Data Centre Engineering Operations Level 4 Infraops

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words were 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 were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll 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 youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

The Infrastructure Operations (Data Center) Team is the backbone of AWS supporting the rapidly growing AWS business and customers 24/7. We are committed to maintain the physical infrastructure of AWS ensuring the standards for operational performance in the areas of safety security availability productivity capacity efficiency and cost.

We are looking for a Data Center Engineering Operations (DCEO) Engineer with experience in critical facilities management and a resultdriven individual with strong technical understanding and the drive and vision to take our data center engineering operations to the next level. The DCEO Engineer is responsible for engineering operations including risk management and mitigation planning implementation of corrective and preventative maintenance for critical infrastructure and vendor management within our AWS Data Center environment. They are responsible for daytoday operational excellence maintenance of the critical infrastructure supervising specialist vendors acting as first responders to incidents and becoming subject matter experts for the facility.

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.

Act as the site primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders involving communication and relationship management.
Meet daily hours of operations on call requirements and response during rotations.
Manage minor and major planned and unplanned site works for critical infrastructure with a solid understanding of the works involved risks mitigation and seeking approvals within relevant SLAs as required.
Responsible for the onsite management of contractors subcontractors and vendors ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with established practices procedures & local legislation.
Establish performance benchmarks conduct analysis and prepare reports on all aspects of the data center facility infrastructure operations and maintenance.
Generate change management requests & incident management tickets for DCEO activities.
Work with DCO managers (IT) Networking Logistics Safety Security and other business leaders and operating partners to coordinate projects manage capacity and optimize plant safety performance reliability sustainability and efficiency.
Establish documentation relevant to technical support of business & facility operations.
Drive & implement projects to increase current facility capacity efficiency sustainability & reliability.
Assist in recruiting efforts.
Support operating partners in the resolution of any infrastructure engineering issues

A day in the life
In day today scale you will be involved in:
Troubleshoot facility and racklevel events within internal Service Level Agreements (SLA).
Perform rack installs rack decommissioning and facility MEP management.
Provide operational readings and key performance indicators to make sure uptime is maintained
Responsible for the onsite management of contractors subcontractors 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 12hours and may rotate on a predefined schedule. Some locations have oncall rotations.



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4 years of relevant work experience in maintaining a DC or Critical space facility and has ability to prioritize in complex fastpaced environment. Familiar with the concepts and interaction of Service Management systems (Problem and Change). Ability to participate in a 24 x 7 rotating shift roster.


Bachelors Degree in either Electrical Engineering HVAC Mechanical Engineering or relevant technical (military/trade school) degree and relevant experience in a critical environment. Understanding of the electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center environment including but not limited to DRUPS Transformers Generators Switchgear UPS systems ATS/STS units PDUs Chillers AHUs and CRAC units. Experience in management of vendors/contractors performing construction maintenance and upgrading works in largescale critical environment.

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