Global Data Center Operations Leader

Amazon; New Florence (MO); On-site; USD 108,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Data Center Operations Manager to lead high-performing teams responsible for global data center infrastructure. You will drive operational excellence, optimize processes, and collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to meet rapid growth demands.

You will manage and improve data center performance, implement service methodologies, and ensure safety standards across facilities while supporting AWS’s cloud infrastructure globally.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of 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 experience

Responsibilities

• Managing and developing teams of engineers, providing both technical and leadership expertise and ensuring the highest levels of performance
• Maintaining existing Data Centers
• Helping build and bring online new Data Centers
• Constantly improving all our processes and procedures
• Assisting & managing relationships with external vendors & contractors
• Liaising with internal teams & management groups
• Ensuring we adhere to and exceed local Health & Safety standards in all our Data Centers
• Creating and maintaining metrics on all aspects of our Data Centers and utilizing those metrics to drive positive changes
• Assisting in implementing service methodologies including incident management, problem management, change management, capacity management, etc.

Skills

People management

Data center operations

IT experience

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent

Tools

System management tools

Client/server environments

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. seeks a Data Center Operations Manager to lead high-performing teams responsible for global data center infrastructure. You will drive operational excellence, optimize processes, and collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to meet rapid growth demands.

You will manage and improve data center performance, implement service methodologies, and ensure safety standards across facilities while supporting AWS’s cloud infrastructure globally.