Data Center Facility Engineer - UAE National Only

ADS Emirates LLC (Dubai South On-Shore Branch); Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits you as a Data Center Engineering Operations Engineer in a leading cloud services provider. Join a diverse team dedicated to maintaining world-class infrastructure, where your expertise in electrical and mechanical systems will be essential. This role involves troubleshooting critical equipment, ensuring safety standards, and driving operational excellence. You'll work in a dynamic environment, tackling challenges that keep the cloud running smoothly. If you're passionate about technology and looking to make a significant impact, this role offers the perfect platform to showcase your skills while contributing to a vital sector in the UAE.

Qualifications

• UAE National with family book required.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or similar technical focus.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain AWS DCs’ mechanical and electrical infrastructure.
• Support electrical and mechanical equipment and oversee facility operations.
• Ensure safety procedures and conduct root cause analysis of equipment failures.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

Mechanical troubleshooting

Safety standards adherence

Root cause analysis

Operational excellence

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Project management or construction management

Tools

Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS)

Switchgear

Circuit Breakers

Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS)

Diesel Generators

Chillers

HVAC systems

Exhaust Fans

Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)

Transformers

Job description

AWS have an exciting Data Center Facility Engineer opportunity in Dubai available for a UAE national with family book. AWS are committed to contributing towards the UAE’s goal of employing 75,000 Emiratis in the private sector and Ministerial Resolution No.279.

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.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a UAE National Data Center Engineering Operations Engineer to join our expanding Data Centers (DC) Cloud regions. Data Center Engineering Operations Engineer is a hands-on electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting and operation responder.

As an Engineering Operations Engineer, you will operate and maintain AWS DCs’ world-class mechanical and electrical infrastructure following a process-oriented approach. In addition, you will oversee facility operations and ensure the implementation of safety procedures.

If you like to apply your electrical and mechanical skills to solve problems while striving for operational excellence, we would like to meet you. Your work will help maintain availability for customers and ensure the upkeep and operation of the technical infrastructure in the DC.

Key job responsibilities

SAFETY

• Follow and maintain the highest safety standards and diligently encourage a world-class safety culture. As a facility owner team, ensure remediation of safety risks/issues in conjunction with other teams. Own the safety initiatives and projects to foster strong safety culture.

ENGINEERING & FACILITY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

• You will be supporting electrical and mechanical equipment, including Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS’s), Switchgear, Circuit Breakers, Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS's), Diesel Generators, Chillers, Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC), Exhaust Fans, Variable Frequency Drives (VFD's), and Transformers.
• Operate and maintain mechanical and electrical, emergency generator, HVAC and fire/life safety equipment within the data center.
• Troubleshoot facility and rack-level events within internal SLAs.
• Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures.
• Drive innovation while reducing operational costs in the facilities.

A day in the life

• Work rotational shifts of 4 days of 12 hours shifts (2 days followed by 2 nights), and 4 days off (including night, weekends and holidays) / Respond to on-call rotation reaction to off-duty emergency calls.
• Take daily operational readings of all mechanical and electrical equipment through routine rounds/log-taking (temperatures, voltages, currents, etc.).
• Supervise contractors who perform servicing or preventive maintenance.
• Occasionally move objects/material (weight limits in accordance with regulations).
• Work in outdoor weather conditions.
• Work in noisy environments.
• Work at heights and from ladders.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• UAE National with family book.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, project management, construction management or similar technical focus.
• Knowledge of mechanical systems (Mechanical, HVAC systems, Controls), knowledge of key electrical competencies and theory.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years of data center engineering experience.

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