Data Center Engineering Technician - 99.999% Uptime

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Frederick (MD); On-site; USD 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation stipend

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is hiring a Data Center Engineering Technician to help maintain mission-critical facilities, ensuring high uptime and reliable operations across components like switch gear, UPS, PDUs, and cooling systems.

The role involves hands-on electrical/mechanical work, building rounds, and collaboration with contractors to meet internal SLAs. On-site work with potential travel between sites.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of electrical or mechanical experience
• 1+ years of data center or mission critical facilities experience
• 1+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience
• Work flexible schedule including weekends, nights, and holidays
• High school or equivalent diploma
• Associate or higher education in related field (preferred)

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
• 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

Data center experience

Scheduling flexibility

Education

High school diploma

Associate degree or higher

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is hiring a Data Center Engineering Technician to help maintain mission-critical facilities, ensuring high uptime and reliable operations across components like switch gear, UPS, PDUs, and cooling systems.

The role involves hands-on electrical/mechanical work, building rounds, and collaboration with contractors to meet internal SLAs. On-site work with potential travel between sites.