Bachelor’s Degree completed.
- Experience developing a team of technical professionals across multiple locations.
- Experience working with stakeholders to communicate issues while balancing business expectations.
- Leadership experience in an operation (retail, e-commerce, services, production, manufacturing) supporting physical IT infrastructure (compute, network, storage).
- Experience working with network architecture and client server technology.
- English and Portuguese proficiency.
- Availability to travel among sites up to 30% of the time, and work on shift night in peak moments or when is necessary.
- This role requires being on site at our Fulfillment Centers
Job summary
About Operations Technology
Operations is at the heart of Amazon business. We are known for our speed, accuracy, and exceptional service. Our buildings deliver tens of thousands of products to hundreds of countries worldwide, every day. OpsTech IT provides 24x7 global IT support to Amazon Operations, including Fulfillment, Sortation, Logistics, and Last Mile. We also provide operational support on behalf of key partners including Amazon Fulfillment Technologies, OpsTech Infrastructure Engineering, Amazon Robotics, Amazon Warehouse Control Systems, and Amazon Lockers.
Together, we take ownership for what we do — whether supporting IT infrastructure, developing new technology in-house, launching a new Amazon Fulfillment Center, or delighting our customers by delivering packages directly to them.
We are looking for self-motivated individuals to take on new challenges and motivate teams in fostering solutions to the hurdles we face. Your role as a leader will be to confront obstacles others avoid and create a team that embodies our leadership principles.
About the Role
THIS ROLE IS NOT VIRTUAL. You will be leading a team of IT professionals with various skill sets to provide world-class technical support to Amazon’s Operations team who fulfill our customer promises millions of times a day. The technology varies between our different facilities, but Amazon’s core IT infrastructure is fully redundant and relies upon top tier vendor hardware networked over fiber optic, copper, and wireless topologies. Your internal customers, whether human, robotic, or mechanical, use mobile computing devices, thin clients, integrated computer, and PCs running Windows, Linux, and Android operating systems to virtually and physically move ecommerce items from our suppliers into our fulfillment centers shelves, from those shelves into packaging, those packages into cars, trucks, and airplanes for delivery to front doors around the world. Key responsibilities include:
- Hire, train, and develop a team of IT professionals.
- Support all safety programs to ensure a safe work environment for all associates.
- Interact with management and staff to provide analytical and technical assistance for continuous improvement of IT solutions.
- Establish and maintain a positive, productive relationship with operational leadership and staff.
- Lead infrastructure builds in new facilities.
- Plan, organize, schedule, and supervise the day-to-day technical support activities, including troubleshooting, customer service issues, approvals, and installations.
- Measure, monitor, and maintain team’s ability to meet or exceed contact and resolution Service Level Agreements (SLA).
- Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and processes.
- Oversee management of equipment and parts inventory.
- Create, manage, and support recognition and communication programs.
- Travel up to 30%.
We are committed to developing a diverse work force and we are even more committed to working with you to make that happen. Depending on the type of job, you will be required to engage in physical warehouse activities with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or Technical discipline.
- Experience in multinational environment supporting multi sites locations
- Experience in start up and/or building sites
- Ability to thrive in an ambiguous and fast-paced IT environment and capable of motivating teams
- Experienced in making data-driven decisions.
- Established time management skills with the ability to direct multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proven skills in leadership development and team building.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.
- Spanish fluency is preferred.
- ITIL, PMP or COBIT certifications.
- International experience.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status