Data Center Engineering Technician: 24/7 Power & Systems

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

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to serve on the front line of hands-on electrical and mechanical maintenance.

You will monitor and troubleshoot mission-critical facilities, including generators, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, and cooling systems, ensuring 24/7 reliability across AWS data centers. This role requires being comfortable with 12-hour shifts, travel between sites, and working with contractors and vendors to uphold safety and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of electrical and mechanical facilities maintenance, or 2+ years of electrical facilities maintenance and 1+ years of mechanical facilities maintenance experience.
• 2+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience.
• Work flexible schedule including weekends, nights, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Daily building rounds to monitor electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment for 24/7 reliability.
• Monitor Building Management Systems (BMS) and Electrical Power Management System (EPMS).
• Assist in troubleshooting facility and rack-level events within SLAs.
• Perform rack installs and decommissioning within SLAs.
• 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; execute projects end-to-end.
• On-site support of contractors, sub-contractors and vendors per procedures & local law.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Microsoft Office

Travel flexibility

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to serve on the front line of hands-on electrical and mechanical maintenance.

You will monitor and troubleshoot mission-critical facilities, including generators, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, and cooling systems, ensuring 24/7 reliability across AWS data centers. This role requires being comfortable with 12-hour shifts, travel between sites, and working with contractors and vendors to uphold safety and efficiency.