Seeking a Leader to help scale our DBS Operations and Engineering Team!

Job description

DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a strong Systems Engineering and Operations Leader to contribute to the growth of our organization within Amazon Web Services.

A successful Senior Manager in the AWS DBS org will do much more than lead teams of Systems Engineers in writing code, launching new features, and triaging problems. We hold high standards for our computer systems and the services we deliver to our customers: and our employees are smart, passionate about the cloud, motivated to serve customers, and fun to work with.

At Amazon, we hire hands-on managers at all levels. This leader must be able to dive deep into the details on business, operations and engineering. We need a technical, detail-oriented leader who can build and grow organizations. You will excel at hiring and developing engineers and leaders and lead a charter which grows as your organization grows. Our services operate at large scale with workloads critical to national security, so passion and discipline around operational excellence is key. You thrive working with empowered, world-class engineers and meeting world-class challenges. Finally, with your strong ownership bias, you have an infectious desire to continually improve how we deliver on behalf of our customers.

A successful candidate will be a hands-on manager with an established background in developing and operating platforms and services, developing and hiring extraordinary talent, have strong technical ability, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a dynamic fast paced environment. This position can sit in:
· Herndon, VA
· Arlington,VA
· Denver, CO
· Seattle, WA

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Success delivering products/services in a high-growth environment, exhibiting strong ability to identify and solve ambiguous customer-focused problems
· Ability to take raw product requirements and create software architectures and designs to bring them to life.
· Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work successfully with teams across the organization
· Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and perceptions
· Experience with Analytics or Database technologies
· High attention to detail with proven ability to juggle multiple, conflicting priorities simultaneously and make things happen in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
· Proven skills designing and developing simple solutions to complex problems
· Good understanding of platforms and technologies with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
· You have a track record of delivering technical programs, projects, and products in a highly technical multi-team environment
· Excellent written, spoken, and listening communication skills
· Past US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above a plus!

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of technical education and experience
· 10+ years building and operating large-scale software systems
· 7+ years of experience with at least 1 year in a Software Development Manager role managing managers.
· 5+ years of experience managing systems development and/or support efforts in an agile environment
· 2+ years of experience in preparing quality metrics and effectively engaging with stakeholders to set and drive quality goals
· Able to work in a diverse team