Amazon Data Centre Operations Manager LHR- DCO 

United Kingdom, England, London 

281811152

You will be a proven manager with experience managing teams of high performers. You will have the ability to refine and develop processes to optimize 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 Centers at. You will have previous experience in Data Centers, either building or managing (or both) along with exposure to developing great relationships with both internal teams and external vendors.About AWSDiverse Experiences
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AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)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
- Maintaining existing co-located and in-house Data Centers
- Helping build and bring online new Data Centers- Assisting & managing relationships with external vendors & contractors- Ensuring we adhere to and exceed local Health & Safety standards in all our Data Centers
- Creating and maintaining metrics on all aspects of our Data Centers and utilizing those metrics to drive positive changes
- Assisting in implementing service methodologies including incident management, problem management, change management, capacity management, etc.

- Technical degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of relevant engineering experience managing large scale services and 3 years managing and building strong successful technical teams in a similar culture
- Project Management Experience and Systems and networking knowledge
- Prior ownership of the operation of a mission-critical team and/or product

- Formal project management certifications (Prince2, PMP, AGILE)
- Scripting: Bash, Python, Perl, Ruby (or programming languages)
- Experience or Knowledge of AWS products: EC2, EBS, S3 and infrastructure and system redundancy (Power feeds, ATS, Server Hardware, RAID, Network Connectivity)