Amazon Web Services (AWS) · 17 hours ago
Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Data Center, Colocation Regional Engineering - AMER
Herndon, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$137K/yr - $185K/yr
6+ years expAmazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. The role involves collaborating with various teams to assess and select colocation facilities, ensuring compliance with standards, and improving processes for data center infrastructure.
Agentic AIConsultingDevOpsInformation TechnologySoftwareWeb Development
Responsibilities
Conduct site assessments against AWS standards for collocation data centers, legacy facility upgrades, and general capital endeavors
Perform risk analysis and availability calculations for vendor owned and operated collocation data center’s infrastructure to determine fit-for-use/fit-for-service
Influence AWS’ design and specification requirements to meet our business needs for AWS colocation products
Lead and investigate and document root-cause failure analysis associated with infrastructure and equipment failures
Work with vendors and local agencies having jurisdiction to ensure compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and codes
Collaborate with engineering, operations, and commissioning teams to properly test and validate the installation, operation, and performance of critical electrical/mechanical/fire suppression/controls systems/structural systems
Support Operations, data scientists and other business partners to determine utilization, efficiency, and performance analysis on critical systems
Travel to Data Center sites as required - International & Domestic (up to 50%)
Conduct site assessments against AWS standards for collocation data centers and telecommunications facilities within the region
Reviews vendor critical infrastructure designs and perform risk analysis and availability calculations for vendor owned and operated collocation data center’s infrastructure to determine fit-for-use/fit-for-service for AWS cloud compute and networking services
Qualification
Required
6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience
6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities experience
Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field
Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment
Experience in data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance
Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities
Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
Preferred
Professional Engineering or Architectural License
Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region
Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents
Benefits
Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Parental leave
Company
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing.
10001+ employees
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