DESCRIPTION

AWS Data Center (DC) Operations in Japan seeks a global operational principal engineer to influence, guide, and deliver methods that directly improve our current and future datacenter systems within our infrastructure. As a DC principal engineer, you provide strategic technical leadership across Japan DC region chief engineers, and collaborate with global principal engineers to establish technical standards, drive technical maintenance programs, engineering practices, and engineering methodologies. You work on solving our hardest problems, build high quality solutions, and created process improvements that are aligned with our business needs.

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.


Key job responsibilities
You establish development standards, best practices and drive operational excellence. You are the connection between data center engineering operations and design engineering, construction, commissioning, controls engineering, field service engineering, and senior leadership. You influence DC chief engineers by establishing engineering priorities and deliverables. You set engineering priorities and vision, and deliver expertise in either/or any of the following; mechanical, electrical, controls. You drive improvements in maintenance programs. You lead external customer facing relationships in root cause analysis and conduct executive engagements. You collaborate with mechanical design and controls teams to incorporate operational experiences into mechanical control systems. You drive improvements in sustainability through programs such as power utilization effectiveness, water utilization efficiency, global engineering bulletins, and preventive maintenance. You are a call leader for critical site events and large scale events, and assist in driving the correction of errors process and root cause analysis.

A day in the life
You team with a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, operations managers, and other roles. You collaborate with people across Amazon Data Services to find solutions to engineering problems. You will inspect engineering performance trends and KPIs and advise senior managers and chief engineers. You will own and drive goals and projects to deliver engineering outcomes that benefit our customers. You will use machine learning and generative AI technologies to improve engineering performance.

About the team
About the team
Our Amazon Data Centers team is customer obsessed to deliver the safest, most secure, and most reliable data center operations available. We strive to build great people, deliver results, and innovate. As part of our team, you will collaborate with experienced professionals who are passionate about what they do, from day one working alongside engineers, technicians, and many company stakeholders. We value builders who can:
-Think big and innovate for our customers
-Drive results through ownership and accountability
-Learn continuously and stay curious
-Demonstrate strong judgment while remaining open to diverse perspectives
-Work effectively across global teams

About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS 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.
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.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Mentorship & 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.
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.