Sr. Global Strategy Engineer, Global Engineering Strategy; AWS

Sr. Global Strategy Engineer, Global Engineering Strategy

Job :  | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

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. You’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

The GES is seeking a results‑oriented, inventive senior data‑center engineer to drive front‑end engineering and design strategy for new owned and leased site developments.

• Lead engineering due diligence for new and expanding regions, site master planning, and overall site design strategy while maintaining performance standards and using innovation to reduce budgets and increase efficiency.
• Work within the Design Engineering team of the broader Data Center Engineering organization.
• Collaborate with Real Estate, Risk & Resiliency, Power, Water, Fiber, Environmental, Pre‑Construction, and related partner teams on global design strategy implementation.
• Assist in data center site selection, review due diligence reports, lead site planning and development, and play a pivotal role in the delivery of data center designs.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders during the due diligence phase to oversee the process and ensure design requirements are considered.
• Gather data with internal teams to ensure prerequisites for start of design stage are met.
• Lead the pre‑design phase, manage internal partners and external vendor consultants, ensuring design‑ready deliverables are completed and handed over for successful design execution.
• Roll out strategy of new data center design types and intercepts that impact site master plans and design strategy.
• Provide engineering design decisions to partner teams for strategic planning and region selection.
• Collaborate with other Data Center Engineering teams developing new infrastructure products and with design execution disciplines such as civil, mechanical, electrical, structural engineering and architecture.
• Work simultaneously on projects in multiple geographic regions.
• Escalate issues as required and communicate clearly and effectively at appropriate levels of detail with people from a wide range of technical abilities, backgrounds and leadership levels.

Travel will occasionally be necessary but shouldn’t exceed 25%. International support will be part of the job.

• Strong leaders who can prioritize well, communicate clearly, and demonstrate a consistent track record of delivery.
• Creative engineering with high quality and customer focus.
• Great teamwork to accomplish goals.
• Ability to perform technical design engineering diligence for global regions.
• Thrives in a fast‑paced environment.
• Leads project teams through ambiguity.
• Well‑versed in best practices for data center project delivery.
• Extensive experience in domestic and international data center delivery.

• 6+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission‑critical facilities, including but not limited to data centers, power generation, or oil and gas facilities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.

• Professional Engineering or Architectural License.
• Knowledge of continuously operating redundant electrical systems, cooling systems, airflow containment systems, and building management systems.
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration,…