Amazon is rolling into Truckee Meadows Community College next Monday with a rapid-fire hiring day, looking to stock up on technicians for a new data center rising on Switch’s Citadel Campus in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. The company is recruiting engineering operations technicians, data center technicians and install technicians for both short-term buildout and long-term operations, with organizers promising on-site applications, instant assessments and quick moves into pre-booked virtual interviews.
Event details and on-the-spot hiring
According to AWS, the hiring day at TMCC will run as four identical sessions next Monday, each capped at 40 attendees. Every session features a tech talk, an on-site skills assessment and one-on-one networking time with AWS staff.
The registration page lists Engineering Operations Technicians, Data Center Technicians and Install Technicians among the open roles. Laptops will be provided so applicants can apply and complete the online assessment right at the event, and the page notes that successful candidates may be fast-tracked into virtual interviews that are pre-booked with the hiring team.
Officials praise jobs boost
State leaders are treating the project like a win for the region. Governor Joe Lombardo said the investment “will generate hundreds of high-quality jobs,” and AWS Global VP Kerry Person said the company is “focused on hiring locally” while partnering with regional workforce organizations, according to 2 News.
Person also told the outlet that the Reno facilities will rely on direct air cooling most of the time, and that any water use would come from an allotment designated for industrial use. Those remarks appeared alongside the RSVP details for the TMCC hiring event, underscoring how environmental design and job creation are being marketed as part of the same package.
Why Tahoe Reno?
The new data center is landing on Switch’s Citadel Campus at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, a hyperscale colocation complex that Switch describes as a multi-building campus with large power capacity and renewable-power commitments. Switch’s site says the Citadel is built to support massive cloud infrastructure demand and includes features meant to attract hyperscalers and their contractors. With that scale in play, it is not surprising to see companies staging local hiring events as construction and operations ramp up across the region.
How to apply
Job seekers who want in on the action need to register for a session through the event landing page. AWS lists four session times and notes that some slots are first‑come, first‑served, so waiting too long could mean sitting this one out…