Senior Data Center Engineer - Relocation Available

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Hampton (GA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in the United States (GA, Hampton) is seeking a hands-on Data Center Engineering Operations professional to lead escalation, oversee critical systems, and mentor technicians for reliable, safe facility performance.

You will work with facilities teams to deploy standard practices, coordinate with IT leaders, and manage out-of-hours maintenance. This role emphasizes safety, efficiency, and continual improvement.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel experience.
• 3+ years of electrical and mechanical facilities maintenance experience — OR — 3+ years of electrical facilities maintenance experience and 2+ year of mechanical facilities maintenance experience.
• Experience reading and writing procedures, technical documents, and engineering drawings.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary escalation point for all facilities-related issues.
• Oversee operation and management of routine and emergency services on critical systems.
• Provide training and guidance to Engineering Operations Technicians and responsible for working with Facility Manager (FM) to set team culture.
• Create and deploy new standard practices for Engineering Operations Technicians, Chief Engineers, and vendor support teams.
• May assist in the build out of new facilities and assist in projects to increase current facility efficiency.
• Working outside of normal business hours for routine maintenance as required, including responding to out-of-hours emergency calls.
• Communicate complex technical information to a non-technical audience.
• Work with IT managers and other business leaders to coordinate projects, manage capacity, and optimize plant safety, performance, reliability and efficiency.
• Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to by vendor and Amazon staff.
• Establish building performance benchmarks, conduct analyses, and prepare reports on all aspects of the critical facility operations and maintenance.
• Utilize Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and other basic administrative tools to perform day to day tasks

Skills

Microsoft Office

Electrical & mechanical maintenance

Technical documentation reading/wri​ti

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in the United States (GA, Hampton) is seeking a hands-on Data Center Engineering Operations professional to lead escalation, oversee critical systems, and mentor technicians for reliable, safe facility performance.

You will work with facilities teams to deploy standard practices, coordinate with IT leaders, and manage out-of-hours maintenance. This role emphasizes safety, efficiency, and continual improvement.