Mission-Critical Data Center Engineer Technician

Amazon Data Services, Inc.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Data Center Engineering Technician to join its critical facilities team in Chantilly, VA.

You will perform hands-on electrical and mechanical troubleshooting on data center equipment, including generators, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, CRAC units, chillers, and cooling systems, to maintain close to 99.999% uptime. The role requires being on-site, daily rounds, and collaboration with contractors and vendors while ensuring safety and compliance with local regulations.

Qualifications

• Ability to travel to or commute between data center locations as needed.
• Willingness to temporarily work at alternative sites during training periods or until assigned facility is operational.
• Travel frequency will vary based on business needs and operational status of assigned facility.
• Candidates must be able to travel (over 50 miles) or commute (less than 50 miles) to active data center sites as required by business needs.

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.
• Role may support more than one location/site.

Skills

Travel readiness

Physical stamina

Team collaboration

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Data Center Engineering Technician to join its critical facilities team in Chantilly, VA.

You will perform hands-on electrical and mechanical troubleshooting on data center equipment, including generators, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, CRAC units, chillers, and cooling systems, to maintain close to 99.999% uptime. The role requires being on-site, daily rounds, and collaboration with contractors and vendors while ensuring safety and compliance with local regulations.