Amazon
Cable Capacity Design Manager - AMER, Network and Cabling Decom
$153K–$254K
Herndon, VA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in management; 5+ years in data center or network capacity planning, infrastructure program/project management, or related technical experience; +5 years in basket tray systems, cable pathway design, or structured cabling infrastructure.
About the job
Leads AMER engineers assessing and augmenting data-center basket tray capacity, planning future demand, and coordinating work to keep cable pathways ready for AWS infrastructure programs.
What you'll do
- Lead the team’s basket tray assessments, augmentation designs, remediation, and demand pipeline across AMER sites.
- Establish regional tooling adoption, SOPs, audit standards, and quality criteria; use field findings to inform demand, vendor planning, and CapEx forecasting.
- Manage hiring, performance, and career development, and coordinate with engineering, program, and field teams on project scope, funding, and delivery.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of management experience.
- 5+ years of data center or network capacity planning, infrastructure program/project management, or related technical experience.
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously and using analysis, reporting, modeling, and forecasting to inform business decisions.
- +5 years experience with basket tray systems, cable pathway design, or structured cabling infrastructure in mission-critical environments.
Nice to have
- Experience in a data center or other critical environment, or reading construction drawings and specifications.
- +5 Years experience of CapEx project funding processes (CARs, construction schematics, vendor sourcing); experience developing SOPs, MOPs, or engineering standards is also preferred.
Pay
153,200.00 - 254,500.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
CDE tooling, CIPP milestones, basket capacity dashboards, CARs
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