SiteOps ERAD Operations Lead Engineer – Meta (formerly Facebook)

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Meta is seeking a strategic technical leader to collaborate and guide ERAD Operations functions across our global fleet of data centers. ERAD functions include safe and secure handling and destruction of storage media that may contain sensitive information. The ERAD lead will work closely with the Production Operations (ProdOps) team at each of the data centers and the Global Prod Ops engineers. The ProdOps team plays a key role at each of our data centers, assuring high reliability and availability of the server infrastructure required to meet the needs of more than 2 billion people actively engaged with Meta and our suite of applications. We partner closely with vendors and others at Meta, including infrastructure tooling & software development teams, product engineers, hardware design & manufacture, quality & data analytics, project management, and production & operations incident management.The ERAD Operations Lead will assure a strong, scalable data handling process within our data centers for our ERAD functions, such as operationalizing large scale decoms, ensuring ERAD compliance activities and developing and maintaining ERAD Training. We seek a Subject Matter Expert who can continue to drive innovation in this space, spanning people, processes, infrastructure, tooling, automation, cost and quality. The successful candidate is someone who can quickly understand and respond to the technical needs of subject matter experts, local Site leadership, and our cross functional teams in a rapidly evolving technical environment. Moreover, the candidate will gain alignment across these globally distributed teams and partner organizations, driving initiatives that deliver the most impact by prioritizing resources and focus areas.

SiteOps ERAD Operations Lead Engineer Responsibilities:

• Responsible for data security, assuring responsible management of storage media across the global fleet of data centers and network devices and assuring the Operations team meets or exceeds all operational targets
• Build trusted relationships within the team, to understand the biggest challenges and opportunities, and to advocate effectively for the right initiatives
• With partner organizations, collaboratively drive a roadmap that scales Site Operations, delivering high impact advances in tooling, hardware, and workflow
• Drive a singular operations strategy, goals, and priorities for the global ERAD Operations function within Site Operations
• Measure and benchmark the effectiveness of operational processes both internally and externally, setting performance targets and driving improvements as needed
• Develop scaling strategies and plans, be forward thinking by understanding infrastructure growth, identifying scaling issues before they occur, and contributing to solutions
• Ensure robust, timely communications across a globally distributed team, and provide the team great visibility to progress and strategy
• Develop close partnerships with Program Management, Tooling, Hardware Design, Data Analytics and other teams to deliver superb operational results and manage the performance of external vendors
• 30% – 40% travel required

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience influencing effectively, working with cross-functional teams to advance the needs of the team and adapting as needs change
• BS, BA or BEng in technical field or commensurate experience
• Working knowledge of IT/Operations Infrastructure
• Proven experience as Engineering or Operations leader, or relevant Senior Technical, Operations or Engineering Lead role
• Aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving
• Prioritization skills and proven experience leading tooling, systems, automation and process
• Interpersonal, partnership and communications skills
• Experience leading teams or initiatives focused around data acquisition, security or eradication of storage media. Familiarity with privacy and security standards (e.g. NIST) or relevant certifications (e.g. CISSP)

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