Data Center Engineering Technician: 24/7 Uptime Guardian

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Gilroy (CA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to help maintain mission-critical infrastructure and ensure high availability.

You will be on the front line for electrical and mechanical systems, including diesel generators, UPS, switchgear, and cooling systems, ensuring safe and reliable operation. The role requires hands-on troubleshooting, PM activities, and coordination with on-site contractors across multiple facilities.

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 and record information from 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 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

MS Office

Electrical experience

Mechanical experience

Flexible schedule

Education

Associate degree or higher in related field

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to help maintain mission-critical infrastructure and ensure high availability.

You will be on the front line for electrical and mechanical systems, including diesel generators, UPS, switchgear, and cooling systems, ensuring safe and reliable operation. The role requires hands-on troubleshooting, PM activities, and coordination with on-site contractors across multiple facilities.