VP, Data Center Engineering

Amazon; Comunidad Valenciana; Presencial; EUR 120.000 - 250.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An established industry player is seeking a Vice President to lead their global Data Center Engineering team. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the design and operational availability of cutting-edge data centers, ensuring they meet the highest standards of capacity and reliability. The ideal candidate will bring over 20 years of experience in delivering comprehensive infrastructure solutions, with a strong emphasis on innovative problem-solving and leadership across diverse engineering disciplines. Join a dynamic and fast-paced environment where your expertise will drive significant advancements in data center technology and operations, shaping the future of cloud infrastructure.

Formación

• 20+ years of experience in data center infrastructure solutions.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings across disciplines.

Responsabilidades

• Lead design for AWS infrastructure capacity across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Provide leadership for product development activities and manage engineering programs.

Conocimientos

Data Center Infrastructure Solutions

Creative Problem Solving

Leadership in Engineering

Capacity Planning

Building Codes Knowledge

Educación

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree in Engineering

Herramientas

Engineering Software

Project Management Tools

Descripción del empleo

Job ID : 2830119 | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Amazon is seeking a Vice President to lead our global Data Center Engineering team.

We own the design and operational availability for Amazon’s global data centers. Our space spans many different engineering and operational disciplines; this includes:

1. Delivering globally scaled project-based data center designs, inclusive of all mechanical, electrical, structural, and security systems.
2. Providing Field Engineering support at data centers, and “Edge” sites used for networking and content delivery.
3. Designing, delivering, and sustaining innovative infrastructure products which increase availability.
4. Deliver power solutions that improve our ability to deliver capacity at scale.
5. Retrofitting and improving the existing fleet to enable the highest levels of availability.
6. Managing key operational availability programs, including planned and un-planned maintenance activities; as well as the establishment of equipment specific reliability and quality performance standards, and proactive partnership with equipment providers to perform root cause analyses and drive performance to these standards.

Amazon is a fast paced, fun, and exciting work environment. We continue to grow at very high growth rates and are looking for individuals that can support our speed to market, enjoy a challenge, and have a desire for professional growth and continuous learning. If you are driven to deliver the most advanced, most difficult, most cross-cutting, and/or most ambiguous challenges, we want YOU!

Key job responsibilities

As the Vice President for AWS Data Center Engineering, you own:

• The design for all AWS infrastructure capacity (i.e., generational data center designs), including the facility and products within, and across multiple engineering disciplines (including electrical, mechanical, civil/structural, security, controls, and more). These facilities deliver capacity, availability, and cost benefits.
• Development of all supporting infrastructure products, which includes over 80+ Engineering programs.
• Providing leadership for product development activities across In-Rack Power; Mechanical; Civil, Structural, and Architectural; Controls; Primary and Backup Power; Physical Security Devices; and Electrical.
• Owning the relationships with capacity planning, business development, service teams, and others to enable Engineering teams’ deep assessment of customer requirements, and subsequent development of generational data center designs that meet customer needs.
• Providing direction on where and how the infrastructure products and features will be integrated into our facility offerings for customers, which involves making key trade-offs with respect to innovation, cost, and customer trust.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 20+ years of experience delivering end-to-end data center infrastructure solutions.
• Experience evaluating infrastructure products and features, and making key trade-offs to determine those that will be integrated into our facility offerings for customers.
• Experience overseeing the new product development lifecycle for mechanical, electrical, and structural products from ideation to sustaining.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to think creatively to find simple, innovative solutions to reduce costs with no impact on quality and reliability.
• Ability to read and interpret Engineering and construction-related drawings for all disciplines including part/assembly drawings with dimensions and tolerances.
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, and OSHA.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 25+ years of Engineering experience in the design or construction of data centers.
• Experience with Hyperscale Computing.

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