Sr. Global Strategy Engineer, DC Design Engineering

Global Strategy Engineer, DC Design Engineering

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we're looking for talented people who want to help.

You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Dublin, London.

The Global Engineering Strategy team (GES) is looking for a results-oriented, inventive senior data center engineer to drive development, implementation and delivery of enterprise data centers strategies through the use of AWS infrastructure builds, which meet strict quality and performance levels across the globe.

You will help lead the engineering due diligence efforts for new and expanding regions, while maintaining the highest performance standards and utilizing innovation to reduce budgets and increase efficiency.

You will work directly with our Real Estate, Risk and Resiliency, Design and Pre-Construction teams on global designs.

You will assist in data center site selection, review of due diligence reports, contribute to site planning and development and play a pivotal role in the delivery of data center designs.

Our Global Strategy Engineers:

1. Are strong leaders who can prioritize well, communicate clearly, and have a consistent track record of delivery.
2. Provide creative engineering balanced with high quality and customer focus.
3. Work as part of a team to accomplish our goals.
4. Perform technical design engineering diligence for global regions.
5. Thrive in a fast-paced environment.
6. Understand the best practices for service oriented product delivery.
7. Have extensive experience within the arena of domestic and international data center delivery.

Travel will occasionally be necessary but shouldn't be more than 25%. International support will be part of the job.

Key job responsibilities

The Senior Global Strategy Engineer responsibilities include:

1. Collaborating with internal stakeholders during the due diligence phase to oversee the process and ensure design requirements are considered.
2. Collaborating with internal teams to gather data to ensure pre-requisites for start of design stage are met.
3. Leading the predesign phase and ensuring design ready deliverables are handed over to the design team. Analysis of major intercepts impact to site plans and strategy.
4. In conjunction with the Energy Team, work with International Utilities to understand HV/MV substation design and impacts to assess risk and impacts on our builds.
5. Providing engineering design decisions to the planning team for strategic planning and region selection.
6. Collaborating with other disciplines such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, architects to assess how our various products can be deployed in that region.
7. Ability to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions. 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.

About the team

About AWS

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Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Environmental Engineering.
2. 8+ years of experience with industrial/ commercial design or experience directly related to data center infrastructure and data center planning.
3. Proficient with AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, Navisworks, SketchUp, and MS Office Suite.
4. Proficiency in building codes, regulations, and standards including Local and international standards.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Master's degree in Mechanical or Environmental Engineering with 10+ years of experience with industrial/ commercial design or experience directly related to data center infrastructure and data center planning.
2. Familiar with Substation design, HV/MV distribution systems.
3. Possess excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and maintain high quality standards.

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