Amazon

Sells products online and rents cloud computing

Facility Operations Center Technical Specialist - Facility Operations Center

Facilities OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeDublin, IrelandNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field is required.
Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production is required.
Experience using Microsoft Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems is required.
Experience with power management and power monitoring systems is required.
Knowledge of critical data center equipment is required.

Responsibilities

Provide support to the team during Critical Site and Large Scale events, and act as the Facility Operation Center point of contact in the Correction of Errors process.
Deep dive post-event data and review all After Action Reports to ensure standards are met.
Meet or exceed Facility Operation Center key performance indicators in project delivery to develop and drive efficiency projects that reduce manual tasks.
Meet or exceed Facility Operation Center key performance indicators in tracking project and program quality of 85%.
Author and present AWS business continuity and emergency response program documents.
Lead data center availability meetings and post-event analysis for senior leadership.
Own and drive organizational and team-level goals.
Continuously engage with stakeholder teams on program improvements.
Locate systemic infrastructure issues using data-driven analysis to drive solutions.
Collaborate with external teams to implement new processes that reduce waste.
Create and maintain Facility Operation Center technical documentation to drive process improvements.
Manage technical training to ensure engineers meet the required standard for engineering knowledge.
Design, create, and implement learning content and practical assessments, and facilitate workshops and instructor-led training programs.
Develop certification mechanisms to enhance operational excellence and professional and career development.
Facilitate and deep dive customer-impacting events, identify systemic infrastructure issues, and serve as a subject matter expert on department processes.
Design, create, and launch new learning content; create and maintain global Facility Operation Center documentation; and manage technical training across regions.
Mentor team members and help managers guide their team members' career growth.
Lead team members across regions and functional areas to accomplish organizational goals.
Guide improvements in operational efficiency through identifying and developing service-level agreements, metrics, workflows, procedures, tools, and documentation.
Lead data analysis and stakeholder engagement to drive corrective actions using After-Action Reports, Correction of Errors, AWS Emergency Response protocols, Lessons Learned, and Global Action Items.
Deliver global projects and influence stakeholders by creating reports, improving processes, and presenting narratives.
Run projects and programs independently.
Support team goals and projects by providing feedback and technical support as required.

Desired Qualifications

Knowledge of engineering documentation, electrical diagrams, and standard operating procedures is preferred.
Knowledge of building codes and regulations, including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, or OSHA, is preferred.
Experience in project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure is preferred.
Experience in Data Center Engineering Operations, with a deep understanding of electrical and mechanical data center infrastructure, is preferred.
Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings for all domains is preferred.

Description

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth! Amazon is a place where builders can build. We hire the world's brightest minds and offer them an environment in which they can invent and innovate to improve the experience for our customers. If you'd like to help us build a place where you can find and buy anything online, this is the job for you.

The AWS Data Center Community (DCC) organization is looking for an individual with proven and tested leadership skills to join the Facility Operation Center (FOC) team. The FOC launched as a singular support team to proactively monitor the life-safety systems and the infrastructure equipment alarms that provides power and cooling to the platform on a global 24x7x365 basis. We support Data Center Engineer Operations teams who are responsible for the operation of infrastructure equipment.

The FOC Technical Specialist facilitates and deep dives customer impacting events, locates systemic infrastructure issues using data driven analysis to drive solutions and serves as a subject matter expert on department processes. The FOC Technical Specialist is responsible for the design, creation, and launch of new learning content, creating and maintaining all FOC documentation globally, and managing the technical training of the team across the regions. You will play a significant role in the career development of the global FOC team by mentoring and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members. You are responsible for leading team members across regions and functional areas to accomplish organizational goals. You will guide the team on improving operational efficiency for all services through the identification and development of SLAs, metrics, workflows, procedures, tools, and documentation. You will lead data analysis and engagement of stakeholder teams to drive corrective actions by utilizing processes, such as After-Action Reports (AAR), Correction of Errors (COE), AWS Emergency Response protocols, Lessons Learned, and Global Action Items. You will be responsible for delivering global projects while influencing stakeholders by creating reports, improving processes, and presenting narratives. You will be expected to run effective projects and programs independently. You will support team goals and projects by providing feedback and technical support as required.

Key job responsibilities
- Provides support to the team during Critical Site (CSE) and Large Scale (LSE) events. Acts as FOC POC in the COE process.
- Deep dives post event data and reviews all After Action Reports (AAR) to ensure standards are met.
- Meet or exceed FOC KPI’s in project delivery to develop and drive FOC Engineer. efficiency projects which reduce manual tasks.
- Meet or exceed FOC KPI’s in tracking project/program quality of 85%.
- Author and present AWS business continuity and emergency response program documents.
- Ability to lead DC availability meetings and post event analysis to senior leadership.
- Ownership and driving organizational and team level goals
- Continuous integration with stakeholder teams on program improvements.
- Locates systemic infrastructure issues using data driven analysis to drive solutions.
- Collaborates with external teams to implement new processes to reduce waste.
- Creates and maintains FOC technical documentation driving process improvements.
- Manages technical training to ensure engineers meet the bar for engineering knowledge.
- Designs, creates and implements learning content, practical assessments, and facilitates workshops and instructor led training programs.
- Develops certification mechanisms to further enhance operational excellence, professional and career development.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment or mass production
- Experience in MS Excel, Word, and Windows Operating Systems
- Experience with power management and power monitoring systems
- Knowledge of critical data center equipment

Preferred Qualifications

- Knowledge of engineering documentation, electrical diagrams and standard operating procedures
- Knowledge of building codes and regulations including Life Safety, BOCA, NFPA, NEC, or OSHA
- Experience in project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure
- Experience in Data Center Engineering Operations, with a deep understanding of electrical and mechanical data center infrastructure
- Experience reading and interpreting construction specifications and drawings for all domains

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About the Company

Amazon

Sells products online and rents cloud computing

Amazon runs the largest online store in the United States and rents cloud computing to businesses and governments through Amazon Web Services. AWS pioneered renting computing power over the internet, and Amazon built its own delivery network to get orders to customers quickly. Shoppers buy from Amazon and from independent sellers on its store, and Prime members pay a subscription for fast free shipping, streaming video and music, and other perks. AWS rents out computing power, storage, databases, and AI tools so companies can run software without owning servers, and Amazon also makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers with the Alexa assistant. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and it is based in Seattle, Washington.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Seattle, WA
Founded: 1994

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