Data Center Operations & Facilities Lead

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

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Data Center Facility Manager to lead the operation of critical physical infrastructure across global data centers, ensuring reliability, safety, and high availability. You will oversee electrical and mechanical systems and drive continuous improvements for performance and cost efficiency.

Role requires managing 24x7 engineering technicians, coordinating with multiple vendors, and owning the operations budget while traveling to sites as needed.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of people management and team development experience.
• 5+ years of engineering work managing large-scale services experience.
• 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 from conception to completion.
• Coordinate daily with third-party vendors ensuring SLAs.
• Manage operations budget and expenditures efficiently.
• Operate as the after-hour on-call Data Center Facility Manager.

Skills

People management

Engineering management

SLA management

On-call operations

Data center operations

Education

High school diploma

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical Eng

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Data Center Facility Manager to lead the operation of critical physical infrastructure across global data centers, ensuring reliability, safety, and high availability. You will oversee electrical and mechanical systems and drive continuous improvements for performance and cost efficiency.

Role requires managing 24x7 engineering technicians, coordinating with multiple vendors, and owning the operations budget while traveling to sites as needed.