AWS Data Center Operations Leader

Amazon Inc.; Hermiston (OR); On-site; USD 78,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking an experienced technology manager to lead data center operations across global facilities. You will manage a diverse team, mentor staff, sponsor projects, and drive technical solutions while maintaining 7/24 operations.

This role requires travel between data centers, on-call rotation, and collaboration with software, hardware, and network engineers to optimize safety, reliability and cost for AWS customers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years IT experience or Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent.
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• 2+ years of operations and on-call support for data center facilities, mission critical plants, or production facilities.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and assign trouble tickets to data center technicians and operators
• Manage the performance of a diverse team(s) of data center operation professionals with varying skills across different locations
• Developing Career Paths for the employees and making updates in our internal tools.
• Recruit and train data technicians to ensure appropriate staffing levels
• Ensure effective and efficient management of day-to-day data center operations including queue management, 7/24 shift arrangement and hardware logistics
• Fast learn or act as the subject matter expert across all aspects in data center operations
• Ensure all operational KPIs and metrics are being measured and met
• Inspire and guide improvement in team process, technology innovation and automation
• Manage Large Scale Events (outages) and act as the call leader
• Manage and improve the workflows and through-put for data centers operations
• Recommend, document, and oversee policies and procedures to meet industry best practices and to meet required SLAs
• Maintain the on-call schedule coordinating absence and vacations
• Be passionate about the quality and quantity of services being provided, and continuously strive to improve our Customer Experience

Skills

People management

IT experience

On-call support

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent

Tools

Hardware troubleshooting

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. is seeking an experienced technology manager to lead data center operations across global facilities. You will manage a diverse team, mentor staff, sponsor projects, and drive technical solutions while maintaining 7/24 operations.

This role requires travel between data centers, on-call rotation, and collaboration with software, hardware, and network engineers to optimize safety, reliability and cost for AWS customers.