Data Center Engineering Technician for 99.999% Uptime

Amazon Inc.; Sterling (VA); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation stipend

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Sterling, VA is seeking a Data Center Engineering Operations Technician to help operate and maintain mission-critical facilities, including diesel generators, UPS, PDUs, CRAC, and cooling systems, ensuring high availability in AWS data centers.

The role involves daily rounds, BMS/EPMS monitoring, rack installs, PM and troubleshooting, on-site support for contractors, and occasional travel between sites with rotating shifts and potential on-call duties.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of electrical and mechanical facilities maintenance.
• 2+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience.
• Willingness to work 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 & mechanical maintenance

MS Office

Flexible schedule

Education

Vocational/technical training or associate degree or above, or 4+ years military experience

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Sterling, VA is seeking a Data Center Engineering Operations Technician to help operate and maintain mission-critical facilities, including diesel generators, UPS, PDUs, CRAC, and cooling systems, ensuring high availability in AWS data centers.

The role involves daily rounds, BMS/EPMS monitoring, rack installs, PM and troubleshooting, on-site support for contractors, and occasional travel between sites with rotating shifts and potential on-call duties.