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Amazon Web Services (AWS) · 3 days ago

Data Center Facility Operations Manager, DCEO

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, seeking a Data Center Facility Manager to oversee operations in their data centers. The role involves managing on-site teams, ensuring high availability of critical infrastructure, and driving safety and compliance within the team.

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Responsibilities

Oversee all aspects of the data center’s critical physical infrastructure. Maintain high availability and performance while ensuring that all work performed within the site is done to high quality without impact to internal/external customers and maintain service level agreements
Manage on-site teams of 24x7 shift technicians, sub-contractors and vendors ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with established practices, procedures and safety protocols
Drive safety and security culture and compliance within the team
Hire, coach, and promote team members. Responsible for team's career development and performance management
Promotes healthy team culture and peak morale
Effectively and efficiently manage the operations budget and expenditures
Engage in improvement projects, often requiring reaching out to a variety of support teams, and drive them from conception to completion
Act as an escalation point for all facilities-related issues. Oversee operation and management of routine and emergency services on a variety of critical systems such as: switchgear, generators, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers, building monitoring systems, etc
Utilize root cause analysis and troubleshooting/problem solving skills
Respond to out-of-hours emergency calls
Role may support more than one location/site
May assist in the build out of new facilities and assist in projects to increase current facility efficiency
Utilize Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and other basic administrative tools to perform day to day tasks

Qualification

Data center operationsCritical infrastructure managementElectrical systems knowledgeMechanical systems knowledgeBudget managementSafety complianceTeam managementRoot cause analysisMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordMicrosoft OutlookVerbal communicationWritten communicationTechnical writingProblem solving

Required

High school or equivalent diploma
4+ years in a management position with 5 or more direct reports
5+ years of relevant work experience in a data center or other mission critical environment with knowledge in UPS, Generators, HVAC, Evaporators and other critical infrastructure OR 7+ years of Technical (Military/Trade School) training and/or experience

Preferred

Advanced electrical or mechanical certifications (Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant engineering discipline)
5+ years in a management position with 5 or more direct reports
7+ years working in a data center or other mission critical environment with an emphasis on building and equipment operation
An excellent understanding of the electrical and mechanical systems involved in critical data center operations including systems such as feeders, transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, ATS units, PDU units, chillers, pumps, air handling units, and CRAHU units
Strong verbal and written communication skills, technical writing or business justifications (white paper experience)

Benefits

Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing.

H1B Sponsorship

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2023 (19057)
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2020 (14881)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
Key Investors
BIRD Foundation
2025-01-22Grant

Leadership Team

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Matt Garman
Chief Executive Officer
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Anand Desikan
CTO, CXO Advisor, and Enterprise Technologist
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