Data Center Engineering Technician: 24/7 Guardian

Amazon; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Sterling, VA, is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to monitor and maintain mission-critical infrastructure including diesel generators, UPS, PDUs, CRAC and chillers.

You will support electrical and mechanical systems, read engineering docs, and participate in change management processes. The role requires 1+ year of DC maintenance experience, flexibility for shifts up to 12 hours, and potential travel to multiple data center sites.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of electrical facilities maintenance.
• 1+ years of mechanical facilities maintenance.
• 1+ years of Microsoft Office products.
• 2+ years of data center engineering experience.
• Experience reading and writing procedures and engineering drawings.
• Associate's degree in related field, or technical degree.

Responsibilities

• Daily building rounds to monitor electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Monitor Building Management Systems (BMS) and EPMS.
• Troubleshoot facility and rack-level events within SLA.
• Perform rack installs and decommissioning within SLA.
• PM, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and repair of equipment.
• Technical writing to support change management program.
• Monitor daily work requests and drive to resolution; lead projects.
• On-site support of contractors and vendors per practices and laws.
• Shift schedule may be up to 12 hours and may rotate; some sites on-call.
• Role may support multiple locations/sites.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

MS Office

Data center engineering

Procedures documentation

Education

Associate's degree in related field

Technical degree

Tools

CRAC systems

UPS

PDU

Switchgear

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Sterling, VA, is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to monitor and maintain mission-critical infrastructure including diesel generators, UPS, PDUs, CRAC and chillers.

You will support electrical and mechanical systems, read engineering docs, and participate in change management processes. The role requires 1+ year of DC maintenance experience, flexibility for shifts up to 12 hours, and potential travel to multiple data center sites.