Data Center Chief Engineer — Lead, Troubleshoot & Improve

Amazon Inc.; Boardman (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Data Center Chief Engineer to oversee electrical, mechanical, and fire/safety systems across data centers. You'll lead maintenance, emergency response, and improvements, coordinating with onsite teams and vendors to ensure extreme reliability.

The role requires travel between facilities, collaboration on safety, performance, and efficiency initiatives, and delivering on key milestones from conception to completion.

Qualifications

• Acts as primary escalation point for facilities issues and oversees operational and emergency services on critical systems.
• Performs root cause analysis of equipment failures within SLAs.
• Provides training and guidance to Engineering Operations Technicians and liaises with Facility Manager to shape team culture.
• Creates and deploys new standard practices for technicians and vendor support teams.
• May assist in building out new facilities and projects to improve facility efficiency.
• Willing and able to travel between data center locations and other sites as required.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary escalation point for facilities‑related issues, overseeing routine and emergency services on critical systems such as switchgear, generators, UPS, PDUs, chillers, and cooling towers.
• Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures and troubleshoot facilities within SLAs.
• Provide training and guidance to Engineering Operations Technicians and collaborate with the Facility Manager to set team culture.
• Create and deploy new standard practices for Engineering Operations Technicians, Chief Engineers, and vendor teams.
• Assist in building out new facilities and project work to increase facility efficiency.
• Work outside normal hours for routine maintenance and respond to emergencies as needed.
• Communicate complex technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Coordinate with IT managers and business leaders on projects, capacity, safety, reliability, and efficiency.

Skills

Facilities leadership

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Troubleshooting

Vendor coordination

Training and mentoring

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or related field

Tools

Building management systems

MS Excel

Generators & UPS management

PDU and power distribution knowledge

Job description

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Data Center Chief Engineer to oversee electrical, mechanical, and fire/safety systems across data centers. You'll lead maintenance, emergency response, and improvements, coordinating with onsite teams and vendors to ensure extreme reliability.

The role requires travel between facilities, collaboration on safety, performance, and efficiency initiatives, and delivering on key milestones from conception to completion.