Amazon
Senior Sustainability Specialist, AWS Global Sustainability
$140K–$189K
Seattle, WA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Arlington, VA - Experience
- 5+ years in relevant programs; alternatively, the degree requirement may be met with 6+ years of additional field-specific work experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Environmental Science, Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical), Data/Statistics, or another Sustainability-related field, or 6+ years of additional field-specific work experience.
About the job
Leads AWS’s net-zero transition planning and embeds carbon-aware decisions into data center infrastructure, while improving GHG accounting, measurement, and reporting.
What you'll do
- Own and improve AWS’s net-zero transition plan, including data quality, forecasts, abatement levers, and integration into business operations.
- Partner with infrastructure teams to incorporate carbon considerations into data center siting, design, and development.
- Develop carbon accounting methodologies, measure program impacts, and deliver metrics and audit-ready reporting.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or 6+ years of additional field-specific work experience.
- 5+ years developing and executing environmental sustainability, carbon accounting, or GHG inventory programs.
- Fluency with AI/GenAI tools and experience obtaining, managing, and analyzing carbon and energy data.
- Experience developing or applying carbon accounting methodologies, leading multi-team programs, and working across technical and business functions.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree (MBA/MS) in a quantitative, engineering, or sustainability-related field.
- Familiarity with GHG Protocol standards; experience with infrastructure carbon programs, embodied carbon/LCA, or methodology development.
Pay
USD 139,500.00 - 188,700.00 annually base salary (USA, VA, Arlington); USD 139,500.00 - 188,700.00 annually base salary (USA, WA, Seattle)
Tools
AI/GenAI, GHG Protocol, LCA
AI focus
Use AI/GenAI tools to automate low-value analytical work.
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