Data Center Chief Engineer, DCEO
Content + Source + Freshness • 14 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Strong value due to a specific focus on engineering operations management and significant career advancement potential within AWS.
- Leadership roles in critical engineering operations
- Strategic involvement in data center management
- Requires extensive technical knowledge and crisis management skills
Pros
- Opportunities to lead critical engineering teams
- Comprehensive involvement in data center operations management
- High level of responsibility with potential for professional growth
Cons
- High expectations for technical knowledge and emergency management
- On-call duties may add stress beyond regular hours
- Possibly limited openings due to specialized nature of position
Who it's for
Senior / Lead • Onsite with a focus on team and operational management
Good fit
- Senior engineers keen on operational leadership
- Individuals with strong technical and managerial skills
- Candidates focused on improving service and performance in infrastructure
Not recommended for
- New graduates without engineering experience or technical skills
- People looking for low-responsibility roles
- Those unwilling to engage in high-stress, emergency situations
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Description
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re 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 we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll 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 you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a detail-oriented individual to join our Data Center Engineering 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 Chief Engineer (CE) is responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center is operating at peak efficiency. This involves planned preventative maintenance of equipment, daily corrective work, and emergency response. The CE serves as an expert technical resource interacting with onsite Engineering Operations Technicians (EOT) and any third party vendors. They are expected to be a singular focal point for all facility operations within a given data center and to support AWS.
This position will work with the night teams to ensure training and drills are conducted and completed successfully, ensuring properly trained night staff.
Key job responsibilities
- Management and leadership of DCEO Engineering Team
- Establish performance benchmarks, conduct analyses, and prepare reports on all aspects of the critical facility operations and maintenance
- Responsible for the on-site management of shift technicians, senior shift technicians, sub-contractors and vendors
- Oversee operation and management of routine and emergency services on a variety of critical systems such as: switchgear, generators, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers, building monitoring systems, etc
- Data Center capacity planning and reporting
- May assist in the design and build out of new facilities
- Work with IT managers and other business leaders to coordinate projects, manage capacity, and optimize plant safety, performance, reliability and efficiency
- Deliver quality service and ensure all customer demands are met
- Responsible for asset and inventory management
- Respond to out of hours emergency calls – first level escalation point for Data Center facilities related issues / failures
- Primary oncall shift rotation- Training and development of EOTs including night shift personnel.
About the team
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 values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
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 (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. 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.
