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Data Center Project Architect, DC Design Engineering

Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America

$116,800 - $160,000 Full-time Senior

The Data Center Project Architect leads the design of Amazon data centers in the Americas region, managing external consultants and project documentation. They are responsible for ensuring architectural design requirements are met while maintaining safety, security, and cost-effectiveness standards.

Responsibilities

  • The Data Center Project Architect leads the design of Amazon data centers in the Americas region, managing external consultants and project documentation. They are responsible for ensuring architectural design requirements are met while maintaining safety, security, and cost-effectiveness standards.

Requirements

  • Candidates must possess an NCARB recognized architecture license and at least 7 years of design experience in complex technical projects. Additionally, 4+ years of project management experience and 3+ years of data center or mission-critical facility experience are required.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Prescription
  • Basic life & AD&D insurance
  • Supplemental life plans
  • EAP
  • Mental health support
  • Medical advice line
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Restricted stock units
  • Sign-on payments

Key Skills

Architecture design NCARC‑licensed architect Data center design Project management Safety and security compliance Cost‑effectiveness analysis Vendor coordination Construction documentation Mechanical systems Electrical systems AutoCAD Revit Leadership Stakeholder communication Problem solving

About Amazon Web Services (aws)

Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. Using AWS, businesses can take advantage of Amazon's expertise and economies of scale to access resources when their business needs them, delivering results faster and at a lower cost. Today, Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. With data center locations in the U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan, customers across all industries are taking advantage of our low cost, elastic, open and flexible, secure platform.

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