Microsoft
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).
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. 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.
Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 100 datacenters and 1 million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.
With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.
Do you want to empower billions across the world? Come and join us in CO+I and be at the forefront of the action!
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Data Center Operations
- Ensures compliance with data center business units and service-level policies. Exercises judgment and discretion to provide input on service level and improvement plan components. Abides by all Service Level and Organizational Level Agreements (SLA/OLAs) to meet compliance and service requirements. Suggests changes for improvements based on experience; investigates root cause of service level degradation and suggests improvement plans. Ensures third parties are compliant with security, safety and all other guidelines.
- Engages with appropriate teams and resources to execute tasks or projects. Manages programs associated with area of responsibility.
- Demonstrates conscientiousness on cost adheres to budget requirements; keeps costs reasonable and contributes to staying within budget; provides input as needed to meet timely and accurate estimates on budget allocation. Plans and bills in a timely and accurate manner; supports finance for accruals; takes steps to avoid After-the Fact (ATF) costs; creates and monitors Purchase Orders (POs) as needed to ensure sufficient funds for operations. Manages POs end-to-end process.
- Executes strategic vision as executed by leaders.
- Follows and adheres to safety and security policies and procedures. Reports immediately any safety or security issues or concerns. Participates in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process as appropriate.
Service Delivery
- Performs troubleshooting for service incidents and escalates, as appropriate, to meet SLA/OLAs, with minimal disruption to the client/customer and business. Escalates issues as needed for resolution. Partners with others as needed to troubleshoot and resolve issues. Recognizes systemic and unique issues and responds accordingly.
- Monitors services and KPIs, OKRs, SLAs, and OLAs and reports trends and service anomalies. Leads key processes, such as team and triage meetings, prioritizes work across the team, and rebalances priorities to respond to changes. Reviews contracts with landlords and third party vendors. Participates in regular operational meetings to review SLAs.
- Provides communication and resolution to issues related to programs, projects, and incidents to drive service compliance. Contributes to the monitoring, measurement, and improvement of quality of service and support. Escalates issues and helps create resolution; analyzes incident data and information.
- Manages the assigned projects or programs to meet service delivery objectives. Participates in pilot programs or task forces to ensure smooth implementation for future service delivery. Escalates to appropriate stakeholders to remove obstacles.
- Exercises judgment and discretion to contribute to issue tracking the overall quality of the end-to-end service and client satisfaction. Learns the customer’s business and maintains a strong customer focus. Recognizes potential customer impact of other events and issues (e.g., customer lockdown); communicates potential impact and plans for impact accordingly. Identifies and minimizes risk and aligns customer to risk and impact. Sets expectations appropriately and keeps commitments. Proactively reviews schedules and avoids conflicts when possible. Identifies, coordinates, manages expectations, and offers alternatives when defining customer solutions in light of ongoing operations and procedures (e.g., schedule, technical feasibility, policy, procedure, tools).
- Contributes to and makes recommendations for improvement in stakeholder partnerships. Manages relationships with clients and suppliers to ensure that all expectations are clarified, understood, documented, and met. Effectively communicates with clients and partners (e.g., upcoming service impacts and outages, delivery dates, requirements, project status, new initiatives).
Data Center Work Environment
- Shares best practices; assists others in learning role, process, procedures; mentors others and shares expertise as needed; stays up to date on current changes and ensures others have awareness as needed. Provides mentorship across data centers for specific expertise. Seeks training opportunities that meet the interest of the business as well as own career goals and objectives.
- Realizes that changes impact the work of others, and proactively shares relevant information to enable efficient workflow. Suggests ways for reducing risk of performing maintenance; works with others to accommodate scheduling needs. Displays deep understanding of requirements and scope; suggests improvements in implementation based on depth of understanding; provides timely feedback ahead of change to support smooth implementation; raises concerns in timely manner to support implementation of changes.
- Contributes to a positive team environment by learning and adopting best practices. Contributes constructively in team meetings and in cross-discipline collaborations within the service team. Recognizes priority of team success over individual achievement. Supports team goals and contributes to the success of others.
- Collaborates and negotiates effectively with others to identify delegates to deliver results. Seeks guidance from management on delegation of resources.
Ownership
- In alignment with management priorities, holds self accountable for the end-to-end service quality, completeness, and resulting customer experience (including but not limited to availability, safety, security, customer service). Supports escalation of issues to appropriate owner.
Other
- Embody our culture and values
Qualifications
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- High School Diploma or equivalent AND 1+ year(s) industry experience
- OR 2+ years industry experience and college course work.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years experience in 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).
- Technical College degree in Computer Science, Math, Telecommunications, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or related field.
- Applicable certifications: ASICS/Inventory Control, CompTIA, Microsoft, Network Certifications, PMP, ITIL, CDCP.
Background Check Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements.
- Criminal Justice Information Services: This position may require passing a background check conducted through the CJIS criminal justice information system by authorized local, state, and/or federal agencies.
Data Center Operations Management IC3 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $76,400 – $154,100 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $102,700 – $169,200 per year.
Microsoft has different base pay ranges for different work locations within the United States, which allows us to pay employees competitively and consistently in different geographic markets (see below). The range above reflects the potential base pay across the U.S. for this role (except as noted below); the applicable base pay range will depend on what ultimately is determined to be the candidate’s primary work location. Individual base pay depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time.
At Microsoft certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee’s role. Benefits/perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of employment with Microsoft and the country work location. U.S.-based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and wellbeing benefits, among others. U.S.-based employees also receive, per calendar year, up to 10 scheduled paid holidays, and receive up to 2 weeks holistic health time off (front-loaded). Additionally, hourly/non-exempt employees accrue up to 15 paid vacation days, and salaried/exempt employees have Discretionary Time Off (DTO).
Our Commitment to Pay Equity
We are committed to the principle of pay equity – paying employees equitably for substantially similar work. To learn more about pay equity and our other commitments to increase representation and strengthen our culture of inclusion, check out our annual Diversity & Inclusion Report. ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/inside-microsoft/annual-report )
We are committed to the principle of pay equity – paying employees equitably for substantially similar work. To learn more about pay equity and our other commitments to increase representation and strengthen our culture of inclusion, check out our annual Diversity & Inclusion Report. ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/inside-microsoft/annual-report )
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The top of this page displays the role for which the base pay ranges apply – Data Center Operations Management IC3. The way we define roles includes two things: discipline (the type of work) and career stage (scope and complexity). The career stage has two parts – the first identifies whether the role is a manager (M), an individual contributor (IC), an admin-technician-retail (ATR) job, or an intern. The second part identifies the relative seniority of the role – a higher number (or later letter alphabetically in the case of ATR) indicates greater scope and complexity.
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