Critical Infrastructure Water Engineer, Field Engineering, Field Engineering

Amazon; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an Amazon Critical Infrastructure Engineer to support AWS Data Centers from design through maintenance, focusing on water-based cooling systems and reliability. You will collaborate with internal and external teams to enhance performance and sustainability while maintaining safety and cost controls.

The role involves field work across regions, leadership on audits, and the creation of runbooks, guidelines, and best practices to support operations and future data center upgrades.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Strong data analytics and problem solving for complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, perform RCA, and document corrective actions for site/equipment failures.
• Provide ad-hoc training and SOP reviews to ops teams.
• Own conceptual design for data center upgrades to improve capacity and efficiency.
• Interface with data center operations, design engineers, server hardware, and safety teams.
• Develop innovative water infrastructure solutions and lead audits/risks assessments.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil/Mechanical/Chemical/Environmental Engineering or Water Resources

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Description

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're looking for talented people who want to help.

You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

As an Amazon Critical Infrastructure Engineer, you will provide full life-cycle support to AWS Data Centers from design inception through site improvement and maintenance. In this role you will influence all aspects of water based cooling systems infrastructure. As the team's subject matter expert, you will collaborate with internal and external teams to assess and update existing water infrastructure systems while developing new solutions. This includes evaluating current system performance, identifying retrofit opportunities, and implementing improvements through both prescriptive and performance-based field, troubleshooting, and best practice approaches including improving operational best practices, guidelines, and runbooks. As part of this role you will work with internal and external stakeholders, including design, construction, commissioning, operations, vendors, and water treatment specialists to ensure that our operations teams are well equipped to operate and maintain the infrastructure as needed to meet our goals.

You will be the 'go to' engineering resource for your region when technical advice is needed, and will use your subject matter expertise and engage with diverse teams to:

• 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 critical equipment, and event support.
• Own the conceptual design for existing data center upgrades and design-solutions, which add capacity, improve availability, increase efficiency and sustainability.
• Interface with internal data center operations team, data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health and safety team to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered.
• Develop innovative solutions for AWS's data centers.
• Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.
• Initiate and lead engineering audits including on-site visits within Amazon's data centers. Produce reports outlining risks with recommended mitigations and remediations.
• Act as resident engineer during new construction projects. Support construction, commissioning, and turnover.

Key job responsibilities

Amazon's vision is to be the world's most customer-centric company, and this role is key to that vision. As a Field Engineer, you will be leading projects to fit out our data centers to meet ever-evolving customer needs as we continue expanding our fleet to hyper-scale. As an ideal candidate you:

• Possess Strong Engineering Judgement and are able to provide recommendations despite uncertainty/ambiguity.
• Are detail and data oriented.
• Have experience solving problems with engineered solutions.
• Have experience managing engineering projects and consultants.
• Build trust and relationships with different stakeholders (e.g., Operations, Controls, Construction, Design, Commissioning, Product Managers, Technical Program Managers, ).
• Are adaptable and inclined to get into the field to see things up close.
• Excited about a mix of office and field work.

A day in the life

Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers. You will prioritize your activities to support data center capacity availability and safety focusing on the actions that are most impactful. You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally.

If you meet these qualifications, exude passion, and enjoy the challenge of innovative projects at hyper-scale, this job is for you!

About the team

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Basic Qualifications

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel
• 5+ 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 Civil/Mechanical/Chemical/Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Planning or equivalent experience.
• 5+ cumulative years of experience in water engineering, water resource management, or industrial water and wastewater infrastructure projects
• Experience in analyzing water chemistry, conventional/membrane water treatment technologies for industrial applications, and practical application of environmental regulations and industry standards for water quality management
• Understanding of physical, chemical, and biological practices for treating industrial and reclaimed water, including hydraulics, pump selection and sizing, and process equipment

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer License
• Experience with 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
• Experience as resident engineer or hands-on (in the field) design consultant or owner's engineer
• Experience reading and interpreting, construction drawings, specifications, submittal documents, and applicable building codes
• Ability to carry design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment/mass production
• Basic understanding of both mechanical and/or electrical equipment/design related to data centers (Including but not limited to: uninterruptable power sources, diesel generators, electrical switchgear, power distribution units, variable frequency drives, automatic/static transfer switches, chillers (air-cooled and water-cooled), pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, CRAHs, fans, air economizers, water treatment, etc...)
• Possess data analytics skills, data querying skills/language, scripting, and comfort with working in vast amounts of data in new and evolving environments

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