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.

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. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Logistics Specialists play a vital role in the success of Amazon Web Services by providing the right part, in the right place at the right time. Your contribution to this success would be maintaining the onsite parts room in AWS Data Centers, by managing the custody of computer hardware through their entire lifecycle. This involves receiving parts, safely storing parts, picking and delivering parts to hardware technicians, cycle counts, and shipping faulty hardware back to the vendor.

You will work closely with Data Centre Operations and Engineering teams to ensure reliable functioning and repair activities to support our customers, while adhering to our operational tenants of safety, security and availability.

Key job responsibilities
- Maintaining inventory to ensure that proper stock levels are managed to support build and repair activities.
- Physically receiving and issuing out of parts as needed for internal customers.
- Loading, unloading and transporting parts between different sites.
- Keeping accurate stock records for all items within our care through physical cycle counts.
- Maintaining the safety, organization, and cleanliness of all workspaces using Amazon 7S principles
Travel:
- The role may require the successful candidate to travel to other sites in the in the Melbourne metro area to assist in conducting cycle counts, receiving stock into the inventory control system, replenishing stock and returning defective stock. Travel between sites will require own transport, all travel related costs will be reimbursed.

Physical / Environmental Demands:

• Amazon Operates with a principle of safety first. With this principle, we take significant care to ensure all employees operate in a safe manner and have appropriate tools to support them in undertaking their roles safely. The activities below are required with the safety principle applied.
• Loading and unloading shipments.
• Standing, sitting, and walking (including stairs) for prolonged periods of time.
• Willing and able to frequently push, pull, squat, bend and kneel.
• Reach and stretch to position equipment and fixtures while maintaining balance.
• Push or pull heavy objects of up to 16kg into position and participate in group lifts of 20kg or more.
• Coordinate body movements when using tools or equipment.
• Work with and/or around moving mechanical parts.
• Work in an office and warehouse environment where the noise level is low to moderate.

A day in the life
The MEL Data Center Logistics team, supports infrastructure deployment across Melbourne's data center cluster. We manage the end-to-end logistics lifecycle — receiving, ingesting, inventory management, and cycle count accuracy — ensuring critical components are available to keep builds on track. Our culture is built on ownership, continuous learning, and bias for action. We've developed a structured training program that accelerates on boarding and equips new members to contribute quickly. Operating across multiple MEL sites, we embrace start-up challenges as opportunities to build scalable processes. Our work directly enables AWS to serve millions of customers worldwide.

Your day will be spent carrying out Logistical support functions for our Data Centers. This will involve physical control and processing of spare parts transactions, consumables stock replenishment, and cycle counting of stock.

About the team
About AWS

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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

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.

Basic qualifications

• Experience as a logistics professional supporting inventory cycle counts, shipments, maintenance, stock control functions and reverse logistics
• 1+ years of logistics operations experience

Preferred qualifications

- Can lift loads of up to 49 pounds and carry them for short distances

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.