Data Center Field Engineer: Uptime & Systems Tech

Amazon Inc.; Berwick (Columbia County); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to help maintain mission-critical facilities across AWS data centers. You will monitor and maintain electrical and mechanical systems, including diesel generators, UPS, PDUs, and cooling equipment, ensuring near-continuous uptime.

In this role, you will perform preventive maintenance, troubleshoot incidents, and support change management with clear technical documentation. Occasional travel to multiple sites may be required.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of electrical or mechanical experience.
• 1+ years of experience with Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to work on a flexible schedule including days, nights, and/or weekends.

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 experience

Mechanical experience

Flexible schedule

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Data Center Engineering Technician to help maintain mission-critical facilities across AWS data centers. You will monitor and maintain electrical and mechanical systems, including diesel generators, UPS, PDUs, and cooling equipment, ensuring near-continuous uptime.

In this role, you will perform preventive maintenance, troubleshoot incidents, and support change management with clear technical documentation. Occasional travel to multiple sites may be required.