Electrical Colo Regional Engineer — Data Center Scale

Amazon Inc.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon AWS seeks an Electrical Colo Regional Engineer for Sydney to lead full lifecycle support for data centers, from design inception through maintenance. You will be the go-to engineering resource for the region, engaging with diverse teams and vendors to ensure reliable, scalable infrastructure.

The role emphasizes field presence, project leadership, and collaboration with Operations, Commissioning, Construction and Design to deliver high-availability facilities across AWS regions.

Qualifications

• 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
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
• Experience in design

Responsibilities

• Work with colo vendors to review the design for new Data Centers in your region, including design input, submittal review and incorporating AWS products to ensure the design is meeting AWS expectations.
• Act as resident engineer during new colo construction projects. Support construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Troubleshoot, conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and create Corrective Action (CA) documentation for site/equipment failures.
• Directly support operational issues with ad-hoc training, complex operating procedure reviews, including essential equipment, and event support.
• Provide technical support to the design for existing data center upgrades and design-solutions, which add capacity, improve availability, and increase efficiency.
• Supporting operating partners to lead, review, and approve designs for existing co-location (colo) data center upgrades which improve availability/efficiency.
• Interface with operating partners, data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health and safety team to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered by operating partners.
• Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.
• Initiate and lead engineering site audits within leased or colo data centers. Produce reports outlining risks with recommended mitigations and remediation's.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Professional Engineering License

Knowledge of building codes and regulations for the region

Industrial/commercial engineering experience

Data center mechanical and electrical equipment knowledge

Project management

Job description

Amazon AWS seeks an Electrical Colo Regional Engineer for Sydney to lead full lifecycle support for data centers, from design inception through maintenance. You will be the go-to engineering resource for the region, engaging with diverse teams and vendors to ensure reliable, scalable infrastructure.

The role emphasizes field presence, project leadership, and collaboration with Operations, Commissioning, Construction and Design to deliver high-availability facilities across AWS regions.