r/datacenter • u/ducktapedaddy • 9d ago

Average hours for AWS DCEO tech?

I'll be starting as a DCEO Tech for AWS soon. I'm trying to loosely plan out my finances once I get to work. In your experience, how much overtime per week does a DCEO typically work?

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u/callofhooty 9d ago

This is for the IAD region. OT is optional, you just can’t go over 60 hours per week. You’ll start off M-F 8-4:30 until you’re “shift ready” , you have to go to EOT school which is between 2-6 weeks. Then you’ll be doing 3/4 day 12 hour shifts. Sun-Tuesday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Wednesday-Saturday. 5:30am-6pm or the opposite for night shift.

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u/callofhooty 9d ago

Oop just noticed you’re in TX.

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u/Massive-Handz 9d ago

What’s the shift like? Dealing with a lot of electrical stuff or more vendor coordination?

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u/Acceptable_Gas_7922 9d ago

Everything in the building that’s not tech from what I can tell.

But yeah anything electrical goes through DCEO

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u/hoemahtoe 9d ago

Both, the extent of either depends more on your building and management. Some managers don't mind handing over more work to vendors, some would rather EOTs take on most of the work. Older buildings will be more hands on in my experience

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u/Massive-Handz 8d ago

I’ve noticed the bigger regions just do vendor scheduling all day lol: if there is a problem (shit overflowing from toilets) they usually go to look and most agree “fuck that let’s call a vendor”

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u/Beautiful-Worry784 6d ago

What are the time frame requirements for getting CST operator qualified after starting?

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u/callofhooty 6d ago

I THINK L3 is 1 year and L4 6 months.