Data Center Electrical Engineer – Regional Colocation

Amazon; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks an Electrical Engineer in Data Center, Colocation Regional Engineering (AMER). You will assess sites, review designs, and coordinate with cross‑functional teams to ensure safe, reliable data center infrastructure for AWS.

This role emphasizes MEPS infrastructure design, vendor collaboration, and supporting upgrades across multiple regions. Strong electrical engineering and data center operations background required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).

Responsibilities

• Conduct site assessments against AWS standards for collocation data centers and telecommunications facilities within the region.
• Reviews vendor critical infrastructure designs and perform risk analysis and availability calculations for vendor owned and operated collocation data center’s infrastructure to determine fit-for-use/fit-for-service for AWS cloud compute and networking services.
• Perform design and equipment submittal review for new Data Centers in your region.
• 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 design for existing data center upgrades and design‑solutions, which add capacity, improve availability, and increase efficiency.
• Lead, Review, and approve designs for existing co‑location (colo) data center upgrades which improve availability/efficiency.
• Interface with internal data center design engineering team, server hardware team, environmental health and safety team to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability in services delivered.
• Work on concurrent projects, sometimes in multiple geographical regions.
• Initiate and lead engineering site audits within Amazon’s owned or colo data centers.
• Act as resident engineer during new construction projects. Support construction, commissioning, and turnover.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Amazon seeks an Electrical Engineer in Data Center, Colocation Regional Engineering (AMER). You will assess sites, review designs, and coordinate with cross‑functional teams to ensure safe, reliable data center infrastructure for AWS.

This role emphasizes MEPS infrastructure design, vendor collaboration, and supporting upgrades across multiple regions. Strong electrical engineering and data center operations background required.