Data Center Engineering Technician — 99.999% Uptime Guardian

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 44,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to help maintain mission-critical infrastructure and ensure 24/7 reliability at our Chantilly, VA facilities.

You will work with electrical and mechanical systems, monitor BMS and EPMS, and support site operations in a demanding, security-conscious environment. This role requires travel between data center locations, flexible shifts up to 12 hours, and on-site collaboration with contractors and vendors.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of electrical or mechanical experience or data center facilities.
• 1+ year of Microsoft Office experience.
• Flexible work schedule including evenings, overnights, and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Daily building rounds to monitor electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment.
• Monitor Building Management Systems (BMS) and Electrical Power Management System (EPMS).
• Assist in troubleshooting 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-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/Mechanical experience

Data Center experience

Microsoft Office

Education

Associate's degree in related field

Technical degree

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to help maintain mission-critical infrastructure and ensure 24/7 reliability at our Chantilly, VA facilities.

You will work with electrical and mechanical systems, monitor BMS and EPMS, and support site operations in a demanding, security-conscious environment. This role requires travel between data center locations, flexible shifts up to 12 hours, and on-site collaboration with contractors and vendors.