Data Center Engineering Technician - 99.999% Uptime

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to safeguard mission‑critical infrastructure and maintain an industry‑leading 99.999% uptime.

You will perform daily rounds, monitor BMS/EPMS, and troubleshoot facility events under SLA, while coordinating with vendors and contractors to ensure safe, compliant operations. The role requires physical tasks, flexible scheduling, and travel between data center sites as needed.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in relevant work.
• Can bend or twist the body into unusual positions while working.
• Can use hands to manipulate small wires and objects.
• Can walk on job sites in uneven terrain.
• Can work at heights and from ladders.
• 2+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience.
• Work flexible schedule including weekends, nights, and holidays.

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 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.

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to safeguard mission‑critical infrastructure and maintain an industry‑leading 99.999% uptime.

You will perform daily rounds, monitor BMS/EPMS, and troubleshoot facility events under SLA, while coordinating with vendors and contractors to ensure safe, compliant operations. The role requires physical tasks, flexible scheduling, and travel between data center sites as needed.