Data Center Engineer: 99.999% Uptime Tech

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to join our frontline team managing mission‑critical facilities. You will perform hands‑on electrical and mechanical work, monitor BMS/EPMS, and support incident response to maintain high uptime.

Based in Leesburg, VA, this role requires flexible scheduling, on‑site presence, and travel between sites as needed, contributing to AWS’s global data center reliability and safety standards.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of MS Office products and applications experience
• 2+ years of electrical and mechanical experience
• Ability to work on a flexible schedule including days, nights, and/or weekends.

Responsibilities

• Daily building rounds to monitor electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment.
• Monitor Building Management Systems (BMS) and Electrical Power Management System (EPMS).
• Assist in troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events within internal Service Level Agreements (SLA).
• Perform rack installs and rack decommissioning within internal SLA.
• Perform PM, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and repair of electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Technical writing to support change management program.
• Monitor daily work requests and manage to resolution, and execute projects from conception to completion.
• On-site support of contractors, sub-contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with established practices, procedures & local legislation.
• Work schedule changes depending on specific site needs. Shifts can be up to 12-hours and may rotate on a predefined schedule. Some locations have on‑call rotations.
• Role may support more than one location/site.

Skills

Electrical experience

Mechanical experience

Education

Associate degree or higher in related field

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to join our frontline team managing mission‑critical facilities. You will perform hands‑on electrical and mechanical work, monitor BMS/EPMS, and support incident response to maintain high uptime.

Based in Leesburg, VA, this role requires flexible scheduling, on‑site presence, and travel between sites as needed, contributing to AWS’s global data center reliability and safety standards.