Data Center Engineering Technician - Frontline Reliability

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

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Data Center Engineering Technician to help maintain mission-critical facilities across AWS data centers.

The role focuses on electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, standby generators, UPS, PDUs, cooling systems, and fire/life safety equipment, ensuring high availability and safety. Candidates should be able to travel between sites, support multiple locations, and work shifts up to 12 hours with on-call rotations as needed.

Qualifications

• Essential requirements include ability to travel between data center locations and work at alternate sites during training.
• Willingness to work in physically demanding environments and handle heavy equipment.

Responsibilities

• Daily building rounds to monitor electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment for 24/7 reliability.
• Monitor Building Management Systems (BMS) and Electrical Power Management System (EPMS).
• Assist in troubleshooting facility and rack-level events within internal SLAs.
• Perform rack installs and decommissioning within internal SLA.
• PM, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and repair of electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Technical writing to support change management program.
• On-site support of contractors, sub-contractors and vendors ensuring compliance with practices and local regulations.

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Data Center Engineering Technician to help maintain mission-critical facilities across AWS data centers.

The role focuses on electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, standby generators, UPS, PDUs, cooling systems, and fire/life safety equipment, ensuring high availability and safety. Candidates should be able to travel between sites, support multiple locations, and work shifts up to 12 hours with on-call rotations as needed.