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Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I Data Center IT Operations Metro Director, you lead and manage a team of individual contributors as well as overseeing data center site services and logistics. This role will give you an opportunity to lead highly effective team you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform.
Job Responsibility:
Empowering a culture of safety, security, and compliance in all aspects of datacenter activities
Leading and managing a team of high-performing individual contributors and their ongoing talent development
Managing and overseeing datacenter site services, logistics, and deployment
Collaborating and coordinating with multiple internal business groups to ensure the successful delivery of service levels
Analyzing production operations and initiate corrective actions to ensure operational stability
Initiate and establish quality standards for the Datacenter teams and manage those initiatives through to completion
Learn, live, and coach the One Microsoft culture and values. Lead through change by bringing clarity, generating energy, and delivering success
Embody our culture and values
Requirements:
High School Diploma or equivalent AND 10+ years experience of mission-critical service management (e.g., providing IT services, manufacturing, warehouse, retail, military, or managing physical operations in an IT and/or critical environment infrastructure)
OR equivalent experience
3+ years of people management in an organization of full-time employees across multiple disciplines and platforms
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
Microsoft Cloud Background Check
Criminal Justice Information Services background check
Verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions
Nice to have:
Bachelor's or Technical College Degree in Computer Science, Math, Telecommunications, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field AND 15+ years experience in enterprise-level experience managing large scale and complex projects/programs, or critical environment infrastructures (e.g., UPS, Generator, AHU), or working in physical IT infrastructures (e.g., Servers, SANs, Networking, Capacity, DC Rack/Enclosures, structured cabling)
OR High School Qualification or equivalent AND 17+ years experience in enterprise-level experience managing large scale and complex projects/programs, or critical environment infrastructures (e.g., UPS, Generator, AHU), or working in physical IT infrastructures (e.g., Servers, SANs, Networking, Capacity, DC Rack/Enclosures, structured cabling)
OR equivalent experience
5+ years of people management experience
Enterprise-level Experience in managing large-scale and complex projects/programs
Working knowledge of audit and compliance requirements in a large global enterprise
Problem-solving skills, analytical capabilities, data analysis, and attention to detail