Senior Data Center Infrastructure Availability Engineer at Amazon
Senior Data Center Infrastructure Availability Engineer Details
Feb. 22, 2019, 9:20 a.m.
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Seattle, Washington
Availability Engineering team Web Service (AWS)
Amazon Web Service (AWS) operates 44 Availability Zones (AZs) within 16 geographic Regions around the world, with announced plans for 17 more AZs and six more Regions as of 2017, making AWS one of the fastest growing enterprise tech companies ever. Amazon’s AWS Data Centers (DC) are a major component of worldwide cloud-computing infrastructure and are industry leading examples of mission critical facilities. Engineers in AWS work to design resilient, cost effective DC facilities. We are responsible for achieving a world class uptime (availability) for our customers and drive to develop a fleet of buildings emphasizing security, safety, and efficiency, while finding new ways to meet AWS’s growing demand. We justify and communicate the technical decisions we make directly to AWS leadership and work hard to drive continuous advancements in our designs and operating parameters. As an Availability Engineer at AWS you will have oversight and responsibility for the successful improvement to operational
· Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering + 10+ years experience within mission critical facilities. · Hands-on mission critical equipment/system design, implementation, and operational experience with an emphasis on uninterruptible power sources, diesel generators, electrical switchgear, power distribution units, and automatic/static transfer switches. · Direct experience with the design, construction, operation, or maintenance of data centers, and in particular chillers, cooling towers, direct and indirect evaporative cooing, and variable speed drives, and fan systems. · Proven leadership