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 seeking a seasoned engineer with data center experience to work in the Colocation Design Standards Team. In this role, you will drive resilience, standards, consistency, and constant improvement in our colocation fleet of data centers globally.

This role has global impact. Our goal is to identify the candidate that has well developed data center technical knowledge and ideally coupled with extensive colocation experience. In this role, the engineer will use their subject matter expertise to drive continuous improvement. If you have experience developing global design standards and working within a broad design and construction infrastructure environment, we’d love for you to apply.

Key job responsibilities
As a Colo Design Standards Engineer you will work with leaders and Principal Engineers in our Colo engineering team and in the wider global engineering teams to set and update standards for colocation capacity. You will work directly with our colocation engineering teams in APJC, EMEA and AMER; and leverage global relationships with our colocation partners to deliver against these standards.

* As of right now, we are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Australia, Shenzhen and Singapore.

Key job responsibilities
• Develop and maintain global consistent colocation design standards to drive equivalent resilience in colocation data centers to AWS owned sites.
• Support the deployment of new AWS products in colocation data centers in a consistent way.
• Input into global design standards and generational data center template designs.
• Support as required regional colo engineering teams to review and accept proposed changes to the site-specific infrastructure against our data center standards, and document Accepted Deviations when appropriate.
• Work with our global colocation partners to drive consistent standard solutions to expedite review processes and drive cost efficiency.
• Set up global strategies to deploy specific products or designs, and drive key global colocation initiatives.
• Documentation, release and management of design guides, standards, specifications and procedures.
• 25% international travel.



About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship & Career Growth
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Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent engineering degree with several years additional qualifying experience in High Voltage substation designs (from 11kV to 230kV).
• Several years of experience in engineering or the construction industry, related to all aspects of HV design of which several years are in data centers, preferably in colocation facilities.
• Several years of experience defining system-level architecture, performance, and equipment requirements, conceptual designs and project documentation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of electrical design codes in different locations, knowledge working with SPOF.
• Excellent communication skills: Several years of experience developing and presenting business case analysis to senior leadership. • Experience working in projects with generating and energy storage plants (renewable, gas...) and micro grids.
• Experience authoring standards, white papers, technical documentation, training materials...
• Several years of experience on end-to-end project delivery, preferably in a colo large infrastructure project, critical medical, industrial, construction, oil and gas, or large-scale mechanical and power systems.
• Strong knowledge of international standards.
• Experience submitting and negotiating construction permits, and conducting building design reviews with local authorities.

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes.