Data Center Engineering Technician - 99.999% Uptime

Amazon Inc.; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to maintain and troubleshoot mission-critical facilities, including standby diesel generators, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, and cooling systems.

You will perform rounds, monitor BMS/EPMS, and support change management to help sustain 99.999% uptime. This front-line role requires working flexible shifts (including nights and weekends), travel between sites, and coordination with contractors.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of electrical and mechanical facilities maintenance, or 2+ years of electrical facilities maintenance and 1+ years of 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 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 maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Microsoft Office

Education

Vocational/Technical training or Associate degree

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to maintain and troubleshoot mission-critical facilities, including standby diesel generators, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, and cooling systems.

You will perform rounds, monitor BMS/EPMS, and support change management to help sustain 99.999% uptime. This front-line role requires working flexible shifts (including nights and weekends), travel between sites, and coordination with contractors.