Infra Site Risk & Due Diligence Lead

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a leader to drive technical site due diligence and datacenter site selection for AWS regions. You will coordinate with engineering, environmental, and business stakeholders to shape future infrastructure growth and investments.

You will scope technical studies, oversee engineering and environmental consultants, manage budgets and schedules, and translate findings into actionable recommendations that impact project costs and timelines.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of technical infrastructure management experience.
• Knowledge of best practices and emerging technologies related to infrastructure.
• Experience with varying scenarios of infrastructure builds.

Responsibilities

• Guiding the expansion of AWS infrastructure in new and existing regions by delivering technical site risk analysis and due diligence assessments.
• Owning infrastructure site selection and due diligence projects, applying standard approaches, templates, designs, and processes.
• Scoping, contracting, supervising, coordinating, and interpreting the results of engineering, environmental, and technical studies.
• Managing budgets, establishing schedules, escalating technical and project risks, and making trade-offs based on business priorities.
• Owning the multidisciplinary preliminary design for our sites consistent with AWS design standards and technical specifications.

Skills

Technical infrastructure management

Infrastructure builds

Risk management

Education

Master's degree in engineering or scientific discipline

Licensed professional engineer/Architect or equivalent certification

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a leader to drive technical site due diligence and datacenter site selection for AWS regions. You will coordinate with engineering, environmental, and business stakeholders to shape future infrastructure growth and investments.

You will scope technical studies, oversee engineering and environmental consultants, manage budgets and schedules, and translate findings into actionable recommendations that impact project costs and timelines.