Amazon Web Services (AWS) · 2 days ago
Data Center Facility Manager, Data Center Engineering Operation
Canton, MS
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$119K/yr - $228K/yr
5+ years expAmazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Data Center Facility Manager to oversee the operations of their state-of-the-art data centers. The role involves managing on-site teams, ensuring high availability and performance of critical infrastructure, and driving safety and compliance within the team.
Agentic AIConsultingDevOpsInformation TechnologySoftwareWeb Development
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
Required
2+ years of people management and team development experience
5+ years of engineering work managing large-scale services experience
Experience in people management and team development
Experience in engineering work, managing large-scale services
Experience owning the operation of a mission-critical team or product
High school or equivalent
Experience working with KPIs and SLAs
Preferred
3+ years of work in a management position with 5 or more direct reports experience
5+ years of work in data centers with an emphasis on building and equipment operation experience
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
Knowledge 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 CRAC units
Experience in team management with 5 or more direct reports
Experience working in data centers with an emphasis on building and equipment operation
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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.
10001+ employees
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