Sr Mgr Colocation Regional Engineering, Colocation Engineering

Company: Amazon
Location: Herndon
Posted on: April 5, 2026

Job Description:

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re 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 we’re looking for talented people who want to help. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll 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 you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. As an Amazon Colo Regional Engineering (CRE) Manager, you will manage a team that provides full life-cycle support to AWS Colocation Data Centers from design inception through site improvement and maintenance. Your team will be the ‘go to’ engineering resource for your region when technical advice is needed, and will use your subject matter expertise and engage with diverse teams to expand and support our large and growing portfolio. Key job responsibilities • Hire, coach, and develop employees that demonstrate Amazon Leadership Principles. • Manage team and individual performance, including promotions. • Create and improve metrics, driving efficiencies in repeatable work. • Apply high judgement to make trade-offs on competing business needs. • Establish strategic direction of the AMER team, and influence roadmaps of technical or business partner teams. • Identify resource requirements and gaps, establishing a regional team roadmap to success. • Work directly with partner teams to implement new and improve existing processes and procedures, within their region and propagate globally where necessary. • Drive strategic communication, provides a technical strategy with limited guidance within their assigned Region. • Manage managers and team members with varying technical experience. • Identify risks and complexity to unblock engineers and partner teams. • Drive team timeliness, quality, operational stability and success meeting customer requirements/business objectives. Can identify where to simplify, optimize, and reduce overhead. • Establish and/or streamline metrics, development, engineering, test, and operational excellence best practices. Share best practices with peers. • Build trust and relationships with different stakeholders (e.g., Operations, Commissioning, Construction and Design) A day in the life Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of the data centers. You will prioritize your team’s activities to support data center capacity, availability, efficiency, and safety focusing on the actions that are most impactful. You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally. About the team Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Diverse Experiences 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. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship and Career Growth 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 engineering or a related technical field - Experience in industrial or commercial engineering or project management in Mission Critical facilities including but not limited to: data centers, power generation, or oil/gas facilities - 5 years of engineering team management experience - 5 years of operations and on-call support for data center facilities, mission critical plants, or production facilities - 1 year experience designing and delivering high availability and high density power and cooling capacity for liquid cooled compute facilities. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, VA, Herndon - 150,200.00 - 203,300.00 USD annually

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