·         Ensuring effective and efficient Management of day to day Datacenter Operations

·         Manage/Improve the work-flows and through-put for data Centers Operations, globally.

·         Become a subject master in Data Center Operations.

·         Ensure all operational KPIs and Metrics are being measured and met inside his/her Data Centers(s).

·         Play a key part in innovation and driving automation within Data Center Operations.

·         Be passionate about the quality and quantity of services being provided by the Data Center Operations team and continuously strive to improve our Customer Experience.

·         Management of Large Scale Events in the Datacenter(s).

·         Part of an on-call rotation for Datacenter Issue escalations.

·         Vendor management/Monitoring Vendor performance.

·         Ensuring his/her Data Center is compliant with all relevant security policies and procedures.

Knowledge & Skills/ Business Acumen/ Education & Experience

Detailed technical requirements for the position can be found below. Candidates need not be experts in all of these, but at a minimum must be able to answer YES to all of the following 3 questions:

·         Have you worked in a Data Center before and/or can you articulate what it takes to run an operational efficient Data Center?

·         Do you have prior people management experience with directs reports?

·         Do you have current knowledge of at least one of the following skills?

·         Server Hardware (troubleshooting).

·         Using & troubleshooting Linux or Unix.

·         Facilities engineering.

·         Technical Project Management

For the successful candidate, this role provides excellent opportunities for advancement along either a technical management or project management track within Amazon.com.

Preferred Technical Requirements/Competencies

·         Some understanding of Power, Cooling & Facilities Engineering inside a data center.

·         Knowledge of server hardware maintenance/troubleshooting across multiple server vendors.

·         Some experience of managing large scale disk sub-systems.

·         Experience of Linux or another UNIX OS.

·         Some knowledge of Linux in a SAN/NAS Environments.

·         Experience with capacity planning, preferably at a server and data center level.

·         Experience with Cisco equipment in an enterprise environment.