Amazon Data Center Engineering Operations Technician DCC Communities 

United States, Virginia, Manassas 

323625648

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Key job responsibilities
The EOT is responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center is operating at peak efficiency. This involves conducting both planned preventative maintenance of equipment, daily corrective work, and emergency response to emergent issues. The EOT serves as an operator as well as a first-line resource reporting to a site’s Data Center Facility Manager (FM), receiving daily instruction from the Chief Engineer (CE) and interacting with third party vendors. The EOT maintains training compliance as related to their role of operating, troubleshooting and repairing electrical and mechanical equipment.This equipment includes, but is not limited to:- Stand-by emergency generators
- Low and medium voltage electrical systems
- Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS)
- Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS)
- Chilled water systems
- Water treatment systems
- Building automation systems
- Fire detection and air quality monitoring systems
- Server racksA day in the life
- Working semi-autonomously in operation and maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment in a data center
- Execution of project scopes of basic complexity
- Providing timely escalation for all facilities-related issues within the data center
- First-line troubleshooting and reporting of facility and high-criticality events within a pre-determined service level agreement (SLA)
- Providing assistance to junior and peer EOTs
- Oversight of third-party vendors to ensure that all work performed is in accordance with established safety protocols, best practices, and local legislation
- Utilization of administrative tools for change management, ticketing, and asset management.
- Flexibility for changes to work schedule depending on specific site needs. Shifts can be up to 12-hours and may rotate on a predefined schedule.
Why AWS
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Work/Life BalanceMentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

- 1+ years of electrical or mechanical, or 1+ years of data center or mission critical facilities (example: hospital, military facility, public safety facility, etc.) experience
- High school or equivalent diploma

- 2+ years of data center engineering experience