Amazon · 3 months ago
Data Center Facility Operations Manager, DCC Communities
Sterling, Virginia, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$119K/yr - $228K/yr
5+ years expAmazon is seeking a Data Center Facility Operations Manager to oversee the operations of critical infrastructure systems in their data centers. The role involves managing on-site teams, ensuring high availability and performance, and driving safety and security culture 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
Required
High school or equivalent
4+ years of work in a management position with 5 or more direct reports experience
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 of experience in a management position with 5 or more direct reports
7+ years of experience 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
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$8.11BKey Investors
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