Sr Fiber Deploy TIPM, Global Connectivity Infrastructure Development

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. 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.

Amazon Web Services is looking for a Sr. Infrastructure Technical Program Manager (Sr. TIPM) to support and deploy one of the world’s largest and most complex telecommunication networks. This opportunity is on the Fiber Deployment team within the Global Connectivity Infrastructure Deployment (GCID) organization, responsible for planning, developing, and acquiring the physical network solutions that drive Amazon’s internal infrastructure and connect our services to the world.

The role expects travel up to 60% of the year for project‑based inspections.

• Monitor and report on vendor delivery of physical infrastructure projects for fiber networks.
• Utilize scripting to automate reporting for a large stakeholder body.
• Understand fiber optic outside plant, process engineering, construction management, and quality control systems.
• Report to the Fiber Deployment Manager and update senior management through standardized reporting mechanisms.
• Serve as a key member of the GCID‑Fiber Deployment team to drive overall network infrastructure strategy.
• Manage vendor delivery, measure progress, and rate through quality key performance indicators.
• Act as a subject‑matter expert in telecom network construction, including permitting and construction methodologies such as trenching and drilling, and fiber characterization skills (OTDR, Polarization Mode, Chromatic Dispersion, safety, and quality standards for OSP).
• Interface with internal stakeholders (e.g., Networking, Data Center Engineering, Technical Project Managers, Data Center Management, Security, Backbone) to obtain requirements and ensure vendors adhere to key business requirements.
• Write scripts with SQL and Python to support technical needs.
• Track approved network plans with internal customers and stakeholders until infrastructure is in service.
• Manage multiple competing cross‑functional projects/programs simultaneously, some on a global scale.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, manage risk and escalations, and balance business needs versus technical constraints.

This role oversees large‑scale deployments of fiber infrastructure, including field travel, generation of weekly reports, and updating standards and specifications for a global deployment team. The position requires onsite visits to physical locations and is not a remote job. Physical inspections and learning the technical standards for outside and inside fiber plant are required, with a strong emphasis on program management and internal stakeholder communications.

The GCID Fiber Deployment team oversees the installation and quality of AWS cloud‑owned/leased conduit and fiber cable for terrestrial networks. Our mission is to deliver for internal customers ahead of schedule, backed by a culture of deep technical acumen and a can‑do attitude. We are customer‑focused through a team approach that helps each other deliver, incorporates radical evolution to simplify processes, and attentively ensures a quality product.

• 5+ years of program management or technical project management experience.
• 5+ years of data center or network capacity planning, data center or network infrastructure program/project management, or related technical experience.