Engineering Operations Technician; Night Shift

Engineering Operations Technician (Night Shift)

Job :  | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Join our dynamic team and become a critical guardian of technological infrastructure! As a Data Center Engineering Technician, you'll play a pivotal role in maintaining the heartbeat of mission‑critical technology infrastructure, ensuring seamless operations that power global digital experiences. Your expertise will directly contribute to maintaining an extraordinary 99.999% uptime, keeping the digital world running smoothly and efficiently.

Engineering Technicians are Amazon’s front line when it comes to hands‑on electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting. They maintain, operate, and troubleshoot Data Center Operation’s Mission Critical Facilities, including stand‑by diesel generators, fuel systems, three‑phase electrical systems such as switch gear, UPSs, PDUs, wet‑cell batteries, CRAC machines, centrifugal chillers, cooling towers with water‑chemical systems, air handlers, pumps, and motors.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on.

• 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 preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and repair of electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Technical writing to support change management program.
• Monitor daily work requests, manage to resolution, and execute projects from conception to completion.
• On‑site support of contractors, sub‑contractors, and vendors, ensuring all work performed follows established practices, procedures and 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.

• Willingness and demonstrated ability to work in the following physical conditions with reasonable accommodations.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 39 pounds independently.
• Participate in group lifts for 40+ pounds.
• Maintain balance and perform construction tasks while on a ladder.
• Regularly walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, climb stairs, twist, bend, work above shoulders, grasp, carry, push and pull objects into position.
• Work in an environment requiring provided ear protection.

• 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.

• 2+ years of electrical facilities maintenance and 1+ years of mechanical facilities maintenance experience.
• 2+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience, or Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays.

• 2+ years of data center engineering experience.
• Experience reading and writing procedures, technical documents, and engineering drawings.
• Vocational/technical training or an associate degree or above, or 4+ years of military experience.

NOTE:

Amazon does not sponsor for immigration, including for H‑1B, TN, and other non‑immigrant visas, for this role.

NOTE:

Lump sum stipend will be provided to eligible candidates who relocate for this position.

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