NW Deployment Planner I, GND - Planning, Implementation, Coordination (PIC) Team

About the role

AWS Infrastructure Services designs, plans, delivers, and operates all AWS global infrastructure, keeping the cloud running. The team supports AWS data centers and the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure continual customer access to innovation. You will join a diverse group of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles, collaborating across AWS to deliver the highest safety and security standards while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost. The Global Network Delivery organization seeks a highly motivated Network Deployment Planner for the Planning and Implementation team within AWS Data Center Delivery. The team scopes and plans interdependent capacity scaling projects and new network capacity deployments across multiple data center locations, reviews project forecasts, and ensures physical infrastructure resources are available for execution. The Network Deployment Planner works closely with infrastructure supply chain & procurement, network engineering, and technical program managers to plan and deliver customer capacity to local data center installation & deployment technicians, facilitating smooth capacity execution.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to timelines.
• Deliver sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes always with an eye on improvement.
• Work closely with Install/Deployment Technicians, Supply Chain & Procurement, Network Engineers and Technical Project Manager teams to ensure fast, smooth delivery of on-demand customer capacity.
• Knowledge of network cabling and optic types.
• Experience with cabling infrastructure best practices and methodologies.
• Familiarity with common networking terms.
• Excellent judgement and analytical skills, ability to prioritize tasks based on fluctuating needs.
• Strong prioritization and time management ability.
• Coordination of design, project timeline/schedule and construction milestones.
• Experience in core project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management.
• Must be well organized and able to work effectively under time pressure.

Requirements

• Experience with network hardware: copper and optical fiber cabling, switches, routers
• Experience in project management
• 1+ years of data center, critical environment, computer hardware repair, infrastructure cabling, network deployment, or data center operations experience

Qualifications

• 2+ years of data center, critical environment, computer hardware repair, infrastructure cabling, network deployment, or data center operations experience
• Experience managing work and priorities through a ticketing system
• Experience dealing effectively with customers during problem resolution and operating efficiently under pressure
• Experience with cabling infrastructure best practices and methodologies

Skills

• Technology background enabling understanding of sophisticated network architecture of Amazon data centers
• Highly autonomous and very detail oriented
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience managing network deployment projects
• Competent in networking principles, data center operations, cable infrastructure, and fiber solutions
• Desire and ability to work in a fast‑paced, ambiguous, collaborative environment

Benefits

• Sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, 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
• Parental leave

Pay

Base salary range: USD 30.91 – 54.18 hourly (Herndon, VA and Seattle, WA locations).