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At a glance
Amazon is hiring a Principal/Senior Principal Engineer, Data Center Physical Infrastructure, Data Center Engineering in Herndon, VA. It is a full-time role in Data, AI & Analytics, asking for at least 10 years of experience. The description mentions AWS. Amazon has 545 other openings in the US, 15 of them in Herndon, VA. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 5 Data & AI openings in Herndon, VA today; the typical one asks for 6 years and advertises about $186,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
Amazon has not published pay for this job, or we could not find it in the advert. Of the 78 data & AI jobs in Virginia on USA Jobs 24, 78% show pay, and the typical yearly midpoint among them is $183,000. That gives you a fair starting point when the subject comes up.
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- Location. Based in Herndon, VA.
- Experience. The advert asks for at least 10 years.
- Resume. The advert's own words include AWS. Use them wherever they are true for you.
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About hiring at Amazon
Amazon has 546 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 37 states. Most are in software & IT (235), data & AI (82) and operations (73). The biggest locations are Seattle, WA (123), Redmond, WA (53) and Austin, TX (31). 1% of them are remote, 13% are open to entry-level candidates and 6% show pay. We collect Amazon's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Amazon Jobs), never from job boards or agencies.
From Amazon's advert
As a Principal or Senior Principal Engineer here, you'll set the technical direction for the physical infrastructure that makes AWS possible.
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