NW Deployment Build Mgr II, Global Network Deployment

Amazon • Herndon, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, supporting AWS data centers and all associated equipment to ensure continual customer access. The team works on challenging problems impacting the supply chain and collaborates across AWS to deliver high standards for safety, security, and cost efficiency. Amazon’s network is a key differentiator for AWS, enabling global operation of thousands of applications across a highly complex infrastructure. The AWS Networking team develops and operates this industry-leading platform for all of Amazon. The Global Network Delivery Team (GND) is responsible for structured cabling, hardware deployment, and hardware commissioning related to network deployment during the initial phase of a data center, as well as scaling and integration. The NW Deployment Build Manager II leads a team of highly qualified network engineers and is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of Network Infrastructure, including Safety, Scheduling, Standards, and Implementation for new builds across the AMER region. This leader is expected to significantly enhance speed, quality, and safety in deploying new network capacity in Data Center sites, ensuring resources are in place to meet capacity demands efficiently. The role involves owning the resources responsible for planning, configuring, and deploying network infrastructure in new AWS data centers, driving strategy to innovate and optimize deployments, and instilling operational excellence to deliver network capacity on time with zero rework. This leader will be integral to the wider infrastructure management senior leadership team, collaborating with engineering and operations teams on new solutions and designs, and owning all aspects of people management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or experience in a relevant field
• 3+ years of program management experience in infrastructure builds
• Experience in technical management and people development
• Proven track record managing difficult, cross-functional infrastructure builds independently
• Experience working across multiple teams and managing programs end-to-end
• Ability to manage trade-offs: time vs. scope vs. cost
• Experience clearing blockers, escalating appropriately, and accelerating progress
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Robust technical understanding of network infrastructure and deployment processes

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional certifications or military experience in an IT-related field (e.g. computer science, network engineering, PMP, CCNA, Network+, Security+ etc.)
• Functional knowledge of network design, and layer 2/3 networking concepts
• Ability to propose regional or global projects leveraging technical and management experience
• Experience conducting interviews and making effective hiring decisions

Responsibilities

• Responsible for end-to-end delivery of Network Infrastructure, including Safety, Scheduling, Standards and Implementation for new builds across the AMER region.
• Significantly enhance speed, quality, and safety in deploying new capacity to the network in Data Center sites.
• Ensure the right resources/structure is in place to proactively stay ahead of capacity demands while applying thinking around capital efficiency.
• Understand the environment deeply to accurately represent issues and implement a strategy that continues to set new records for cycle time, quality and staff efficiency.
• Own the resources responsible for planning, configuring and deploying network infrastructure in new AWS data centers.
• Drive the strategy to innovate and optimize new deployments while instilling the highest level of operational excellence in tools and processes.
• Deliver network capacity on time with zero rework.
• Be integral to the wider infrastructure management senior leadership team, collaborating with engineering and operations teams on new solutions and designs.
• Own all aspects of people management.

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: Senior