Data Center Engineering Technician — 24/7 Uptime Keeper

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

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Sparks, Nevada is hiring a Data Center Engineering Technician to maintain and troubleshoot mission-critical data center facilities.

You will manage electrical and mechanical equipment, standby diesel generators, UPS, PDUs, and cooling/air systems while ensuring maximum uptime in a demanding, safety‑driven environment. The role requires travel between data centers as needed, flexibility for shifts up to 12 hours, and collaboration with a diverse cross-functional team

Qualifications

• 2+ years of electrical and 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 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

Electrical facilities maintenance

Mechanical facilities maintenance

Flexible schedule

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Sparks, Nevada is hiring a Data Center Engineering Technician to maintain and troubleshoot mission-critical data center facilities.

You will manage electrical and mechanical equipment, standby diesel generators, UPS, PDUs, and cooling/air systems while ensuring maximum uptime in a demanding, safety‑driven environment. The role requires travel between data centers as needed, flexibility for shifts up to 12 hours, and collaboration with a diverse cross-functional team