Senior Data Center Architecture & Systems Lead

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Senior Architect to join a global engineering team responsible for the implementation and evaluation of designs for a rapidly expanding data center footprint. You will work with Principals and Architectural teams to standardize designs across regions and resolve open technical issues.

You will collaborate with internal and external groups, mentor the DCC engineering community, and drive cost-effective, high-uptime architectures.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of data center design, construction, operations, or facility maintenance experience.
• 4+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including data centers, power generation or oil and gas facilities.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• Knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities.
• 4+ years of project management or project lead work including RFQ/RFP processes, budgeting and coordinating multiple teams.
• Experience using CAD software (AutoCAD, REVIT, BIM 360, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Architectural systems for data centers, collaborating with electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, Telecommunications and other disciplines.
• BIM (Revit) experience
• Support continuous improvement through data analysis and system optimization
• Conceives, initiates, and leads projects with widespread impact on infrastructure design, innovation, and implementation.
• Decompose complex problems into straightforward, actionable solutions.
• Work with internal teams to understand user requirements and challenges.
• Collaborate with teams or individuals from other disciplines, cultures, and countries.
• Escalate issues as required and communicate clearly and effectively at the appropriate level of detail with people from a wide range of technical abilities and backgrounds.
• Produce clear and concise documentation such as detailed design specifications, white papers, schematics and diagrams, and reports.
• Understand and safeguard implementation of the Architectural Basis of Design (BOD) with constant auditing.
• Drive standardization in the data center Architectural space.
• Development of strategic solutions, which meet or exceed our quality requirements and fall within our budgetary requirements.
• Capture requirements and turn aspirational company or customer goals into well-defined, achievable and testable specifications and solutions.
• Define project scope and provide technical support for information requests prior to, and during innovation and research and development projects.
• Provide technical support on global Large Scale Events (LSE’s), including participation on deep dives, investigations and recommendations on mitigation plans.
• Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
• Maintain and host technical Architectural forums to provide a collaborative environment for development of data center architectural systems.
• Provide support and mentorship for the whole of the Data Center Engineering community.
• Have fun and offer creative out-of-the-box solutions.

Skills

Data center design

Project management

CAD tools

Construction drawings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

REVIT

BIM 360

Rhino

Job description

Amazon Web Services is seeking a Senior Architect to join a global engineering team responsible for the implementation and evaluation of designs for a rapidly expanding data center footprint. You will work with Principals and Architectural teams to standardize designs across regions and resolve open technical issues.

You will collaborate with internal and external groups, mentor the DCC engineering community, and drive cost-effective, high-uptime architectures.