Data Center Manager, DCC Communities

Manage a team that maintains cloud infrastructure for global data center operations!

AWS is looking for technology managers with experience in people management, strong technical understanding and the drive and vision to take AWS Data Center Operations to the next level. The successful candidate will have experience creating/devising strategies, mentoring people at all levels, sponsoring projects, and proposing technical solutions. This position involves leading teams in hardware and network diagnostics followed by physical repair and includes participation in an on-call rotation.

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 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.

Effective May 15, 2017, logical access to the AWS GovCloud region will be restricted to Amazon employees who are U.S. Citizens. (GovCloud may NOT be accessed from outside of the United States)

Key job responsibilities The successful candidate will be operationally responsible for a Data Center. Some high-level responsibilities include:

Prioritize and assign trouble tickets to data center technicians and operators

Manage the performance of a diverse team(s) of data center operation professionals with varying skills across different locations

Developing Career Paths for the employees and making updates in our internal tools.

Recruit and train data technicians to ensure appropriate staffing levels

Ensure effective and efficient management of day-to-day data center operations including queue management, 7/24 shift arrangement and hardware logistics