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# Data Center Operations Cluster Manager

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Sterling, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $145,400.0 - $254,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Data Centers, Data Mining, SQL Databases, AWS Data Analytics, Data Management
- **Published:** August 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/39A856C4EA924307813157832AED7689/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of people management experience
 * 3+ years of change management experience
 * Experience with technology risk, IT security audit, compliance and/or relevant regulatory knowledge
 * Experience in data mining, data management, reporting, and SQL queries, * Knowledge of operating systems, hardware, storage, network, security, database administration and cloud infrastructure
 * Experience in capacity planning, operations planning, business analysis or equivalent
 * Experience in project management including resource planning, managing schedules, reporting project status and prioritizing tasks

## Description

* Lead and supervise a team of Data Center Managers (3-9 front-line supervisors depending on location) and 75-150 hourly associates within Regional Data Centers.
 * Attainment of organizational performance goals and objectives relating to safety, security, availability, scaling, and efficiency in support of our data center operations.
 * Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures.
 * Accountability for meeting and exceeding operational goals.
 * Strategic planning and forecasting; appraise performance; reward and discipline employees; resolve problems; and address staffing needs.
 * Obsess over team learning and development, both from a technical/functional and soft skills (critical thinking, emotional intelligence, and adaptability) development perspective including mentoring and training.
 * Develop, improve, and share operational best practices across the globe.
 * Hiring, managing, and developing the operations management team including data center managers and data center operations technicians.
 * Planning and executing the Infrastructure Operations component of new AWS data center build-outs, new colocation build-outs, AWS data center expansions, and colocation expansions, including the network and server rack infrastructure to facilitate the daily operations.
 * Experience in successful insourcing and/or outsourcing specific task balancing internal skillsets with frugality.
 * Continuous improvement of operational processes, procedures, methods, and tools.


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