Engineering Operations Technician

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 and help maintain an extraordinary 99.999% uptime.

• 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 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 follows established practices, procedures and local legislation.
• Work schedule may change 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.
• May be assigned to a facility still under development, requiring travel to established locations for training until the designated site is fully operational.

• Ability to travel to or commute between data center locations as needed.
• Willingness to temporarily work at alternative sites during training periods or until the assigned facility is operational.
• Travel frequency will vary based on business needs and operational status of the 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.

The role acts as Amazon’s front line for hands‑on electrical and mechanical equipment preventative maintenance (PM) and troubleshooting, reporting to a site’s Data Center Facility Manager (FM). The technician maintains, operates, and troubleshoots mission‑critical data center equipment including standby diesel generators, fuel systems, three‑phase electrical systems such as switch gear, UPS units, PDUs, and wet‑cell batteries, as well as mechanical equipment like CRAHU units, centrifugal chillers, cooling towers, water systems, air handlers, pumps, and motors.

Additional support equipment includes fire/life safety equipment, building automation systems, and general facilities equipment.

• At least 2 years of experience with Microsoft Office products and applications.
• At least 2 years of electrical and mechanical experience.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including days, nights, and/or weekends.

• Experience working in a data center or other mission‑critical facility (e.g., hospital, military facility, public safety facility).
• Associate or higher education in a related field.
• Experience with reading and writing procedures, technical documents, and engineering drawings.

Base salary range: 37.00 – 65.00 USD hourly (USA, VA, Mineral). The full Amazon package includes sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) with final compensation determined by experience, qualifications, and location. Comprehensive benefits are available, including health, dental, vision, prescription, life insurance, supplemental life plans, Employee Assistance Program, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

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Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Amazon does not sponsor immigration visas for this role. Eligible candidates may receive a lump‑sum stipend for relocation.

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Amazon Data Services, Inc. | Job : A