Regional Data Center Operations Leader

Amazon; Boardman (OR); On-site; USD 145,400 - 254,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Sign-on payments

Job summary

Amazon in Oregon is seeking a Data Center Operations Cluster Manager to lead a large organization of data center professionals and managers. You will drive safety, availability, and efficiency while shaping strategic plans and mentoring managers and technicians.

This senior role focuses on developing best practices, coordinating infrastructure projects, and delivering scalable data center operations to support AWS growth and customer needs across the region.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of management experience.
• 5+ years of operations management experience.
• Experience with Lean/Six Sigma.
• 3+ years of managing managers experience.
• Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or experience managing teams in these fields.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of Data Center Managers (3-9 Area and front-line managers) and 100-150 hourly technicians within Regional Data Centers.
• Drive operational performance goals and objectives relating to safety, security, availability, scaling, and efficiency.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and procedures.
• Strategic planning and forecasting; appraise performance; reward and discipline employees; resolve problems; and address staffing needs.
• Obsess over team learning and development, both from a technical/functional and soft skills (critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and adaptability) development perspective including mentoring and training.
• Develop, improve, and share operational best practices across the globe.
• Hiring, managing, and developing the operations management team including data center managers and data center operations technicians.
• Planning and executing the Infrastructure Operations component of new AWS data center build-outs, new colocation build-outs, AWS data center expansions, and colocation expansions, including the network and server rack infrastructure to facilitate the daily operations.
• Continuous improvement of operational processes, procedures, methods, and tools.

Skills

Management experience

Operations management

Lean/Six Sigma

Leadership of managers

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, computer engineering, or related field

Job description

Amazon in Oregon is seeking a Data Center Operations Cluster Manager to lead a large organization of data center professionals and managers. You will drive safety, availability, and efficiency while shaping strategic plans and mentoring managers and technicians.

This senior role focuses on developing best practices, coordinating infrastructure projects, and delivering scalable data center operations to support AWS growth and customer needs across the region.