Manager II, Network Depl. Eng, ADC NIDD

Amazon • San Antonio, TX

7d

About The Position

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.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Network Build Manager to manage a
team of engineers supporting the Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) regions. As
dedicated cloud regions continue to expand and grow, we build and expand data
centers to stay ahead of customer demand. We are looking for a proven technology
manager with experience in people management, robust technical understanding
with drive and vision to take ADC Scaling Operations to the next level. The
successful candidate for this role will create sustainable processes and
standards; and drive automation opportunities to reduce delivery cycle times and
to improve quality without impacting network availability.

The mission of the team is to deliver network capacity on time with zero rework.
The Network Build Manager will manage the planning and deployment of new data
center spaces as well as the build and expansion of remote management
facilities. This manager will be responsible for a growing a team and will
oversee their development and growth. The successful candidate will have
experience managing and mentoring people, tracking budgets, providing strategic
direction and proposing technical solutions. This manager will ultimately be
responsible for installing and delivering our network equipment and related
infrastructures, as well as responsible for driving low voltage structured
cabling across the Amazon data center platform.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 3+ years of experience in a data center technology role and experience of TCP/IP networking, network cabling, optic types, and test equipment
• 5+ years of experience in management/team lead function
• Broad understanding of infrastructure technologies installation and design including network cabling, hardware, and test methodologies.

Nice To Haves

• 6+ years of data center, network engineering, and/or systems engineering experience
• Proven ability to partner with a variety of internal and external teams in setting technical direction, mitigating conflicts and ensuring prioritization to deliver results timely for stakeholder teams.
• High attention to detail including effective customer communications, with data, and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
• Proven expertise in setting strategies, directions and motivating teams to achieve and exceed desired outcomes.
• Experience developing operational metrics to drive efficiencies
• Experience representing your team/technical area to senior management
• Experience in contributing to the definition and implementation of automation opportunities within an deployment/build environment, with lean methodologies and Six-Sigma or similar qualification

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and assign tasks to design engineers and project managers, coaching and creating documentation. Manage tasks and deliverables across medium to large-size projects.
• Manage projects across multiple AWS regions to ensure just in time delivery of new data center spaces.
• Manage the installation of network and cabling infrastructure in a data center environment
• Guide, train and educate staff on the best practices related to all service owner issues
• Recommend, document, and oversee policies and procedures to meet industry best practices and to meet required SLAs
• Provide weekly report to project stakeholders
• Coordinate team resources to support project and delivery needs, to include emergency projects, change management and maintenance window support, and potential off-hours support. Recruit and train engineers to ensure appropriate staffing levels and host weekly staff meetings and drive compliance to Amazon performance management requirements

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