Data Center Engineer (Electrical / Mechanical) - Walk-in Interview

Amazon Web Services; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services is hosting a Data Center Engineer (Electrical / Mechanical) walk-in interview in Kuala Lumpur. The role focuses on engineering operations, maintenance of critical infrastructure, and vendor management within AWS Data Center environments.

Candidates should have 3+ years in data center electrical/mechanical systems, be able to work a 24x7 shift, and hold a relevant Bachelor's degree. AWS emphasizes safety, reliability, and continuous improvement in its operating practices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of electrical/mechanical data center experience.
• Willing to participate in a 24x7 rotating shift roster.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical engineering or related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Act as the site point of contact for stakeholders and manage communications.
• Meet daily operating hours and on-call requirements during rotations.
• Oversee minor and major planned/unplanned site works for critical infrastructure and obtain approvals within SLAs.

Skills

3+ years data center experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Data Center Engineer (Electrical / Mechanical) - Walk-in Interview

AWS is hosting an exclusive Walk-In Interview Event on November 5–6, 2026, at our office in Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur! Interested candidates are welcome to join us.

About the role

The Data Center Engineering Operations (DCEO) Engineer is responsible for engineering operations including risk management and mitigation, planning, implementation of corrective and preventative maintenance for critical infrastructure and vendor management within AWS Data Center environments. The role ensures that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center operates within contract parameters, maintaining day-to-day operational excellence, critical infrastructure maintenance, vendor supervision, incident response, and facility subject matter expertise.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the site point of contact for internal and external stakeholders involving communication and relationship management
• Meet daily hours of operations, on call requirements and response during rotations
• Manage minor and support major planned and unplanned site works for critical infrastructure, with a solid understanding of the works involved, risks, mitigation and seeking approvals within relevant SLAs as required
• Responsible for the on-site management of contractors, sub-contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with established practices, procedures and local legislation
• Assist in establishment of performance benchmarks, conduct analysis, and prepare reports on all aspects of the data center facility infrastructure operations and maintenance
• Generate change management requests and incident management tickets for DCEO activities
• Work with DCO managers (IT), Networking, Logistics, Safety, Security and other business leaders and operating partners to coordinate projects, manage capacity, and optimize plant safety, performance, reliability, sustainability and efficiency
• Establish documentation relevant to technical support of business and facility operations
• Support and implement projects to increase current facility capacity, efficiency, sustainability and reliability
• Troubleshoot facility and rack-level events within internal Service Level Agreements (SLA)

About you

• 3+ years of relevant work experience in electrical, mechanical, HVAC or fire systems experience in a data center or critical space facility
• Basic understanding of concepts and interaction of Service Management systems (Problem and Change)
• Ability to participate in a 24 x 7 rotating shift roster
• Bachelor's Degree in either Electrical Engineering, HVAC, Mechanical Engineering or relevant technical (military/trade school) degree and relevant experience in a critical environment (preferred)
• Basic understanding of the electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center environment, including but not limited to DRUPS, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDUs, Chillers, AHUs and CRAC units (preferred)
• Experience in management of vendors/contractors performing construction, maintenance and upgrading works in large-scale critical environment (preferred)

About us

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. The Infrastructure Operations (Data Center) Team is the backbone of AWS, supporting the rapidly growing AWS business and customers 24/7, committed to maintaining the physical infrastructure of AWS and ensuring standards for operational performance in the areas of safety, security, availability, productivity, capacity, efficiency, and cost.

Inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion

Endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and career-advancing resources to develop into a better-rounded professional

Work/life harmony with flexibility as part of working culture

AWS (M) SDN BHD (located in Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam) is specializing in design, planning, construction and manage a wide range of data communication products. We entered the data communications arena by timely outsourcing and selling to existing cabling companies in Malaysia. In line with the Malaysia Government's globalisation effort, AWS took to itself to gain the distribution and representation rights from various leading global manufacturers. This led to the growth of its infrastructure support. Within these few years, it has expanded its market to the South East Asian region.