Global Data Center Operations Lead

Amazon Data Services, Inc.; Sparks (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs offered

Career development

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Sparks, Nevada, is seeking a Data Center Manager to lead a team that operates and maintains cloud infrastructure across our data center network.

You will drive operational excellence, develop scalable processes, and partner with internal teams and vendors to deliver reliable service at scale. You will build and mentor high-performing engineers and operations staff, manage incidents, capacity, and change processes, and own safety and performance metrics.

Qualifications

• 4+ years IT experience or equivalent
• 2+ years of people management experience
• 2+ years of operations and on-call support for data center facilities or production facilities

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop teams of engineers with technical and leadership oversight
• Maintain existing data centers and contribute to bringing new data centers online
• Improve processes and procedures to drive performance and efficiency
• Manage relationships with external vendors and contractors
• Liaise with internal teams and management groups
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards across data centers
• Create and maintain metrics to drive improvements
• Support service methodologies including incident, change, and capacity management

Skills

People management

Operations support

Technical leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math or equivalent

Tools

System management tools

Client/server environments

Hardware troubleshooting

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Sparks, Nevada, is seeking a Data Center Manager to lead a team that operates and maintains cloud infrastructure across our data center network.

You will drive operational excellence, develop scalable processes, and partner with internal teams and vendors to deliver reliable service at scale. You will build and mentor high-performing engineers and operations staff, manage incidents, capacity, and change processes, and own safety and performance metrics.