Data Center Controls Engineer
Amazon· Operations, IT, & Support Engineering
Hybrid (Boling, TX)$111.3k - $186.1kFull-timePosted yesterday
About the role
AWS Infrastructure Services designs, plans, delivers, and operates AWS global infrastructure, focusing on building management systems (BMS) and electrical power monitoring systems (EPMS) to support data centers. The role involves innovating, deploying, optimizing, and maintaining data center automation controls, collaborating across teams, and traveling domestically and internationally.
Responsibilities
- Manage scope of Building Management System (BMS) and Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) for construction of AWS data centers.
- Ensure data center controls are deployed in accordance with scope of work (SOW) and specifications.
- Review and provide feedback on mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) drawings.
- Develop controls bill of materials (BOM).
- Manage multiple stakeholder deliverables, requirements and navigate difficult situations.
- Work under tight project timelines.
- Financially manage both construction and service contracts.
- Act in a project sponsor/lead capacity.
- Provide vendor management.
- Develop scope of work for site improvement projects.
- Provide technical assistance and support to internal customers during life cycle of the data center.
- Perform controls root cause analysis for service of controls for AWS data centers.
- Schedule and supervise Quarterly maintenance for BMS and EPMS.
- Review controls sequence of operation and provide feedback to design.
- Participate in a global on-call schedule.
- Grow in technical ability by learning a multitude of different automation platforms.
- Develop building automation controls drawings and wiring diagrams.
- Size controls valves and damper actuators and select controls devices.
- Develop and modify control logic programming.
- Develop and modify graphical user interface.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field plus 5+ years of relevant controls experience, OR 10+ years of relevant controls experience in lieu of a degree.
- 5+ years with industrial controls in critical environment (data center, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, oil & gas, petrochemical, laboratory, power, water etc.)
- 4+ years of general project or vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, and RFI and submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.
Skills
Required:Building Management System (BMS)Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS)MEP drawings reviewControl system programmingVendor management
Benefits
- 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
- Parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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