Data Center - Facilities Engineer

Please apply for the job using the link below:

https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10463404/technical-operations-engineer-data-center-engineering-operations

About the role

The Infrastructure Operations (Data Center) team is the backbone of AWS, supporting the rapidly growing AWS business and customers 24/7. You'll contribute to maintaining and optimizing critical infrastructure that powers digital experiences for millions of customers worldwide. In this collaborative role, you'll apply your technical expertise while working with diverse teams to ensure the reliability and efficiency of data center operations.

Key responsibilities

• Undertake and support management of both routine maintenance and emergency service of a variety of critical systems such as switch-gear, generators, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers, building monitoring systems, fire systems, etc.

• Installation of new rack capacity and provisioning of power/cooling

• On-site management of contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with established practices, procedures and local legislation

• Establish performance benchmarks, conduct analyses and prepare reports and documentation of all aspects of critical facility infrastructure operations and maintenance. Manage the facility's assets.

• Generate change management requests and incident management tickets for all facility related events (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) and assist in the resolution of infrastructure engineering and services issues

• Collaborate with data center IT managers and other business leaders to coordinate day to day operations, projects, manage capacity, and optimize plant safety, performance, reliability, sustainability, and efficiency

• Drive and implement projects to increase current facility capacity, efficiency, sustainability and reliability as well as assist in the design implementation, commissioning and build out of new data center facilities

• Attend operational meetings to foster awareness of important activities across the Melbourne data centre region

• Mentor and development of less experienced engineering operations technicians

• Plan and schedule maintenance activities for critical infrastructure

About you

• 2+ years of relevant work experience

• Can bend or twist the body into unusual positions while working

• Can use hands to manipulate small wires and objects

• Can walk on job sites in uneven terrain

• 4+ years of data center engineering experience (preferred)

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field (preferred)

• Experience in data center engineering (preferred)

• Can perform physical tasks all day without becoming overly tired (preferred)

About us

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.

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