Fire Protection Engineer - Data Center Design & Safety

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Senior Fire Protection Engineer to lead fire protection design, construction, operations, and maintenance for our global data center infrastructure, including fire suppression, detection, alarm, and life safety systems.

You will collaborate with architects, mechanical and electrical teams, and external vendors to define, design, and document fire protection features while improving design standards and ensuring safety across facilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, or OSHA
• Licensed Fire Protection Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and oversee fire water service infrastructure, including water supply analysis, coordination with utilities and fire officials, and establishing site-level requirements for fire protection systems.
• Review concept designs and construction documents from third-party vendors to verify compliance with established design standards, local codes, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards, International Code Council (ICC) requirements, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) expectations.
• Prepare prescriptive and performance-based designs for building fire suppression, alarm, and detection systems, and coordinate fire protection system space requirements, supporting utilities, and equipment locations.
• Collaborate with construction, commissioning, operations, and risk management teams to resolve requests for information, value engineering queries, and technical questions throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive improvement of fire protection design standards and standard configuration templates across the organization, simplifying and strengthening systems with each iteration.

Skills

Data center engineering

Project management

Commissioning

Industrial engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Licensed Fire Protection Engineer

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Senior Fire Protection Engineer to lead fire protection design, construction, operations, and maintenance for our global data center infrastructure, including fire suppression, detection, alarm, and life safety systems.

You will collaborate with architects, mechanical and electrical teams, and external vendors to define, design, and document fire protection features while improving design standards and ensuring safety across facilities.