Chief Engineer, DCEO, Data Center Engineering Operations

Do you want to work on the world’s largest Cloud Computing Infrastructure? Then we have the perfect job for you! In mid‑2013, our Amazon Web Services S3 web service accepted its 2 trillionth object, and the service is regularly peaking at over 1.1 million requests per second. To keep up with this demand on both disk and network capacity, we continue to expand our Data Centers in every region. This requires talented people to build and manage. We hope it is you!

We are currently looking for an experienced, detail‑oriented individual to join our Data Center Engineering Operations Team. This committed group works to maintain the critical physical infrastructure that supports our Data Center Organization within Amazon, ensuring that the data center operates at 100 % availability while maintaining first‑class customer service to the teams and groups within the data centers.

Responsibilities

• You will assist in the operation and maintenance of all electrical, mechanical, and HVAC equipment within the Data Center/Facility.
• You will assist in maintenance and monitoring of all Data Center systems to include incidents/events, problems, changes, monitoring, problem escalation/notification/resolution and all other aspects of Data Center support.
• You will monitor and troubleshoot all mechanical, electrical, HVAC systems, voice/data, chiller systems, and generators.
• You will provide assistance to contractor or data center engineer to ensure proper operation and maintenance of all facility equipment covered under level I plus areas in which they are certified such as making and running fiber optic, electrical certification, HVAC repair (training/certification), UPS, and/or generator certifications and training.
• You will provide assistance to contractor or data center engineer to deploy new equipment, such as building racks, cabling, and other tasks as necessary.
• You will respond to internal rack customer maintenance, repair and additions/expansion requests through the ticketing system.
• You will perform site walkthroughs to verify proper operation of facility equipment and monitoring systems.
• You will maintain changes in state of mission‑critical infrastructure in support of corrective/preventive maintenance.
• You will review the test quality, performance, safety, and reliability of products, equipment, and processes.

Qualifications

• You have received technical (Military/Trade School) training and/or have similar experience in that field.
• You will have electrical qualification(s) necessary to operate low‑voltage equipment in accordance with applicable German regulations (Elektrofachkraft).
• You have several years of relevant work experience, ideally within Data Center operations.
• This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state.
• You have several years of experience working within a data center.
• You have an associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in an applicable engineering field or mechanical or electrical trades.
• Certified electrician as per German regulations.

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