**Job Overview**
We are the team behind Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure, responsible for designing, planning, delivering, and operating all AWS global infrastructure. This includes data centers, servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continuous access to innovation.
You will join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. We collaborate with people across AWS to deliver high standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers.
AWS Data Centers (DC) are a major component of worldwide cloud-computing infrastructure and industry-leading examples of critical facilities. Architects and Engineers in AWS design resilient, cost-effective, and sustainable DC facilities.
The Civil, Structural, and Architectural (CSA) design team is responsible for building design of all Amazon DCs worldwide. We are seeking a senior Architect to become part of our growing APAC team as a subject matter expert, impacting the design of prototypical DC facilities, providing technical guidance, solving large-scale implementation issues, site master planning, and understanding national and international design requirements.
Responsibilities
* Work with design and engineering professionals on concepts and build projects.
* Manage a portfolio of data center designs and features.
* Develop and maintain Basis of Design, prototype design, and template specifications for architectural/civil/structural elements.
* Create architectural/civil/structural design RFPs.
* Manage external architectural/civil/structural design consultants.
* Coordinate with internal and external MEP design engineers.
* Lead initiatives to improve cost, quality, schedule, and consistency.
* Travel for site assessments, consultant selection activities, internal design meetings, construction review, and to interface with Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), design consultants, quantity surveyors, and building owners.
* Anticipated travel not to exceed 25%.
About the Team
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