Job Description

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 centre 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.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Network Deployment Manager to manage a team of engineers. The Network Deployment Manager will manage the planning and deployment of new data centre spaces as well as the build and expansion of remote management facilities. This manager will be responsible for a growing a team and will oversee their development and growth.

The successful candidate will have experience managing and mentoring people, tracking budgets, providing strategic direction and proposing technical solutions. This manager will ultimately be responsible for installing and delivering our network equipment and related infrastructures, as well as responsible for driving low voltage structured cabling across the Amazon data centre platform.

To be eligible for this role you will need to hold or be able to attain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency clearance (see https://www.agsva.gov.au/applicants/eligibility-and-suitability)

Key job responsibilities
- Prioritize and assign tasks to deployment engineers and project managers, coaching and creating documentation.
- Manage tasks and deliverables across medium to large-size projects.
- Manage projects across multiple AWS regions to ensure just in time delivery of new data centre spaces.
- Manage the installation of network and cabling infrastructure in a data centre environment
- Guide, train and educate staff on the best practices related to all service owner issues
- Recommend, document, and oversee policies and procedures to meet industry best practices and to meet required SLAs
- Provide weekly report to project stakeholders
- Coordinate team resources to support project and delivery needs, to include emergency projects, change management and maintenance window support, and potential off-hours support.
- Recruit and train engineers to ensure appropriate staffing levels and host weekly staff meetings and drive compliance to Amazon performance management requiremen

Basic Qualifications

- Experience in people management and team development
- Experience in engineering work, managing large-scale services
- Experience maintaining SLAs through the implementation of proactive issue detection and reporting
- Experience delivering complex projects with prior ownership of the operation of a mission-critical team and/or product
- Broad understanding of infrastructure technologies installation and design including network cabling, hardware, and test methodologies

Preferred Qualifications

- 4+ years of data center, network engineering, and/or systems engineering experience
- Experience representing your team or technical area to senior management
- Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements
- Experience establishing successful partnerships with internal and external teams to execute tactical initiatives or equivalent
- Experience managing teams who deliver on defined goals and timelines
- High attention to detail including effective customer communications, with data, and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.

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.

IDE statement:
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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