Sr. Geotechnical Engineer, Global Engineering Strategy

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global other words were the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers storage networking power and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and were looking for talented people who want to help. Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.


The Global Engineering Strategy team (GES) is looking for a results-oriented inventive senior geotechnical engineer to drive front end geotechnical engineering for new owned and leased site developments.

You will lead the geotechnical engineering due diligence and design ready geotechnical efforts for new and expanding regions while maintaining the highest performance standards and utilizing innovation to reduce budgets and increase efficiency.

You will will sit within the Design Engineering team of the broader Data Center Engineering (DCE) organization. You will work with our Real Estate Risk and Resiliency Environmental Pre-Construction and related partner teams on global design strategy implementation.

You will assist in data center site selection review of due diligence reports lead geotechnical investigations and preliminary engineering and play a pivotal role in the delivery of data center designs.

Our Geotechnical Engineers:

oAre strong leaders who can prioritize well communicate clearly and have a consistent track record of delivery.
oProvide creative engineering balanced with high quality and customer focus.
oWork as part of a team to accomplish our goals.
oPerform technical design engineering diligence for global regions.
oThrive in a fast-paced environment.
oLead project teams through ambiguity.
oUnderstand the best practices for data center project delivery.
oHave extensive experience within the arena of domestic and international data center delivery.

The Senior Geotechnical Engineer responsibilities include:
oCollaborating with internal stakeholders during the due diligence and pre-design phases to oversee the process and ensure design requirements are considered.
oCollaborating with internal teams to gather data to ensure pre-requisites for start of design stage are met.
oLeading due diligence and pre-design geotechnical investigations managing internal partners and your external vendor consultants ensuring design ready geotechnical deliverables are completed and handed over for successful design execution.
oRollout strategy of new data center design types and intercepts that impact geotechnical investigations and engineering.
oProvide engineering design decisions to the partner teams for strategic planning and region selection.
oCollaborate with other DCE teams developing new data center infrastructure products and design execution team disciplines such as civil engineering structural engineering and architects to assess how our various design types BOD and products can be deployed for a certain site development project.
oAbility to work on concurrent projects in multiple geographical regions.
oEscalate issues as required and communicate clearly and effectively at the appropriate level of detail with people from a wide range of technical abilities backgrounds and levels of leadership.


Travel will occasionally be necessary but shouldnt be more than 25%.

About the team
oWhy AWS
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oDiverse Experiences
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oWork/Life Balance
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oInclusive Team Culture
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oMentorship and Career Growth
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- 6 years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers power generation or oil and gas facilities experience
- Professional Engineering or Architectural License
- 10 years of professional experience in geotechnical site characterization design and construction and project management.

- Oversight and management of a variety of subsurface investigation programs
- Planning and execution of geotechnical laboratory testing regimes.
- Performing design calculations for pavements shallow and deep foundations retaining walls temporary and permanent support for excavation.
- Performing settlement analysis ground improvement analyses slope stability analyses.
- Preparing engineering reports and construction specifications.
- Performing construction oversight.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at VA Herndon - 136600.00 - 184800.00 USD annually