Data Center Engineering Technician, DCEO

The Data Center Engineering Operations (DCEO) team is seeking engineers who can deploy operate and maintain the facilities (electrical/mechanical systems control/fire-fighting systems etc.) and manage related projects at our large-scale high-density data centers.

As a member of this gender and culturally diverse team you will have a chance to work with exciting technology in a dynamic environment with expanding opportunities.

The role requires a highly driven self-managed individual who demonstrates initiative and proactively seeks solutions to complex technical problems. This is a Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) engineering role managing infrastructure such as diesel generators switch gear UPSs PDUs AHUs fire detection systems and building automation systems. You will report to the Data Center Engineering Operations Facilities Manager.

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global 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.

Key job responsibilities
The successful candidate will be accountable for:

- Setting and maintaining the highest standards for safety and actively promoting a world-class safety culture in all aspects of operational procedure
- Driving continuous improvement efforts on infrastructure through standardization of procedures and policies while delivering performance against agreed metrics
- Enabling the operations organization to delivering 100% up-time on all customer supporting infrastructure
- Collaborating effectively with internal & external stakeholders to deliver operational excellence for all AWS customers
- Responsible for ensuring that the preventive maintenance of site-critical facility infrastructure is planned and executed to the highest standards in accordance to AWS procedures
- In charge of facility monitoring & supervision (via BMS PMS .)
- Participation in the successful delivery of build-out and retrofit of Data Center infrastructure
- Ensuring organizational capability to react & respond appropriately to any potential customer-impacting event on any component of electrical or mechanical infrastructure.
- Reviewing incident reports documenting periodic trend summaries and providing updates and recommended actions to management
- Draft update & maintain method statements standard operating procedures emergency response procedures preventive maintenance programs and all technical documentation pertaining to DCEO


Key job responsibilities:
- Oversee maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment
- Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures
- Troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events
- Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to while performing work
- Work 8 hours 5 days on and 4 days off
- Take daily operational readings of all mechanical and electrical equipment
- Management of external vendors

**To apply please submit a detailed copy of your CV in English**

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Good verbal and written communication skills in English
Apprentice/trades certified or diploma in an Electrical field and key electrical competencies (Practice & Theory) & knowledge of mechanical systems (Mechanical HVAC systems Controls)
Driving license valid in Italy




Preferred Qualifications
3 years of experience in operations and on-call support for Data Center facilities / or Mission Critical Plants/ Production facilities
An undergraduate degree in a technical field (EE MechE IndustrialE);
Project Management experience

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