Data Center Manager, DCC Communities

Amazon.com, Inc. • Fredericksburg, VA

54d

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. The successful candidate will be operationally responsible for several of Amazon.com's Data Centers during the day shift. AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're looking for talented people who want to help. You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Requirements

• 2+ years of people management experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 3+ years of networking experience and knowledge of cabling best practices
• 3+ years of experience with hardware architectures and troubleshooting experience
• 3+ years of experience with system management tools and client/server environments

Nice To Haves

• Experience in project management
• 1+ years of data center experience
• Meets/exceeds Amazon's leadership principles requirements for this role
• Meets/exceeds Amazon's functional/technical depth and complexity for this role

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

• Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
• full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: General Merchandise Retailers
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees