Amazon · 3 weeks ago
Data Center Engineering Operations Technician - Northern Virginia
Sterling, Virginia, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$68K/yr - $153K/yr
2+ years expAmazon is Earth’s most customer-centric company, seeking to enhance the operations of its data centers. The Data Center Engineering Operations Technician will maintain and operate critical infrastructure systems, ensuring reliability and availability while supporting various engineering tasks.
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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
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
Qualification
Required
Work shifts longer than eight hours in duration
2+ years of practical experience in electrical systems, mechanical systems, HVAC, and/or fire suppression systems
Can bend or twist the body into unusual positions while working, use hands to manipulate small wires and objects, walk on job sites in uneven terrain, and work at heights and from ladders
Preferred
Knowledge of network design and layout as well as low voltage (copper/ fiber) cabling
Experience in data center engineering
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
Recent News
2026-01-11
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