Data Center Program Manager - Sterling, United States - Microsoft

Microsoft

Verified Company

Sterling, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day and we need you as a
Datacenter Project Manager (
DCPM) - Power Harvesting with the primary focus at reducing stranded capacity by being a key member of the local team in the deployment planning and optimization of the IT capacity, working closely with Electrical Engineers and Critical Environment Field Service Engineers.

Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services.

As a CO+I DCPM, 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.

By enabling data center capacity through increased Infrastructure Utilization Effectiveness (IUE) and Power Harvesting (PH), you will lead the retrofit efforts to upgrade legacy datacenters and harvest capacity in our existing fleet.

As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development for all employees and offers trainings and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals.

Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities:

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Data Center Operations_**- Ensure compliance with data center business units and service-level policies.

Engage with appropriate teams and resources to execute tasks or projects.
Manage programs associated with area of responsibility.
Demonstrate conscientiousness on cost adheres to budget requirements; keep costs reasonable and contribute to staying within budget.
Follow and adhere to safety and security policies and procedures. Report immediately any safety or security issues or concerns.
Participate in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process as appropriate.
Raise risks to the IT capacity allocation and planning. Identify power stranding and contractual inconsistencies (leased spaces).
Ensure that the critical environment information is properly entered and maintained (tooling).
Lead programs and projects through leadership forums aligning scope, schedule, and cost that align to our Objectives and Key Results.

_ Service Delivery_

Perform troubleshooting for service incidents and escalates, as appropriate, to meet Service Level Agreements, with mínimal disruption to the client/customer and business.
Learn the customer's business and maintain a customer focus.
Manage the assigned projects or programs to meet service delivery objectives and escalate to appropriate stakeholders to remove obstacles.
Recognize potential customer impact of other events and issues (e.g., customer lockdown), communicate potential impact, and plan for impact accordingly.
Proactively review schedules and avoid conflicts when possible. Identify, coordinate, manage expectations, and offer alternatives when defining customer solutions.
Manage relationships with clients and suppliers to ensure that all expectations are clarified, understood, documented, and met.

_Data Center Work Environment_

Share best practices; assist others in learning role, process, procedures.
Collaborate and engage with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across CO+I and engineering groups to gain program / project insights.
Leverage and synthesize these insights to develop and operationalize solutions that mitigate our customer gaps.
Provide mentorship across data centers for specific expertise.
Seek training opportunities that meet the interest of the business as well as own career goals and objectives.
Suggest ways for reducing risk of performing maintenance; work with others to accommodate scheduling needs.
Suggest improvements in implementation based on depth of understanding.
Contribute to a positive team environment by learning and adopting best practices.
Contribute constructively during team meetings and in crossdiscipline collaborations within the service team.
Recognize priority of team success over individual achievement.
Collaborate and negotiate effectively with others and seek guidance from management to identify delegates to deliver results.

_Ownership_

In alignment with management priorities, hold self accountable for the endtoend service quality, completeness, and resulting customer experience (including but not limited to availability, safety, security, customer service). Support escalation of issues to appropriate owner.

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