Data Center Facility Engineer, Data Center Engineering Operations

Overview

As a Data Center Facilities Engineer, you own the reliability and safety of AWS global data centers. You will work within the Engineering and Facilities team to maintain electrical and mechanical infrastructure, ensuring high availability for customers. The role involves safety leadership, operation and maintenance of equipment, and coordinating with contractors to uphold world-class standards. This position offers hands-on impact in a fast-paced, process-driven environment with opportunities to contribute to a scalable, secure cloud platform.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working culture
• mentorship and career growth
• inclusive culture
• work-life harmony
• opportunity to work on mission-critical infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Maintain highest safety standards and advance safety culture across the facility
• Operate and maintain electrical and mechanical equipment (UPS, switchgear, breakers, ATS, diesel generators, chillers, HVAC, exhaust fans, VFDs, transformers)
• Troubleshoot events within internal SLAs
• Take daily operational readings (temperatures, voltages, currents) during rounds
• Supervise contractors performing servicing or preventive maintenance
• Manual handling of equipment as required
• Work in shifts (morning, late, night) and participate in on-call rotations for emergencies
• Ensure safety remediation and drive safety initiatives with cross-team collaboration

Key requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Knowledge of mechanical systems (Mechanical, HVAC, Controls)
• Knowledge of key electrical competencies and theory
• Experience in data center engineering (preferred)
• Bachelors degree in engineering, project management, construction management or similar technical focus (preferred)
• Proactive problem-solving
• Initiative and self-management
• Ability to learn new processes and adapt to changing priorities
• Electrical and mechanical equipment operation (UPS, Switchgear, Circuit Breakers, ATS, Diesel Generators, Chillers, HVAC, Exhaust Fans, VFDs, Transformers)
• Process-driven operations
• Incident investigation within SLAs

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