Network Deployment Build Lead, Global Network Delivery

Network Deployment Build Lead, Global Network Delivery

Job  | Amazon Web Services Infrastructure Services team provides comprehensive technical support throughout the design, planning, delivery, and operation of Amazon Web Services infrastructure. We support data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure the customers of Amazon Web Services 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 technical support managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across Amazon and our operating partners to help Amazon Web Services deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for the customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

The Global Network Delivery organization is looking to hire a highly motivated, best-in-class Network Project Lead to join our growing team within AWS Data Center Delivery. The candidate will work with minimum supervision in a dynamic environment to drive the stability and sustainability of our next-generation networks and to develop innovative ways to automate and scale our network as we expand.

• Strategic Planning & Design Management:
  Contribute to developing comprehensive 6-8 month network implementation roadmaps aligned with AWS DC expansion targets; create and optimize network position layouts and rack placement strategies for data centre floor space utilization; review and contribute to High-Level Design (HLD) documentation; coordinate with engineering teams to validate technical requirements and design specifications; develop capacity planning models to ensure infrastructure scalability; create standardized planning templates and methodologies for network implementations.
• Project & Resource Management:
  Lead end-to-end project planning for multiple concurrent network implementation initiatives; develop and maintain detailed project schedules, milestones, and dependencies; manage project scope, and quality parameters; conduct risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies; improvise and optimize planning by incorporating lessons learned of latest deployed projects iteratively; coordinate across cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on project deliverables; track and report weekly project progress and otherwise informed to key stakeholders.
• Supply Chain & Inventory Planning:
  Develop project inventory forecasts and requirements; optimize developed counts by utilizing prior surplus spares; coordinate with procurement teams for strategic resource acquisition; manage vendor relationships and delivery schedules; establish and stick to procurement timelines aligned with project schedules.
• Program Governance & Process Excellence:
  Establish and maintain project management frameworks and best practices; develop sustainable and repeatable planning processes; create and maintain project documentation and reporting standards; drive continuous improvement initiatives in planning methodologies; build and maintain stakeholder communication channels; coordinate with regional teams for standardized planning approaches and optimized lesson learned based iterative optimized planning.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 1+ years of Linux operating systems experience.
• Can lift and rack equipment up to 40 pounds.

• Can work in cramped spaces or in elevated locations while adhering to health & safety guidelines.
• Experience dealing effectively with customers during problem resolution and operating efficiently under pressure.
• Experience managing work and priorities through a ticketing system.
• Experience with cabling infrastructure best practices and methodologies.
• Experience working in a data…