Data Center Network & Cabling Decommissioning Lead

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Australia Services, Inc is seeking a Network & Cable Decommissioning Manager to lead a team of engineers and technicians across the APJC region, safely decommissioning network racks, cables, and related infrastructure.

You will collaborate with networking engineers and senior managers to plan, design, and execute decommissioning programs, drive process improvements, and mentor staff while traveling 20%.

Qualifications

• Experience as a general contractor and in vendor management related to construction and project execution.
• Knowledge of data center infrastructure design, operations, or delivery.
• 2+ years in data center, critical environment, computer hardware repair, infrastructure cabling, network deployment, or data center operations experience.
• Experience leading large teams, with demonstrable ability to hire, develop, and manage high-performing technical teams.
• Experience in managing managers.
• Experience in root cause analysis and error correction, identifying changes to procedures and systems to implement long-term fixes and avoid repeating issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead team to safely decommission network racks, loose gears, and abandoned fiber cables across all DCs, TCs, and Edge sites located within the region while guaranteeing the health and safety of our technicians and zero impact on customers.
• Drive the planning, design, implementation, organization, and day-to-day operation of NCD APJC in support of strategic objectives.
• Interact and work directly with networking engineers, networking senior TPMs, and managers across several functional areas to support and unblock scaling activities throughout the region.
• Define plans and process to achieve required capacity and network requirements via decommissioning efforts.
• Champion projects for the organization that result in cost savings and/or efficiencies. Drive innovative solutions related to process improvements, tooling, and automation to safely and effectively conduct all global decommissioning activities.
• Partner with peer leaders within the NCD organization to create and perpetuate a true lifecycle approach.
• Support new activities designed to harvest and recycle components to alleviate supply chain challenges and maximize cost avoidance.
• Manage and develop a team of Decommissioning engineers and technicians. Participate in recruiting efforts, continually raise the Bar, and actively train and develop others.
• Travel 20% or more

Skills

Contractor experience

Vendor management

Data center design

Data center operations

Team leadership

Managing managers

Root cause analysis

Job description

Amazon Australia Services, Inc is seeking a Network & Cable Decommissioning Manager to lead a team of engineers and technicians across the APJC region, safely decommissioning network racks, cables, and related infrastructure.

You will collaborate with networking engineers and senior managers to plan, design, and execute decommissioning programs, drive process improvements, and mentor staff while traveling 20%.