Senior Data Center Electrical Engineer – Regional Colo

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Colo Regional Engineer to assess and optimize data center capacity, reliability, and efficiency across regional colo facilities. You will collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and field engineers to uphold AWS standards while enabling scalable cloud services.

This role involves on-site assessments, design reviews, and hands-on problem solving to ensure high availability and cost-effective operation of data center infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering judgement with data-driven approach.
• Ability to manage multiple engineering projects and vendors.
• Comfort with field visits to data centers and colo facilities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct site assessments against AWS standards for collocation data centers and telecommunications facilities within the region.
• Reviews vendor critical infrastructure designs and perform risk analysis and availability calculations for vendor owned and operated collocation data center’s infrastructure to determine fit-for-use/fit-for-service for AWS cloud compute and networking services.
• Perform design and equipment submittal review for new Data Centers in your region.
• Troubleshoot, conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and create Corrective Action (CA) documentation for site/equipment failures.
• Directly support operational issues with ad-hoc training, complex operating procedure reviews, including critical equipment, and event support.

Skills

Engineering judgement

Data-oriented

Project management

Field work

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Colo Regional Engineer to assess and optimize data center capacity, reliability, and efficiency across regional colo facilities. You will collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and field engineers to uphold AWS standards while enabling scalable cloud services.

This role involves on-site assessments, design reviews, and hands-on problem solving to ensure high availability and cost-effective operation of data center infrastructure.