Sr Colo Design Standards Engineer - Electrical, Colocation Design Standards
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.
We seek an engineer with extensive data center experience for our Colocation Design Standards Team. In this global role, you will drive resilience, standards, consistency, and constant improvement in our global colocation fleet of data centers.
This role requires a candidate with strong data center technical knowledge and colocation experience. You will use your expertise to drive continuous improvement. If you have experience developing global design standards and working within a broad design and construction infrastructure environment, we’d love for you to apply.
As a Colo Design Standards Engineer, you will drive design and availability consistency across our colocation data centers. You will collaborate with Colo engineering leaders, Principal Engineers, Product teams and global partners to set and update colocation capacity standards. You will work directly with our APAC and EMEA colocation teams and partners to implement these standards.
Key job responsibilities
- Develop and maintain global consistent colocation design standards to drive equivalent resilience in colocation data centers to AWS owned sites.
- Support the deployment of new AWS products in colocation data centers in a consistent way, including Machine Learning and AI.
- Input into global design standards and generational data center template designs.
- Support as required regional colo engineering teams to review and accept proposed changes to the site-specific infrastructure against our data center standards, and document Accepted Deviations when appropriate.
- Work with our global colocation partners to drive consistent standard solutions to expedite review processes and drive cost efficiency.
- Set up global strategies to deploy specific products or designs, and drive key global colocation initiatives.
- Documentation, release and management of design guides, standards, specifications and procedures.
- 25% international travel.
About the team
The Colocation Design Standards (CoDeS) team drives the global standardization of technical solutions for AWS Colocation (colo) sites. The team owns the creation and update of engineering standards for colo sites, following the performance objectives set in AWS Basis of Design (BoD) and creating those for colocation specific technology. The team also provides technical support for AWS product colo readiness to enable efficient deployment. CoDeS global standardization of technical designs objectives is key to enable more efficient and consistent capacity ingestion for the delivery teams.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.
Why AWS?
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.
Inclusive Team Culture
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 (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
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.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Electrical specialization preferred.
- 3+ years of electrical engineering experience in data centers, preferably in colocation facilities.
- 5+ years of experience in electrical engineering.
- 2+ years of experience on end-to-end project delivery, preferably in a colo large infrastructure project.
- 3+ years of experience defining system-level architecture, performance, and equipment requirements, conceptual designs and project documentation.
- 2+ years of experience in developing and presenting business case analysis to senior leadership.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Chartered or Professional Engineer (PE).
- Experience of working with large global data center providers in multiple regions globally.
- Knowledge of local building codes and safety regulations in multiple jurisdictions
- Ability to develop new concepts through exploration, design, testing and into deployment/mass production. Proven track record in creating and releasing high quality, consistent documentation for processes, standards and procedures.
- Knowledge of critical data center equipment (Generators, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Switchgear, Transformers, Power Feeders, Chillers, Plumbing, Fire Detection/Suppression, Air Handling Units, Computer Room Air Handling/Conditioning Units, Chillers, UPS, CRAH, CRAC…)
- Demonstrated knowledge of electrical design codes in different locations, knowledge working with SPOF
- Excellent verbal and writing communication skills
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $128,600/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.