Chief Engineer, DCEO, Data Center Engineering Operations
Amazon· Operations, IT, & Support Engineering
Hybrid (Finsterwalde, Germany)Full-timePosted yesterday
About the role
AWS Infrastructure Services seeks a Data Center Engineering Operations Chief Engineer to own and optimize electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety systems within a data center, drive preventative maintenance and incident response, lead small-to-medium projects, and train Engineering Operations Technicians to ensure 99.999% uptime for mission-critical equipment.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the day-to-day operations and maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment in a data center.
- Operate independently with limited direct management
- Act as an escalation point for all facilities-related issues within the data center, escalating to the Data Center Facility Manager as needed
- Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures
- Troubleshoot and report facility and data center-level events within internal SLA
- Create and deploy new standard practices for Engineering Operations Technicians, Chief Engineers, and vendor support teams
- Provide training and guidance to Engineering Operations Technicians
- Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to by vendor and Amazon staff
- Utilize internal CMMS to manage building workflows
- Communicate complex technical information to a non-technical audience
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
- Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems
- Experience with power management and power monitoring systems
- This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state.
Skills
Required:Electrical engineering conceptsMechanical engineering conceptsMaintenance planning
Nice to have:Project management
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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