Data Center Colocation Engineering Manager, Data

B.S. in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience in data centers.
- 8+ years of experience in project coordination with multiple teams or vendors to meet project requirements
- 3+ years of experience as a manager for multiple direct reports in an engineering field.
- Any additional languages is a plus.
- Able to work in a diverse team.

Job summary

Amazon Web Services is seeking a talented Engineering Manager to become part of a world class engineering team to lead the Colocation Engineering team across our rapidly expanding Asia Pacific (APAC) portfolio.

If you are a creative, smart and driven individual that enjoys working with complex problems we want YOU At Amazon you will be responsible for working on multi-million dollar designs that support our array of businesses and wide variety of customers. Great ideas are encouraged and supported. Ingenuity is the main mechanism which supports our focus on quality, speed, and cost.

You will direct a team of engineers and 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.

You must be able to lead a small international team of multidisciplinary engineers and depend on others to accomplish the required work. As a colocation engineer manager at Amazon you will be working extensively with external colocation vendors as well as internal groups such as business development, engineering and program managers. Amazon has a global presence and, following COVID travel restrictions, a 25% travel will be expected as part of this role. Projects will be throughout the region and a degree of international travel and support will be necessary.

We are the leaders in our industry. We always strive to improve in every aspect of our business. Continuous improvement through Lean Engineering practices is fundamental to our business. As an engineer within our team you will spend a regular part of your time analyzing and improving every aspect of our value stream.
- Work with internal teams to understand and respond to evolving user requirements.
- Lead a team of data center colocation engineers across APAC.
- Own the colocation engineering technical basis of design agreements in collaboration with other disciplines to create colocation lease agreements.
- Understanding of: electrical diagrams, control diagrams, mechanical systems, BMS, EPMS, building operations, control circuits and industrial HVAC.
- Coordinate work internally within the department and externally with other departments to ensure on-time completion of projects within budget.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
- Travel to sites for site review and work with onsite controls deployment engineers, as well as provide engineering evaluations, controls systems startup assistance as needed.
- Be a leader within the global group as well as within internal and external teams that support Amazon’s data centers.
- Having fun and offering creative, out of the box solutions.
- Masters in Electrical, Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering,
- 10+ years of experience in project coordination with multiple teams or vendors to meet project requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a manager for multiple international direct reports in data center engineering.
- Any other additional language is a plus.
- Able to work in a diverse team