Senior Civil Engineer, Data Center Design Strategy

Amazon Inc.; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Civil Engineer to drive front-end engineering and design strategy for new owned and leased data center sites.

You will lead due diligence, site master planning, and strategic design decisions across global regions, working with Real Estate, Risk, Power, and other partner teams to implement scalable infrastructure solutions. The role requires strong leadership, ability to manage multiple projects, and experience with data center delivery standards.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Professional Engineering or Architectural license preferred.
• Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders during the due diligence phase to oversee the process and ensure design requirements are considered.
• Collaborate with internal teams to gather data to ensure prerequisites for start of design stage are met.
• Lead predesign phase, manage internal partners and external vendor consultants, ensuring design-ready deliverables.
• Rollout strategy of new data center design types and intercepts that impact site master plans and design strategy.
• Provide engineering design decisions to partner teams for strategic planning and region selection.
• Collaborate with other DCE teams developing new data center infrastructure products and design execution teams across disciplines.
• Work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
• Escalate issues and communicate clearly with diverse technical levels.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Team collaboration

Fast-paced environment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

PE license or Architectural license (preferred)

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Civil Engineer to drive front-end engineering and design strategy for new owned and leased data center sites.

You will lead due diligence, site master planning, and strategic design decisions across global regions, working with Real Estate, Risk, Power, and other partner teams to implement scalable infrastructure solutions. The role requires strong leadership, ability to manage multiple projects, and experience with data center delivery standards.