Engineering Manager - Data Center Colocation, Colo Regional Engineering

Amazon; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Engineering Manager, where you will lead teams in delivering innovative data center designs. This role offers the chance to influence AWS's global colocation portfolio while collaborating with diverse teams of experts. You will manage critical infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance and operational excellence. If you are a strong leader passionate about engineering and looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Embrace a culture of inclusion and continuous learning while shaping the future of cloud services.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Diversity and inclusion programs

Employee-led affinity groups

Mentorship programs

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering design management experience preferred.
• 5+ years of focused engineering team management experience required.

Responsibilities

• Conducting site assessments and performing risk analysis for data centers.
• Collaborating with teams to validate installation and performance of systems.

Skills

Engineering Management

Data Center Design

Risk Analysis

Project Management

Collaboration

Education

Engineering degree in Electrical or Mechanical

Master’s degree in engineering or MBA

Tools

PMP

PMI

Job description

Engineering Manager - Data Center Colocation, Colo Regional Engineering

Job ID: 2884155 | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

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.

Are you an experienced manager with a passion for engineering leading teams in delivering data center designs and looking for a challenge to chart your own course? If so, we are looking for you to help us make history.

AWS data centers are the foundation upon which our software and services operates to meet the growing demands of our customers. This role provides you the opportunity to collaborate with business development, design engineers, data center operations professionals, external vendors and consultants, and other cross-functional teams to assess designs and select colocation facilities that meet our business requirements.

You will be able to showcase your management skills and understanding of data center design, engineering, and operations of infrastructure common to data centers, Telecommunications facilities and other critical environment infrastructure.

You and your team will 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, build, and improve processes to guide the direction of our colocation data center portfolio on a global scale. So, if you are a strong leader with solid knowledge of data center mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural (MEPS) infrastructure design engineering management experience, Amazon will present a fast paced, fun, and exciting work environment that is unique in every aspect and offers an exceptional rewarding opportunity for you.

Key job responsibilities

You will be responsible for setting the direction and providing team oversight for the following team deliverables:

1. Conducting site assessments against AWS standards for collocation data centers, legacy facility upgrades, and general capital endeavors.
2. Performing risk analysis and availability calculations for vendor owned and operated collocation data center’s infrastructure to determine fit-for-use/fit-for-service.
3. Influencing AWS’ design and specification requirements to meet our business needs for AWS colocation products.
4. Investigating and documenting root-cause failure analysis associated with infrastructure and equipment failures.
5. Working with local agencies having jurisdiction to ensure compliance with federal, state and municipal requirements and codes.
6. Collaborating with other engineering, operations, and commissioning teams to properly test and validate the installation, operation, and performance of critical electrical/mechanical/fire suppression/controls systems/structural systems.
7. Supporting Operations, data scientists and other business partners to determine utilization, efficiency, and performance analysis on critical systems.
8. Travel to Data Center sites as required - International & Domestic (up to 50%)
9. Assigning and setting priorities for team deliverables for assessments of vendors’ critical infrastructure designs, performance of risk analysis and availability calculations for vendor collocation data center’s infrastructure needed to determine fit-for-use/fit-for-service for AWS cloud compute and networking services.

About the team

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.

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.

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.

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 (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

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

1. Engineering degree in Electrical, Mechanical or related discipline, or 10 years commensurate industry or military experience in lieu of degree
2. 5+ years experience of focused engineering team management experience for teams conducting Data Center or Carrier-class Telecommunications design, engineering, and/or operations and maintenance (O&M) of data center critical environment infrastructure.
3. Business level English language skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Master’s degree in engineering or MBA
2. 10+ years cumulative engineering design management experience
3. PE or EIT
4. Prior project management experience; PMP, PMI

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.