Lead Data Center Engineer — Critical Infra & Ops

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

RSUs

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Manassas, Virginia is seeking a Data Center Chief Engineer to oversee electrical, mechanical, and life-safety systems across AWS facilities.

This role focuses on preventative maintenance, emergency response, and coordinating with vendors and engineers to keep critical infrastructure running. Ideal candidate has 3+ years in facilities maintenance, strong MS Office skills, and ability to travel between data centers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of electrical and mechanical facilities maintenance.
• 3+ years of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Experience reading and writing procedures, technical documents, and engineering drawings.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary escalation point for facilities issues.
• Oversee operation and management of routine and emergency services on critical systems such as switchgear, generators, UPS, chillers, and building systems.
• Provide training and guidance to Engineering Operations Technicians and coordinate with Facility Manager to set team culture.
• Create and deploy new standard practices for Engineering Operations Technicians, Chief Engineers, and vendor support teams.
• May assist in building out new facilities and projects to increase efficiency.
• Work outside of normal hours for routine maintenance and emergency calls.
• Communicate complex technical information to a non-technical audience.
• Coordinate projects with IT managers and leaders to optimize safety, performance, and reliability.
• Ensure safety procedures are followed by vendors and Amazon staff.
• Establish building performance benchmarks, analyses, and reports on facility operations.
• Utilize MS Excel, Word, Outlook for day-to-day tasks.

Skills

Electrical facilities maintenance

Mechanical facilities maintenance

Microsoft Office (Outlook/Word/Excel)

Reading technical documents

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Manassas, Virginia is seeking a Data Center Chief Engineer to oversee electrical, mechanical, and life-safety systems across AWS facilities.

This role focuses on preventative maintenance, emergency response, and coordinating with vendors and engineers to keep critical infrastructure running. Ideal candidate has 3+ years in facilities maintenance, strong MS Office skills, and ability to travel between data centers.