Data Center Controls Engineer, Data Center Capacity Delivery - Controls

As part of the global controls team, you will work with highly motivated experts and innovators in the data center industry. You will be responsible for troubleshooting, project management, and maintaining the building management system (BMS) and electrical power monitoring system (EPMS). Using Amazon leadership principles, you will develop new processes and standards while innovating in the controls space. AWS Data centers have multiple components such as generators, uninterruptable power sources, diesel generators, electrical switchgear, power distribution units, variable frequency drives, automatic/static transfer switches, chillers [air-cooled and water-cooled], pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, CRAHs, air economizers, etc. All these components have local control systems that interact with each other via open and/or proprietary communications protocols. The BMS is the primary method of control of all mechanical systems within a data center. The EPMS is the primary method of monitoring all electrical systems within a data center.

Key job responsibilities
Review quarterly maintenance results and action items for BMS/EPMS and drive resolution.
Develop project scope of work, schedule, budget, and level of effort (LOE) for customer requests.
Manage scope, schedule, finance, and execution of BMS/EPMS improvement projects in AWS data centers.
Support procurement: RFQs/RFPs, RFI responses, vendor proposal reviews, and purchase orders.
Participate in the AWS global on-call schedule for immediate technical support to in-service data centers.
Attend project meetings, coordinate with project leaders, and report status to Controls management.
Support commissioning activities in data centers.
Review, implement, troubleshoot, and iterate on the controls sequence of operation (SOO); provide design-team feedback.
Develop and modify controls logic programming and graphical user interfaces.
Manage multiple stakeholder deliverables and navigate challenging situations.
Financially manage BMS/EPMS service contracts.
Locally visit assigned in-operation data centers to troubleshoot, meet customers, and supervise vendor compliance with scope, design, SOO, and local codes.

About the team
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