Amazon
Data Center Chief Engineer
$96K–$166K
Boardman, OR · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of vendor management; 4+ years of relevant data center or critical-environment work; 5+ years of data center engineering or operations; 5+ years of Microsoft Office; maintenance experience of 3+ years electrical and mechanical, or 3+ years electrical plus 2+ years mechanical.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- For the PDX AWS GovCloud region, effective February 24, 2026, logical access is restricted to Amazon employees who are U.S. Citizens; GovCloud may not be accessed from outside the United States.
About the job
Operates and maintains critical data center electrical, mechanical, and life-safety systems, leads technicians, and coordinates facility operations and projects.
What you'll do
- Oversee routine and emergency operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis of critical facility systems.
- Train and guide technicians, set operating practices, and serve as the primary escalation point for facility issues.
- Coordinate projects, vendors, safety, and performance reporting across data center operations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of data center engineering or operations experience; 4+ years of relevant work in a data center or other critical environment.
- 3+ years of vendor management experience and 5+ years of Microsoft Office experience (including Outlook, Word, and Excel).
- 3+ years of electrical and mechanical facilities maintenance experience, or 3+ years of electrical facilities maintenance and 2+ years of mechanical facilities maintenance.
Nice to have
- 3+ years of construction or project management experience; experience leading technical teams through operations and maintenance.
- Electrical or mechanical Journeyman License, or operating engineering license such as DC II or DC III.
Pay
96,000.00 - 166,300.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, switchgear, generators, UPS systems, PDUs, centrifugal chillers
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