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Welcome to SVA’s jobs portal, your one-stop shop for finding the most up to date source of employment opportunities. We have partnered with the National Labor Exchange to provide you this information. You may be looking for part-time employment to supplement your income while you are in school. You might be looking for an internship to add experience to your resume. And you may be completing your training ready to start a new career. This site has all of those types of jobs.

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Microsoft Corporation Regional Data Center Project Manager in Tokyo, Japan

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 Regional Data Center Project Manager.

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I Regional Datacenter Program Manager, 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

As a successful Regional DC Project Manager, your performance objectives include:

  • Create and maintain a program to identify best practices, design process and procedure documents, and socialize those across the APAC Region.

  • Create lessons learned documentation, best practices, and innovations on existing process/procedures and tools to improve efficiencies and productivity in post-RNI activities

  • Utilize your knowledge to train, equip, and empower local teams to build and maintain a network which will support their campus through its entire lifecycle.

  • Collaborate with other DC Ops Regions and global teams to align post-RNI processes and procedures globally.

  • Create and manage end-to-end network project plans and ensure on time delivery.

  • Empower a culture of safety, security, and compliance in all aspect of data center activities.

  • Establish and enhance strong working relationships with customers in the network space.

  • Collaborate directly with site management and third-party vendors at new campuses and data centers to align best practices and deliver new locations quickly and reliably.

  • Plan, manage, and communicate end-to-end network project plans with stakeholders and teams.

  • Perform day-to-day project check-in and update to manage project delivery and quality.

  • Identify risks, gaps, and opportunities and communicate to stakeholders and other teams to drive resolution.

  • Work with various Engineering, Operations, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, DC Build Managers, and Regional Technical Infrastructure Managers during project planning and execution

  • Learn, live, and coach the One Microsoft culture and values. Lead through change by bringing clarity, generating energy, and delivering success.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • At least 3 years’ project management experience across large complex, cross-functional organizations

  • At least 3 years’ experience in data center-related functions for large enterprise organizations.

  • Must have prior experience in leading large projects end-to-end.

  • Experience working with network technologies including TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, Routing, and Switching.

  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

  • NOTE: Candidates for this role will not travel until Microsoft has determined that it is safe, given the current pandemic.

While not required, we also look for the following Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent work experience in project or program management and/or large-scale networks

  • Experience delivering large network or other IT hardware projects.Networking certifications (e.g. CCNA, CCNP, etc.)

  • Awareness of IT Service Operations fundamentals and principles. (ITIL, MOF, OLA/SLA, CSI, etc.)

  • Project or program management certifications (e.g. PMI, etc.)

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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .

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