Data Centre Operations Manager, LHR- DCO

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data Center Manager to oversee the world's largest Cloud Computing Infrastructure. In this pivotal role, you will lead a talented team, drive operational excellence, and innovate solutions to complex challenges. Your expertise in managing high-performing teams and optimizing processes will be crucial as you maintain and develop Data Centers. This role promises an exciting opportunity to impact the efficiency and effectiveness of critical operations while fostering a collaborative and diverse workplace. If you are passionate about technology and leadership, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing large scale services.
• Experience building and managing successful technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop teams of engineers ensuring high performance.
• Constantly improve processes and procedures in Data Centers.
• Liaise with internal teams and manage vendor relationships.

Skills

Team Management

Process Optimization

Technical Leadership

Relationship Management

Project Management

Problem Solving

Education

Technical Degree

Equivalent Experience

Tools

AWS

Bash

Python

Perl

Ruby

Job description

Job ID: 2932175 | Amazon Data Services UK Limited

As a Data Center Manager in Amazon, you will get to manage the world’s largest Cloud Computing Infrastructure. We encounter interesting, challenging & complex problems every day, being a technical manager in Amazon means that you can innovate to solve these issues and help drive Operations Excellence in all areas of your role. You will manage, lead and develop a team of talented technicians across multiple sites.

You will be a proven manager with experience managing a high performing team. You will have the ability to refine and develop processes to optimize operational excellence in every area of your role. You will be able to drive performance levels to achieve the pace we build and operate our Data Centers at. You require previous experience in Data Centers, either building or managing (or both) along with exposure to developing great relationships with both internal teams and external vendors.

Key job responsibilities

1. Managing and developing teams of engineers, providing both technical and leadership expertise and ensuring highest levels of performance.
2. Maintaining existing co-located and in-house Data Centers.
3. Helping build and bring online new Data Centers.
4. Constantly improving all our processes and procedures. We believe there is nothing we cannot improve.
5. Assisting & managing relationships with external vendors & contractors.
6. Liaising with internal teams & management groups.
7. Ensuring we adhere to and exceed local Health & Safety standards in all our Data Centers.
8. Creating and maintaining metrics on all aspects of our Data Centers and utilizing those metrics to drive positive changes.
9. Assisting in implementing service methodologies including incident management, problem management, change management, capacity management, etc.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Technical degree or equivalent experience.
2. 5+ years of relevant engineering experience managing large scale services and 3 years managing and building strong successful technical teams in a similar culture.
3. Project Management Experience and Systems and networking knowledge.
4. Prior ownership of the operation of a mission-critical team and/or product.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Formal project management certifications (Prince2, PMP, AGILE).
2. Scripting: Bash, Python, Perl, Ruby (or programming languages).
3. Experience or Knowledge of AWS products: EC2, EBS, S3 and infrastructure and system redundancy (Power feeds, ATS, Server Hardware, RAID, Network Connectivity).

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon.

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