Critical Infrastructure Electrical Engineer

About the Role

AWS Infrastructure Services is responsible for the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, ensuring the cloud runs continuously. This involves supporting all AWS data centers and their equipment, including servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling. The team tackles complex challenges with numerous variables in the supply chain.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide full lifecycle support for AWS data centers from design inception through site improvement and maintenance.
• Serve as the primary engineering resource for a region, offering technical advice and engaging with diverse teams.
• Troubleshoot, conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and create Corrective Action (CA) documentation for site/equipment failures.
• Directly support operational issues through ad-hoc training, complex operating procedure reviews, and event support.
• Own the conceptual design for existing data center upgrades and design solutions to enhance capacity, availability, efficiency, and sustainability.
• Interface with internal teams, including data center operations, design engineering, server hardware, and environmental health and safety, to promote standards that maintain consistency and reliability.
• Develop innovative solutions for AWS data centers.
• Work on concurrent projects, potentially across multiple geographical regions.
• Initiate and lead engineering audits, including on-site visits, and produce reports with recommended mitigations and remediations.
• Act as resident engineer during new construction projects, supporting construction, commissioning, and turnover.
• Lead projects to fit out data centers to meet evolving customer needs during fleet expansion.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong Engineering Judgement, with the ability to provide recommendations despite uncertainty or ambiguity.
• Detail and data-oriented.
• Experience solving problems with engineered solutions.
• Experience managing engineering projects and consultants.
• Ability to build trust and relationships with diverse stakeholders (e.g., Operations, Controls, Construction, Design, Commissioning, Product Managers, Technical Program Managers).
• Adaptable and inclined to get into the field to observe details.
• Comfort with a mix of office and field work.
• Experience using a variety of web-based and other software tools for calculation and data processing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Valid and active driver's license.
• Coursework in commercial/industrial power systems.
• Possess leadership and problem-solving skills.
• Possess data analytics skills, data querying skills/language, scripting, and comfort with working in vast amounts of data in new and evolving environments.