Data Center Engineering Technician — 99.999% Uptime

Amazon Inc.; Boardman (OR); On-site; USD 51,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Oregon is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to maintain, operate, and troubleshoot mission-critical data center facilities.

You will work with standby diesel generators, 3‑phase electrical systems, UPS, PDUs, and cooling systems to help ensure the highest reliability and uptime. You will collaborate with software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, and operations managers.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Microsoft 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‑contractor 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 experience

Mechanical experience

Microsoft Office

Flexible schedule

Education

Associate degree or higher

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Oregon is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to maintain, operate, and troubleshoot mission-critical data center facilities.

You will work with standby diesel generators, 3‑phase electrical systems, UPS, PDUs, and cooling systems to help ensure the highest reliability and uptime. You will collaborate with software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, and operations managers.