Night Data Center Operations Lead — Uptime & Incident Response

Hyra; Boardman (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Data Center Night Manager to lead mission-critical night-shift operations for AWS data centers. You will manage technicians, oversee incident response, and safeguard uptime, security, and safety for global cloud infrastructure.

You'll coordinate with engineering, facilities, and security teams to resolve complex issues, enforce runbooks and change processes, and deliver clear shift reporting. This role offers growth in a customer-obsessed, innovative culture.

Qualifications

• Experience leading night-shift data center operations and incident response.
• Strong knowledge of ITIL-based service operations and change control.
• Ability to mentor technicians and coordinate cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead night-shift operations across AWS data center facilities, ensuring uptime, security, and safety.
• Monitor infrastructure health, incident queues, and SLAs; coordinate rapid response to outages or performance issues.
• Manage and coach night-shift technicians, scheduling, and workload prioritization.
• Implement and enforce operational runbooks, change management, and escalation procedures.
• Partner with engineering, facilities, and security teams to resolve complex technical issues.
• Track operational metrics, create shift reports, and communicate status to daytime leadership.
• Ensure compliance with AWS security, safety, and regulatory standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce incidents and improve efficiency.

Skills

Data center operations management

Incident management

Server and network troubleshooting

ITIL-based service operations

Change management and runbookExecution

People management and shift scheduling

Root cause analysis and reporting

Physical security and access control

Environmental and power systems know‑h

Tools

CloudWatch

Nagios

SolarWinds

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Data Center Night Manager to lead mission-critical night-shift operations for AWS data centers. You will manage technicians, oversee incident response, and safeguard uptime, security, and safety for global cloud infrastructure.

You'll coordinate with engineering, facilities, and security teams to resolve complex issues, enforce runbooks and change processes, and deliver clear shift reporting. This role offers growth in a customer-obsessed, innovative culture.