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As a Principal Regional Critical Environment Program Manager, you will perform a key role in delivering and managing the critical environment 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.\nOur 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.\nWith 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.\nDo you want to empower billions across the world? Come and join us in CO+I and be at the forefront of the action!\nResponsibilities\nIn this role, your performance objectives will include: \nProviding direction, guidance, and oversight on projects, programs, and initiatives for the Critical Environment (CE) discipline of Data Center Field Operations (DCO).\nRegional view of datacenter application of Critical Environments Policy and Standards to drive consistency and best practice adoption.\nOwn and drive resolution of identified gaps in CE programs to allow Data Centers (DC) to achieve more.\nData Center Operations Program Management:\nProvide project and program management oversight for region wide initiatives.\nServe as the primary point of contact for field CE teams to submit feedback on the CE Program, to include process improvements, updates to standards documentation, tooling improvements/add, etc.\nEvaluate project scope and resource capacity expectations/asks/assumptions for CE related requests, projects, or initiatives.\nOperate as the central point of intake to track and prioritize the portfolio of projects impacting DC CE Operations.\nProvide governance, leadership, oversite, and management of regional level programs and initiatives.\nMaintain project and program stakeholder and sponsor awareness.\nEnsure the right resources and technical requirements are aligned to projects and that projects are staying within scope.\nDemonstrate conscientiousness on cost adheres to budget requirements.\nDrive cost/energy efficiency projects.\nCritical Environments Oversight:\nProvide recommendations on new data center equipment designs, technologies, and construction methods.\nLead, coach, and mentor DC CE Management teams conducting Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on incidents and outages to ensure presentation to leadership is ready, all aspects are accounted for, and lessons learned propagated to other sites.\nProvide additional on-site support to CE personnel as needed during incidents, critical work periods, etc.\nMonitor the campus/metro risk profile, advise on action plans to reduce overall level, and report/trend progress.\nEnsure sites are in compliance with Microsoft policies, standards, Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs), and guidelines.\nAssist with the establishment of new DC metro areas within the region by training and onboarding new CE personnel.\nConsult on CE related policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures to ensure they are up to date with current industry best practices, requirements, and learnings and applicable to DC CE Field Operations.\nEnsure DC CE Teams and personnel are trained on emergency response best practices and are able to adequately respond to the primary Emergency Operating Procedures (EOP) scenarios.\nHelp others increase impact by standardizing procedures across area of influence.\nDrive alignment with region and global team.\nOwnership:\nRealizes that changes impact the work of others and proactively shares relevant information to enable efficient workflow.\nKnows when you do not have the required information and seeks additional information or clarification appropriately.\nLeads change in plans, goals, actions, or priorities to respond to changing situations and champions course corrections. \nWorks with partner teams and supports others through change management.\nRecognizes priority of team success over individual achievement.\nSupports team goals and contributes to the success of others.\nCollaborates and negotiates effectively with others to identify delegates to deliver results. \nIn alignment with management priorities, holds self-accountable for the end-to-end service quality, completeness, and resulting customer experience.\nIdentifies unaddressed issues within area of work and resolves, escalates, or finds the appropriate owner to ensure the highest level of quality. \nFollows and adheres to safety and security policies and procedures. Reports immediately any safety or security issues or concerns.\nExecutes strategic vision as executed by leaders. Translates information from leaders into ideas for potential improvements (e.g., operations, efficiency).\nOther:\nEmbody our culture and values\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications:\nHigh School Qualification or equivalent AND 10+ years' experience supporting IT equipment or related technology or delivering server and network deployment projects in large-scale environments OR equivalent experience.\nOther Requirements:\nAbility 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:\nMicrosoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nBachelor's or Technical College Degree in Computer Science, Math, Telecommunications, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field AND 15+ 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) OR High School Qualification or equivalent AND 17+ 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) OR equivalent experience.\n\nApplicable certifications: Microsoft, Network Certifications, CCNA Certifications, ITIL v3 Foundation, Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) Certifications.\n\nExperience working with the operation of building cooling, electrical, mechanical, and life safety systems.\nExperience with Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS), Branch Circuit Monitoring (BCM), and Building Automation Systems (BAS).\nData Center Operations Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $140,200 - $284,400 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 $185,600 - $312,000 per year.\nCertain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:\nhttps://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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. 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