure that our customers receive what they want, when they want it. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS Responsibilities: You will provide a support service that ensures all IT equipment and infrastructure is running to its optimum performance and that all departmental Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are met on your site. You will also be running projects across the site, working closely with the business and fellow engineers, to implement changes and/or additions to the site’s technology infrastructure to support changing business and IT requirements. The extent of your responsibilities will include but not be limited to: · The review, revision and execution of change management requests as required. · Manage the availability of all IT equipment and infrastructure through continuous improvement and continuously look to improve equipment efficiencies and cost reductions accordingly. · Perform random site audits on technical infrastructure to ensure adherence to latest Amazon IT and Health and Safety guidelines. · Act as a point of contact for contractors or external suppliers and clearly communicate technical issues and Amazon standards. · Undertake project management: o Act as a single point of contact for projects. o To provide technical support/input to site and team projects and initiatives. o To keep key stakeholders informed of progress of projects and maintain project documentation. o To provide sanity check and technical execution of projects. · Carry out ad-hoc requests as and when required, supporting a wide customer base. · Continuously be focused on your customers, delivering an outstanding level of service. · Coordinate asset and inventory management including checks / audits in line with standards and processes including Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) processes with suppliers. · Interact with suppliers, request quotes and purchase equipment in accordance with policies, budgets and operational demand. · Represent the IT department in site meetings / conference calls. · Produce weekly reports covering metrics and work performed. · Contribute to sites on call schedule. · Provide mentoring and training to technicians and other engineers and act as technical contact for remote support teams as and when required. Please note: The position will involve some physical labour. IT Support Engineers execute physical work e.g. working in confined spaces (possibly under the 48 inch crawl space or inside air handlers); lifting up to 15 kg; site cleanliness and maintenance work; accessing elevated spaces (working at height).