Data Center Engineering Operations Engineer

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.


Key job responsibilities
The Data Center Engineering Operation Engineer is responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center is operating within contract parameters within facilities. Often this will be including risk management and mitigation, corrective and preventative maintenance of critical infrastructure, vendor management and metric reporting.

•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.
•Establish performance benchmarks, conduct analyses, and prepare reports on all aspects of the data center facility infrastructure operations and maintenance.
•Work with DCO managers (IT) and other business leaders and operating partners to coordinate projects, manage capacity, and optimize plant safety, performance, reliability, sustainability and efficiency.
•Responsible for supporting the installation of the racks and the provision of power/cooling.

A day in the life
•Assist in troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events within internal Service Level Agreements (SLA).
•Perform rack installs, rack decommissioning, and facility management.
•Provide operational readings and key performance indicators to make sure uptime is maintained
•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.
•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



About the team
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS
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Work/Life Balance
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- 3+ years of data center engineering or operations experience
- Experience with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel

Preferred Qualifications

- 5+ years of data center engineering or operations experience
- operating engineering license such as DC II, DC III, or equivalent
- Experience in operations and on-call support for data center facilities, mission critical plants, or production facilities

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