Hands-On Data Center Ops Engineer (AWS)

Amazon Inc.; Clifton (TX); On-site; USD 47,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Operations Technician to monitor and maintain 24/7 data center facilities, including electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety systems.

You will work with BMS/EPMS, troubleshoot, install rack equipment, perform PM, and collaborate with contractors to ensure safe, compliant operations. The role requires flexible scheduling, willingness to work long shifts, and the ability to support multiple sites.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of electrical and mechanical facilities maintenance, or 2+ years of electrical facilities maintenance and 1+ years of mechanical facilities maintenance experience.
• 2+ 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 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 maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

MS Office

Education

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

Tools

Engineering drawings

Procedural documentation

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Operations Technician to monitor and maintain 24/7 data center facilities, including electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety systems.

You will work with BMS/EPMS, troubleshoot, install rack equipment, perform PM, and collaborate with contractors to ensure safe, compliant operations. The role requires flexible scheduling, willingness to work long shifts, and the ability to support multiple sites.