Engineering Operation Technician
Amazon· Operations, IT, & Support Engineering
Hybrid (USA, OR, Umatilla)$37.64/hr - $65.91/hrFull-timePosted yesterday
About the role
Data Center Engineering Technician responsible for hands-on electrical/mechanical maintenance, troubleshooting, and facility operations to maintain high uptime in AWS data centers.
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
- Willingness and demonstrated ability to work in the following physical conditions with reasonable accommodations: Regularly lift/move up to 39 pounds, participate in group lifts for 40+ pounds, ladder work, extensive physical tasks, wear 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
- A day in the life: maintain, operate, and troubleshoot mission-critical data center facility equipment including standby diesel generators, 3-phase electrical systems (switchgear, UPS, PDUs, batteries) and mechanical systems (CRAC, chillers, towers, water systems, air handlers, pumps, motors)
- On-site interactions with facilities equipment and safety systems; support for change management and safety/compliance requirements
Qualifications
- 2+ years of electrical facilities maintenance and 2+ years of mechanical facilities maintenance, or 1+ years of electrical and 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 maintenanceMicrosoft Office
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
- EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Sign-on payments and RSUs (compensation package)
- Relocation lump sum stipend in eligible cases
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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