Data Center Engineering Tech — Mission-Critical Ops (Relocation)

Amazon Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 52,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon is hiring a Data Center Engineering Technician to serve as front-line support for electrical and mechanical systems in mission-critical facilities. You will monitor, troubleshoot, and repair equipment such as diesel generators, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, and cooling systems, ensuring continuous uptime across multiple sites.

The role emphasizes hands-on maintenance, equipment checks, and collaboration with contractors while supporting a safe and compliant work environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Microsoft 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 to ensure 24/7 reliability and availability.
• 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

Microsoft Office

Electrical/Mechanical experience

Flexible schedule

Education

Associate or higher education in related field

Tools

Switchgear

UPS

PDU

CRAC

Job description

Amazon is hiring a Data Center Engineering Technician to serve as front-line support for electrical and mechanical systems in mission-critical facilities. You will monitor, troubleshoot, and repair equipment such as diesel generators, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, and cooling systems, ensuring continuous uptime across multiple sites.

The role emphasizes hands-on maintenance, equipment checks, and collaboration with contractors while supporting a safe and compliant work environment.