Data Center Manager

3 months ago


Dublin, Ireland Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited Full time
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 of the 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.

Key job responsibilities
About You:
You will have previous management experience, managing teams of high performers.
You will have the ability to refine and develop processes to optimise operational excellence in every area of your role.
You will be able to drive performance levels to achieve the pace we build and operate our Data Centres.
You will have previous experience in Data Centres, either building or managing (or both) along with exposure to developing great relationships with both internal teams and external vendors.

You will also have a passion for technology along with a desire to be the best at your job every day

About The Role:
As a Data Center Manager in Amazon Web Services AWS, you will get to manage the world’s largest Cloud Computing Infrastructure. We encounter interesting, challenging & complex problems every day, being a technical manager in AWS means that you can innovate to solve these issues and help drive Operations Excellence in all areas of your role.

A day in the life

Your day job will include (but not limited to):

Managing and developing teams of engineers, providing both technical and leadership expertise and ensuring highest levels of performance.
Maintaining existing co-located and in-house Data Centres
Helping build and bring online new Data Centres
Constantly improving all our processes and procedures. We believe there is nothing we cannot improve
Assisting & managing relationships with external vendors & contractors
Liaising with internal teams & management groups
Ensuring we adhere to and exceed local Health & Safety standards in all our Data Centres
Creating and maintaining metrics on all aspects of our Data Centres and utilising those metrics to drive positive changes
Assisting in implementing service methodologies including incident management, problem management, change management, capacity management, etc.

What are we looking for in a successful AWS Data Centre Manager (DCM) candidate along with the technical knowledge and experience?

People Management.
As a successful candidate you will have managed a team of at least 5 individuals, over a period of at least 2 years. You will be able to demonstrate how you have continued to improve performance of an existing team along with displaying skills in creating or growing a team. Experience managing both high & low performing employees will be of advantage along with conflict management.

Incident Management.
You will have a lot of experience dealing with high severity situations, show a clear understanding of the wider blast implications of any issue/outage and potential consequences of differing outcome scenarios. You will also have experience in Change Management & Fault Management.

Vendor Management.
An Amazon, the DCM has to deal with vendors, contractors & security companies. You will be able to prove you have experience dealing with partners and be able to display incidents of both problem & conflict management when dealing with same.

Process Improvement.
You will be able to demonstrate an ability of taking both a good working process & a bad process and improving. You will have experience in processes mapping, implementing remediation steps and how this affected the overall business you were working in. Experience in Kaizen/Lean/Six Sigma is preferable

Health & Safety.
Health & Safety should be at the forefront of every DCMs mind. Managers should be able to positively influence the Safety culture of the Data Centre organization.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

An engineering degree or equivalent with 5+ years of relevant engineering experience managing large scale services.
3+ years building & managing strong, successful technical teams in a similar culture.
Incident Management, Vendor Management, Process Improvement Experience.
Proven track record of success in delivering complex projects with prior ownership of the operation of a mission-critical team and/or product.
Security and Health & Safety awareness.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Technical depth to pass at least one of our Network Engineer, Systems Engineer or Developer Support Engineer skill set.
Project Management with OE and or Agile experience.
Capacity planning and budgetary experience.
Experience in Kaizen/Lean/SixSigma is preferable.
Change Management & Fault Management.



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