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Infrastructure Reliability Engineer

Amazon· Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
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Herndon, VA$116.8k - $160kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services designs and operates AWS global infrastructure, including data centers, servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling. The role focuses on proactively identifying and mitigating reliability risks for datacenter infrastructure, performing root-cause analysis, and driving improvements to datacenter availability across AWS customers.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively driving reliability risk identification, assessment and mitigation for datacenter infrastructure equipment (examples: PDC and Rack Whips, MC Cables, Busduct, LV SWGR, Breakers, UPS, Power Distribution Cabinets)
  • Root cause analysis of critical equipment failures; testing and driving continuous improvements to improve datacenter availability
  • Collaborating with internal and outside partners including suppliers on product specification, risk identification plan, qualification testing and execution
  • Owns lifecycle environmental and operational stress driven risk analysis (thermal, electrical, chemical, mechanical) to identify overstress and fatigue-related weaknesses
  • Evaluate product design quality/reliability risks and assess electronics manufacture process quality/reliability issues
  • Drive critical component identification, vendor selection and qualification requirements; establish critical to quality and reliability metrics
  • Develop datacenter system level reliability models and perform reliability quantification and risk analysis for configuration optimization
  • Monitor field performance, drive root cause analysis of critical failures, and implement corrective/preventive actions
  • Lead vendor auditing and quarterly reviews to continuously improve datacenter availability
  • Travel within US and internationally as needed
  • Demonstrate expertise in reliability engineering, leadership, program management, and vendor management
  • Communicate effectively across teams and with suppliers to achieve reliability goals

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
  • Experience researching new designs, technologies, and construction methods of data center equipment and facilities
  • 4+ years of industrial or commercial engineering in mission critical facilities (e.g., data centers, power generation, electrical equipment design/manufacturing)

Skills

Required:Reliability engineeringRoot cause analysisData analysis and statistics

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) and Basic Life & AD&D insurance, 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
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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