Cable Capacity Design Manager - AMER, Network and Cabling Decom
Amazon· Operations, IT, & Support Engineering
Herndon, VA$153.2k - $254.5kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Capacity Design Engineering (CDE) Manager for the Americas leading a team responsible for basket tray capacity assessment, augmentation design, and forward demand planning across AWS data centers in the AMER region, partnering with engineering, networking, and infrastructure program teams to ensure physical layer capacity ahead of demand.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of Capacity Design Engineers delivering basket tray assessments, augmentation designs, and remediation projects across AMER data center sites.
- Own the AMER CDE demand pipeline: track project volume, engineer utilization, and forward capacity need; flag overload risk early and adjust resourcing accordingly.
- Partner with Site Turndown, DC Refresh, Site Read Model, and Network Fabric teams to position CDE engagement ahead of program NBDs — not reactively after constraints surface.
- Drive adoption of CDE tooling (measuring tools, CIPP milestones, basket capacity dashboards) across the AMER team; close gaps between field data and planning systems.
- Define and maintain CDE SOPs, audit standards, and quality criteria for the AMER region; ensure consistency with global CDE practice.
- Champion basket tray capacity as a proactive business input — translate field findings into forward demand signals that feed cable decom, vendor planning, and CapEx forecasting.
- Manage and develop a team of engineers; own hiring, performance, and career development within the AMER CDE function.
- Partner with CPI and FRE to ensure basket augmentation projects are accurately scoped, funded via CARs, and delivered on schedule.
- Travel 30% or more to conduct site reviews, support complex augmentation projects, and coordinate with vendors and field teams.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of management experience
- 5+ years of data center or network capacity planning, data center or network infrastructure program/project management, or related technical experience
- Experience managing and coordinating multiple projects simultaneously
- Experience using analysis, reporting, modeling, and forecasting to gather data for the purpose of making business decisions
- +5 years experience with basket tray systems, cable pathway design, or structured cabling infrastructure in mission-critical environments
Skills
Required:People managementCapacity planningBasket tray systems / cable pathway design
Benefits
- health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
- EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- paid time off
- parennial leave
- sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) included in package
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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