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Data Center Technical Operations Engineer

Amazon· Facilities, Maintenance, & Real Estate
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SydneyFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. The Data Center Engineering Operations (DCEO) Engineer sustains availability, manages costs, assesses risk, and maintains critical infrastructure in data center facilities, collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize safety, reliability, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Undertake and support management of both routine maintenance and emergency service of a variety of critical systems such as switch-gear, generators, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers, building monitoring systems, fire systems, etc.
  • Installation of new rack capacity and provisioning of power/cooling
  • On-site management of contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work performed, is in accordance with established practices, procedures & local legislation
  • Establish performance benchmarks, conduct analyses and prepare reports and documentation of all aspects of critical facility infrastructure operations and maintenance. Manage the facility’s assets
  • Generate change management requests & incident management tickets for all facility related events (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) and assist in the resolution of infrastructure engineering and services issues
  • Collaborate with data center IT managers and other business leaders to coordinate day to day operations, projects, manage capacity, and optimize plant safety, performance, reliability, sustainability, and efficiency
  • Drive & implement projects to increase current facility capacity, efficiency, sustainability & reliability as well as assist in the design implementation, commissioning and build out of new data center facilities.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of relevant work in a data center or other critical environment experience
  • Experience in vendor management
  • Are enrolled in or have completed a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
  • Experience in facilities management, or experience working in a data center or mission critical facility (example: hospital, military facility, public safety facility, etc.)
  • Experience in construction or project management, or experience in vendor negotiation and management for data center or upgrade construction contracts

Skills

Required:Data center maintenanceVendor management

Benefits

  • Flexible work hours and arrangements as part of culture
  • Inclusive team culture with ongoing learning experiences and mentorship opportunities
  • Supportive environment emphasizing safety, security, and career growth
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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