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About AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is growing rapidly, and we are looking for a Engineering Operations Technician (EOT) to join our expanding Infrastructure Operations team.

This committed group works to maintain the critical physical infrastructure that supports Amazon Web Services. Specifically, this team works to ensure that the data center's MEP operates at 100% availability while maintaining first-class customer service to the teams and groups within the data centers.

The Data Center Engineering Operations Technician (EOT) is responsible for operating and maintaining all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center. The EOT serves as a technical resource to support Amazon within its owned and operated data centers. Data center equipment that supports mission-critical servers must maintain better than 99.999% uptime. EOT’s are also tasked with driving innovation while reducing operational costs in the facilities. EOT’s are Amazon’s front line responders for hands-on electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting and operation. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, stand-by diesel generators, switchgear, UPS’s, PDU’s, AHU’s, chillers, cooling towers, chemical treatment systems, pumps, motors, VFD’s, and building automation systems.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain mechanical and electrical equipment

• Assist root cause analysis of equipment failures

• Assist in troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events within internal SLA

• Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to while performing work

• Take daily operational readings of all mechanical and electrical equipment

• Take daily operational readings of all mechanical and electrical equipment

• Able to work a 12 hour shift (rotating 3 to 4 day work weeks)

• Utilize internal CMMS to manage building workflows

Physical Requirements

All physical requirements are expected with reasonable accommodations

• Walk job sites in uneven terrain.

• Work at heights and from ladders.

• Regularly lift and/or move up to 49 pounds unassisted and participate in group lifts for 50 pounds or more.

• Coordinate body movements when using tools or equipment.

• Reach and stretch to position equipment and fixtures while maintaining balance.

• Bend or twist the body into unusual positions while working.

• Perform physical tasks all day without becoming overly tired.

• Perform extended site rounds that could include long distances of walking and long periods of time being away from a desk.

• Use hands to manipulate small wires and objects.

• Push or pull heavy objects into position.

• Work in a noisy environment.

• Works shifts longer than 8 hours to support 24/7 operations (covering both night and day shifts).

• Work at depths, such as under raised floors.

• Work support could include travel to more than one site location (travel less than 25% of time).

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop celebrating our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We have a career path for you no matter what stage you’re in when you start here. As we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer, we know we must continuously raise our performance bar. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home. Finding purpose and fulfillment is essential across all aspects of our lives, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

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We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Manassas, VA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• High school or equivalent diploma

• 1+ years of electrical or mechanical, or 1+ years of data center or mission critical facilities (example: hospital, military facility, public safety facility, etc.) experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of data center engineering experience

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.