Night Shift Data Center Operations Manager – Global Infra

Amazon Inc.; Sparks, Northern (NV, KY); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Sparks, NV is seeking a Data Center Manager to lead a team of engineers responsible for AWS global data center infrastructure.

You will drive operational excellence, optimize processes, and collaborate with internal and external partners to keep the cloud running reliably. The role requires 4+ years IT experience and 2+ years of people management, with travel between sites and willingness to work at new facilities during training.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of IT experience or Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• 2+ years of people management
• 2+ years of operations and on-call support for data center facilities, mission critical plants, or production facilities experience

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop 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

Operations leadership

Travel readiness

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

System management tools

Client/server environments

Hardware troubleshooting

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Sparks, NV is seeking a Data Center Manager to lead a team of engineers responsible for AWS global data center infrastructure.

You will drive operational excellence, optimize processes, and collaborate with internal and external partners to keep the cloud running reliably. The role requires 4+ years IT experience and 2+ years of people management, with travel between sites and willingness to work at new facilities during training.