DCEO Chief Engineer, AWS Data Center Engineering Operations
6 months ago
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.
The DCEO Chief Engineer is responsible for data centre engineering operations across a number of data centre sites in Melbourne.
This role will require that you are able to maintain a strong degree of influence over technical operations for a number of data centre facilities, foster strong working relationships with vendors, and provide senior-level technical guidance to less-experienced operators.
As well as ensuring the smooth flow of day-to-day technical operations, you will also contribute significantly to our planned growth in the Melbourne region, for new site builds and expansions of existing sites.
Key job responsibilities
- Participate in an on-call escalation roster across the data centre region
- Responsible for the on-site management of contractors, sub-contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work performed, is in accordance with established practices, procedures & local legislation
- Establish performance benchmarks, conduct analyses & prepare reports on all aspects of the critical facility infrastructure operations & maintenance
- Generate change management requests & incident management tickets for events that DCEO are responsible to manage
- Work with DC managers and other business leaders to coordinate projects, manage capacity, and optimize plant safety, performance, reliability, sustainability and efficiency
- Establish documentation relevant to business & facility operations
- Responsible for the installation of the racks and the provision of power/cooling within its constraints
- Review the management of both routine maintenance 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.
- Assist in the design, implementation, commissioning and build out of new facilities
- Drive & implement projects to increase current facility capacity, efficiency, sustainability & reliability.
- Management of the facility assets and the provision of infrastructure & inventory asset management
- Attend and participate in regular construction & operational meetings as required
- Familiar with work order compliance to ensure all contractual SLAs are achieved.
- Interface with Infra Ops management for day to day operational requirements.
- Assist in recruiting efforts
- Assist in the the resolution of any infrastructure engineering or services issue
- Day to day technical oversight and guidance of a team of engineering operation technicians
A day in the life
No two days are the same in AWS data centres but, typically, your day will include:
- Attending operational meetings to foster awareness of important activities across the Melbourne data centre region
- Mentoring and development of less experienced engineering operations technicians
- Planning and scheduling of maintenance activities for critical infrastructure
- Collaborating on solving complex engineering problems impacting critical infrastructure
- Collaboration with other AWS data centre regions globally
- Attending project meetings to influence the design and build of new facilities
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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Team leadership skills- 4+ years of relevant work experience in maintaining a DC or other critical space facility
- Familiar with the concepts and interaction of service management systems (problem & change)
- Experience with the development of MOPs & SWMS for planned works
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree or technical (military/trade school) qualifications and relevant experience- 6+ years of data centre engineering/operations experience
- 4+ years of data centre management experience
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or relevant discipline
Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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