Data Centre Operations Manager

1 week ago


Melbourne, Australia Amazon Corporate Services Pty Ltd Full time

4+ years people management experience with direct reports in an IT related field
- 4+ years experience in managing IT systems
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of change concepts, problem and incident management

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.
Are you a technical professional interested in joining an elite team and learning the skills necessary to maintain one of the world's largest information system infrastructures? If so, we are currently expanding our infrastructure management team and are looking for proven technology managers with experience in people management, strong technical understanding, and the drive to take AWS Data Centre Operations to the next level.
Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a people manager who can collaborate, lead, and mentor a team of skilled Data centre Technicians with a variety of skills. You will be responsible for Data centre operations with a focus on continuous improvement to ensure we continue to deliver the highest level of service to our customers.
DCO Managers are front-line leaders that ensure all aspects of our hardware and network systems are operational within our Data Centre sites. You will guide a team of technical professionals to support this endeavor, along with frequent engagement of the following activities:

- Prioritize and assign trouble tickets to data centre technicians and operators, and routinely reviewing the ticket queue for large events and address accordingly.
- Guide, train, and educate data operations technicians on the best practices related to all service owner issues
- Manage and deliver mid-size projects
- Recommend, document, and oversee policies and procedures to meet industry best practices and to meet required SLAs
- Manage a diverse team of data technicians with varying skills
- Maintain the on-call schedule coordinating absence and vacations
- Recruit and train data technicians to ensure appropriate staffing levels
- Write and deliver performance reviews for staff
- Constantly improving all our processes and procedures. We believe there is nothing we cannot improve
- Assisting & managing relationships with external vendors & contractors.
- Ensuring we adhere to and exceed local Health & Safety standards in all our Data centres.
- Creating and maintaining metrics of all aspects of our Data centres and utilising those metrics to drive positive improvements.
- Assisting in implementing service methodologies that include incident management, problem management, change management, capacity management.

About the team
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
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.
- Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field or equivalent professional or military experience
- Project Management experience
- Linux/UNIX certification and/or administration experience.



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