Data Center Engineer Trainee: Linux & Hardware

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services Malaysia SDN. BHD. in Kuala Lumpur seeks a Data Center Linux & Hardware Engineer to join our expanding cloud infrastructure. You’ll troubleshoot Linux servers, hardware, and network components across data centers, participate in on-call rotations, and assist with power, cooling, and rack maintenance.

Collaborate with internal engineers and external vendors, contribute to reliability improvements, and grow within AWS data center operations.

Qualifications

• Understanding of Linux/Unix Administration
• Server Hardware Troubleshooting experience
• Server Booting: POST, BIOS, PXE, Kickstart, GRUB/LILO, RAID
• Some Experience with Network Protocols: TCP/IP, Ethernet, L2/L3
• Network Hardware: Copper and Optical Fiber Cabling, Switches, Routers
• Strong Communication Skills
• Passionate about IT infrastructure and hardware

Responsibilities

• Maintain high system reliability by resolving trouble tickets
• Act as escalation point for Systems and Network hardware problems
• Troubleshoot Linux server issues and Xen virtualization
• Remediate physical power and cooling issues on racks
• Install and configure racks of hosts per internal SLAs
• Triage and resolve trouble tickets for devices in region
• Participate in and deliver on small to mid-scale projects
• Mentor less technical staff on best practices

Skills

Linux/Unix Administration

Server Hardware Troubleshooting

Server Booting

TCP/IP Networking

Hardware Cabling & Networking Gear

Strong Communication Skills

IT Infrastructure & Hardware Passion

Tools

Cisco IOS

NX-OS

JunOS

Excel

Bash

Python

Perl

Ruby

Job description

Amazon Web Services Malaysia SDN. BHD. in Kuala Lumpur seeks a Data Center Linux & Hardware Engineer to join our expanding cloud infrastructure. You’ll troubleshoot Linux servers, hardware, and network components across data centers, participate in on-call rotations, and assist with power, cooling, and rack maintenance.

Collaborate with internal engineers and external vendors, contribute to reliability improvements, and grow within AWS data center operations.