Data Center Operations & Facilities Lead

Amazon; Sparks (NV); On-site; USD 129,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs included

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Data Center Facility Manager to lead critical data center operations, ensuring high availability and reliability of electrical and mechanical systems such as switchgear, generators, UPS, chillers, CRACs, and building automation.

You will manage 24x7 on-site teams, drive safety culture, and oversee budgets while coordinating cross-functional teams. The role requires strong communication, hands-on experience with mission-critical infrastructure, and a commitment

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience.
• Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, engineering technology or equivalent or 7+ years of experience working in a data center or other mission critical environment with an emphasis on building and equipment operation.
• Experience communicating technical details verbally and in writing.
• Must be able to work in an environment that involves walking, stooping, bending, and climbing to access equipment.
• Behavioral interviewing and hiring experience

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of the data center’s critical physical infrastructure.
• Maintain high availability and performance while ensuring that all work performed within the site is done to high quality without impact to internal/external customers and maintain service level agreements.
• Manage on-site teams of 24x7 shift technicians, sub-contractors and vendors ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with established practices, procedures and safety protocols.
• Drive safety and security culture and compliance within the team
• Hire, coach, and promote team members. Responsible for team's career development and performance management
• Promotes healthy team culture and peak morale
• Effectively and efficiently manage the operations budget and expenditures.
• Engage in improvement projects, often requiring reaching out to a variety of support teams, and drive them from conception to completion.
• Act as an escalation point for all facilities-related issues. Oversee operation and management of routine and emergency services on a variety of critical systems such as: switchgear, generators, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers, building monitoring systems, etc.
• Utilize root cause analysis and troubleshooting/problem solving skills
• Respond to out-of-hours emergency calls.
• Role may support more than one location/site.
• May assist in the build out of new facilities and assist in projects to increase current facility efficiency
• Utilize Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and other basic administrative tools to perform day to day tasks

Skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Electrical/Mechanical engineering degree

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Data Center Facility Manager to lead critical data center operations, ensuring high availability and reliability of electrical and mechanical systems such as switchgear, generators, UPS, chillers, CRACs, and building automation.

You will manage 24x7 on-site teams, drive safety culture, and oversee budgets while coordinating cross-functional teams. The role requires strong communication, hands-on experience with mission-critical infrastructure, and a commitment