Data Center Engineering Technician – 24/7 Uptime Guardian

Amazon; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an Engineering Operation Technician to support data center facilities across the Southeast region, covering VA, GA, MS, and NC. You will maintain, troubleshoot, and operate mission-critical systems to help ensure 99.999% uptime in a fast-paced AWS environment.

The role involves hands-on electrical and mechanical work, collaboration with a diverse team, and travel within the region with potential relocations as needed.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of electrical and mechanical facilities maintenance.
• 2+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience.
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule including weekends, nights, and holidays.

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.

Job description

Amazon is seeking an Engineering Operation Technician to support data center facilities across the Southeast region, covering VA, GA, MS, and NC. You will maintain, troubleshoot, and operate mission-critical systems to help ensure 99.999% uptime in a fast-paced AWS environment.

The role involves hands-on electrical and mechanical work, collaboration with a diverse team, and travel within the region with potential relocations as needed.