Apac Global Expansion Engineer, Data Center Design

Engineering degree in Electrical, Mechanical or related discipline
- Cumulative 5+ years of experience in enterprise Data Center or Carrier-class Telecommunications design, engineering and/or operations and maintenance (O&M).

AWS data centers are the foundation upon which our software and services operates to meet the growing demands of our customers. This role provides the opportunity to collaborate with business development, design engineers, data center operations professionals, and other cross-functional teams to assess and select colocation facilities that meet our business requirements.

As a Global Expansion Engineer you will have the opportunity to:

- Showcase your in-depth understanding of data center design, engineering, and operations of infrastructure common to data centers and telecommunications facilities
- Work with internal business teams and with colocation vendors to identify, document, and resolve any operational/design deficiencies which could impact a site’s capability or availability.
- Influence standards, processes on a global scale.

Key job responsibilities
- Conduct site assessments against AWS standards for colocation data centers, legacy facility upgrades, and general capital endeavors.
- Perform risk analysis and availability calculations for vendor owned and operated colocation data center’s infrastructure to determine fit-for-use/fit-for-service.
- Influence AWS’ design and specification requirements to meet our business needs.
- Document root-cause failure analysis associated with infrastructure and equipment failures.
- Work with local agencies having jurisdiction to ensure compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and building codes.
- Collaborate with engineering, operations and commissioning teams to properly test and validate installation, operation, and performance of electrical/mechanical/fire suppression/controls systems.
- Support Operations to determine utilization, efficiency, and fail-over analysis on critical systems.

Travel to Data Center sites as required (up to 50%) - mostly regional and domestic trips out Monday/Tuesday back Thursday/Friday with occasional international travel.

About the team
Are you an engineer with a passion for data center design and looking for a challenge to chart your own course? If so, we are looking for you to help us make history.

AWS data centers are the foundation upon which our software and services operates to meet the growing demands of our customers. This role provides the opportunity to collaborate with business development, design engineers, data center operations professionals, and other cross-functional teams to assess and select colocation facilities that meet our business requirements. You will be able to showcase your in-depth understanding of data center design, engineering, and operations of infrastructure common to data centers and telecommunications facilities.

You will work directly with internal business teams and with colocation vendors to identify, document, and resolve any operational/design deficiencies which could impact a site’s capability or availability. You will have opportunities to influence standards, processes and the direction of our business on a global scale.

So, if you are a strong leader with solid data center design engineering experience, Amazon will present a fast paced, fun, and exciting work environment that is unique in every aspect and offers an exceptional opportunity for you.

Singapore, SGP

Preferred qualifications
- Master’s degree in engineering
- 10+ years cumulative data center design experience; co-location experience a plus
- PE or EIT
- Prior project management experience PMP, PMI
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role