Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Data Center Controls Engineer to design, implement, and optimize control systems that power AWS's global data centers. You'll develop and support PLC/SCADA-based solutions for mechanical and electrical infrastructure, ensuring high availability, safety, and efficiency. Partnering with capacity delivery, operations, and design teams, you'll drive commissioning, automation improvements, and root-cause analysis while creating standards and documentation. This role suits engineers who thrive in fast-paced, data-driven environments and want to impact cloud-scale infrastructure. Responsibilities Design, program, and optimize data center control systems to support AWS capacity delivery Implement and maintain monitoring, alarming, and automation for mechanical and electrical infrastructure Collaborate with design, operations, and capacity planning teams to integrate controls into new builds and retrofits Analyze system performance data to improve reliability, efficiency, and scalability Support commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting of control systems across global data centers Ensure controls designs and operations comply with safety, security, and regulatory standards Develop technical documentation, standards, and best practices for data center controls Provide engineering escalation support for complex incidents impacting capacity or availability Required Skills Data center infrastructure controls PLC programming (e.g., Rockwell, Siemens)

SCADA/HMI

systems design Building management systems (BMS) HVAC and mechanical systems controls Electrical power monitoring and controls Industrial networking and communication protocols (Modbus, BACnet, OPC) Control system commissioning and testing Data analysis and system optimization Technical documentation and standards development