Inside Plant Cabling Quality Assurance Engineer, DCCCommunities

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) 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. 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. Effective May 15, 2017,

logical access to the AWS GovCloud region will be restricted to

Amazon employees who are U.S. Citizens. (Drive world-class quality

in the Data Center to achieve the best operating, lowest cost

infrastructure in the world. The QA engineer will be obsessed with

quality, engineering and design continuous improvements. - Ability

and willingness to think outside of the box to find creative and

innovative solutions to reduce costs while maintaining or improving

quality, reliability, or maintainability - The QA engineer will

focus on fiber optic and optic components, cabling and interconnect

products, technologies and standards at this point. The scope may

expand to mechanical and electrical (M&E) and other mission

critical components later. - Work with engineering team to develop

a global design standards document, global installation best

practice guidelines and product specifications for ISP, develop a

QA manuals and control amendments and revisions, develop audit

strategies, and define quality and operational metrics that measure

success. - Audit and inspect DC & edge sites to ensure

standards are being followed, verify defects, generate punch lists,

report and generate remediation plans, action and close all

customer complaints and defects, provide recommendations based on

product and vendor performance, continuously propose improvements

to existing designs and processes in order to improve ID’s speed,

quality and efficiency. - Conduct training sessions with local

Infra Delivery Teams and any other Infra Ops organizations to

ensure deployments comply with design standards and best practices.

• Candidates must be responsive and communicate with technical

teams to collect requirements and communicate with internal

customers to describe features, technical designs and strategy. -

Identify and respond to risks and high-priority issues rapidly and

effectively - Support New Product Introduction activities that

improve infrastructure quality, reduce cost and installation time -

Travel 40+% to review projects and coordinate with onsite personnel

and contractors at AWS' Data Centers This is an opportunity to

leverage and grow your existing quality and engineering experience

in an innovative and highly collaborative environment where the

results of your work will directly impact AWS and its customers.

Drive quality through education and inspections - Ability to

effectively communicate both orally and in writing - Use Microsoft

Office products efficiently - Research and review technical

documents and structural drawings Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a

highly innovative company that collaborates across disciplines to

produce new technology that changes our world. The AWS Inside Plant

Design and Engineering Team is a new fast-growing and leading-edge

research and development team that is rethinking the design for the

critical arteries that connect the various pieces of hardware

inside AWS’ data centers and edge sites. As a member of this team,

you will work directly with engineers and managers across the

company to develop structured cabling and installation standards.

You will also be charged with visiting our data centers and

ensuring that we are following these standards while also

collecting lessons learned so we are continually improving. 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. AWS values

diverse experiences. 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.

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. When

we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we

can’t achieve in the cloud. Ability to effectively communicate with

technical and engineering teams, and different levels management to

collect requirements, to describe solutions, technical designs, and

strategy - 3+ years of experience in QA methodology and tools - 3+

years of Data Center project management and / or engineering

experience. - 4+years in either fiber optic cable, optic

components, cabling and interconnect products, technologies and

standards (Optional : M&E and other mission critical

facilities). Experience in documenting corporate standards, best

practice guidelines and / or manuals - Quality Assurance

Certifications (CQA / CQE) - Amazon is an equal opportunity employer

and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status,

disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive

culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our

customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace

accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring

process, including support for the interview or onboarding process,

please visit for more information. Dependent on the position

offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation

may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in

addition to a full range of medical, financial, and / or other

benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external

career site.