Cloud Data Center Operations Lead

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Mineral (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401k matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Virginia's Mineral area seeks a Data Center Facility Manager to lead the critical physical infrastructure and keep our global data centers reliable and efficient.

You will supervise 24x7 engineering technicians, drive improvement projects, coordinate with vendors, and manage budgets while supporting on-call response across regional sites. The role requires travel and hands-on equipment expertise.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of people management and team development.
• 5+ years of engineering work managing large-scale services.
• Experience maintaining SLAs through proactive issue detection and reporting.
• Experience operating a mission-critical team or product.
• High school or equivalent diploma.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of the data center's critical physical infrastructure.
• Manage teams of 24x7 engineering technicians in all facets of their career.
• Engage in improvement projects and drive them from conception to completion.
• Coordinate daily with third-party vendors ensuring SLAs.
• Effectively manage operations budget and expenditures.
• Routinely operate as the after-hours on-call Data Center Facility Manager.

Skills

People management

Engineering management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

High school diploma

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Virginia's Mineral area seeks a Data Center Facility Manager to lead the critical physical infrastructure and keep our global data centers reliable and efficient.

You will supervise 24x7 engineering technicians, drive improvement projects, coordinate with vendors, and manage budgets while supporting on-call response across regional sites. The role requires travel and hands-on equipment expertise.