Amazon Principal ICT Engineer AWS Data Center Design Engineering 

United States, Kansas 

653510392

As a Principal ICT Engineer, you are a leader and visionary in your field, collaborating with and leading the work of cross-functional teams including: technical program management, product management, architecture, structural engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, supply chain management, operations, safety, security, finance, and legal. You will participate in external forums/consortiums to understand current trends and developments within the industry. You will be a leader for global ICT strategy and development. This role will communicate the technical decisions we make to Senior Management and will drive continuous improvements with our designs.Key job responsibilities• You understand the key aspects of legacy and modern data center ICT systems and how to incorporate new innovations.
• You are able to identify and solve technical challenges independently, while leading a collaborative team.
• You are responsible for continual improvement of internal design team standards and quality assurance
• Working with a team of architects and engineers, you are responsible for technical updates to our global data center basis of design & project specifications to drive standardization in the data center ICT designs.
• You lead projects with widespread impact on infrastructure design, innovation and implementation.
• You are responsible for solving technical challenges related to incorporating innovation into data center designs.
• You demonstrate ability to review business cases and analysis models including total cost of ownership and return on investment to select projects and designs.
• You decompose complex problems or new technologies or topologies to distill underlying risks and benefits, and identify straightforward and actionable solutions to reduce risk.
• You actively and aggressively grow and coach the engineering/architecture team through group forums and one-on-one coaching and mentoring to ensure development and promotion of the top engineers in the Design Engineering organization.
• You work independently and have frequent reviews with business leadership, other Principal Engineers and Sr Engineers across AWS.
• You understand which escalations to resolve independently, and actively facilitate the escalation of high-impact issues to senior engineering and business leadership.o Diverse Experiences
o Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.o Work/Life Balanceo Mentorship and Career Growth
o We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science or other Related Field, or equivalent additional experience
• BICSI RCDD Certification or internationally recognized equivalent (e.g. CDCDP, DCDC, etc.)
• 15+ years of experience with Information and Communications Technology (ICT) design for industrial, commercial, or other complex technical projects.
• 7+ years (ICT) design experience in Mission Critical Environments.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally/domestically.

• Professional Engineering (PE) Electrical License
• Experience designing projects to comply with Intelligence Community Directive (ICD)/Intelligence Community Standard (ICS) 705 accreditation requirements.
• Fluent working proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, Navisworks, MS Office Suite, SharePoint, and Procore.
• Direct experience in negotiating with regulatory agencies regarding departures from building code.
• Secondary understanding of physical security engineering systems, building automation systems, electrical control systems, and mechanical control systems.