Data Center Facilities Technician

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Virginia’s Herndon area is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to maintain mission-critical infrastructure, including generators, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, and cooling systems. You will perform rounds, monitor BMS/EPMS, and troubleshoot to ensure 99.999% uptime.

The role requires flexibility with shifts, on-call rotations, and travel between data center sites as needed. Strong electrical/mechanical hands-on experience and familiarity with documentation are

Qualifications

• 1+ years of electrical or mechanical, or 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.

Responsibilities

• Daily building rounds to monitor and record information from 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 all work complies with practices, procedures & local legislation.

Skills

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Microsoft Office

Education

Associate’s degree or technical degree in related field

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Virginia’s Herndon area is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to maintain mission-critical infrastructure, including generators, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, and cooling systems. You will perform rounds, monitor BMS/EPMS, and troubleshoot to ensure 99.999% uptime.

The role requires flexibility with shifts, on-call rotations, and travel between data center sites as needed. Strong electrical/mechanical hands-on experience and familiarity with documentation are