Data Center Manager, DCC Communities

Amazon • Mineral, VA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

We are currently expanding our infrastructure management team and are looking for proven technology managers with experience in people management, strong technical understanding and the drive and vision to take Amazon.com Data Center Operations to the next level. The successful candidate will have experience managing people with varying skillsets, devising strategies, mentoring people in all levels, sponsoring projects, and proposing technical solutions.

This role supports data centers in various operational stages. The position may be assigned to a facility still under development, which could require travel to established locations for training until your designated site becomes fully operational. Candidates must be able to travel (over 50 miles) or commute (less than 50 miles) to active data center sites as required by business needs.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US citizen and currently possess and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility. The position further requires that, after start, the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph and satisfy other security related requirements. This position requires the candidate to opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

Requirements

• 3+ years of people management experience
• 4+ years of Information Technology (IT) experience, or Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• 3+ years of operations and on-call support for data center facilities, mission critical plants, or production facilities, or 1+ years of operations and on-call support for data center facilities, mission critical plants, or production facilities experience
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above

Nice To Haves

• Experience in project or program management
• 2+ years of data center experience
• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
• Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
• Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role
• In-depth hardware knowledge and troubleshooting experience, system management tools and client/server environments

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and assign trouble tickets to data center technicians and operators
• Routinely review ticket queue for large events and address accordingly
• Coordinate change management resources
• Guide, train and educate data staff on the best practices related to all service owner issues
• Manage and deliver mid-size projects
• Recommend, document, and oversee policies and procedures to meet industry best practices and to meet required SLAs
• Manage a diverse team of data technicians with varying skills
• Provide weekly report to the data center manager
• Maintain the on-call schedule coordinating absence and vacations
• Recruit and train data technicians to ensure appropriate staffing levels
• Host weekly staff meetings
• Write and deliver performance reviews for staff

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager