Engineering Operations Technician (AWS GovCloud Region)
Amazon· Operations, IT, & Support Engineering
Hybrid (Boardman, OR)$37.64/hr - $65.91/hrfull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Engineering Operations Technicians maintain and operate data center infrastructure to ensure high availability and safety. The role supports testing and implementation of new technology and work practices, with on-site management of contractors and hands-on facility maintenance across electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety systems.
Responsibilities
- Tasked with driving innovation while reducing operational costs in the facilities.
- Drive projects with moderate complexity.
- Assist in troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events within internal Service Level Agreements (SLA).
- Perform rack installs, rack decommissioning, operational readings and facility management.
- Provide key performance indicators to senior engineers.
- Responsible for the on-site management of contractors, sub-contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with established practices, procedures & local legislation.
- Performance and oversight of maintenance and operations on all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center.
- Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to while performing work.
- Perform basic support concepts such as ticketing systems, root cause analysis, change management creation, writing procedures and building management systems.
- 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.
- Maintain data center critical infrastructure equipment ensuring 99.999% up-time of the world's largest cloud computing portfolio.
- Role may support more than one location/site.
- Walk job sites in uneven terrain. Maintain balance and perform construction tasks while on a ladder
- Regularly lift and/or move up to 39 pounds unassisted and participate in group lifts for 40+ pounds
- 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.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of electrical and mechanical facilities maintenance, or 1+ years of electrical facilities maintenance and 1+ years of mechanical facilities maintenance experience
- -2+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience
- -Work flexible schedule including weekends, nights, and holidays
Skills
Required:Electrical facilities maintenanceMechanical facilities maintenanceSLA management
Nice to have:Procedures and engineering drawings
Benefits
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) and Basic Life & AD&D insurance with option for Supplemental life plans
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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