Data Center Operations Lead

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Opportunity to influence operational standards in rapidly expanding infrastructure environments
• Direct impact on reliability and performance of large-scale computing facilities
• Collaboration with engineering, infrastructure, and facilities teams across multiple sites
• Exposure to next generation compute environments and high-density infrastructure

• Oversee daily operational readiness and ongoing operations within data center environments supporting large scale computing infrastructure.
• Coordinate activities related to power distribution, cooling systems, rack deployment, and facility infrastructure.
• Direct and supervise on site vendors, contractors, and technical support resources.
• Support site commissioning activities including testing, validation, and operational transition into production environments.
• Lead operational response during infrastructure events, ensuring rapid triage, communication, and resolution.
• Conduct structured root cause reviews following incidents and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
• Maintain operational documentation including runbooks, procedures, and site standards.
• Ensure safety practices, physical security controls, and operational compliance are consistently followed.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to provide operational feedback that improves reliability and scalability.
• Assist with the deployment of additional infrastructure capacity using repeatable operational processes.

• Ten or more years of experience in data center operations, mission critical facilities, or related infrastructure environments.
• Hands on experience working with electrical distribution systems, backup power infrastructure, and facility level redundancy systems.
• Experience supporting both traditional air-cooled environments and advanced liquid cooling systems.
• Familiarity with both standard density and high-density rack environments.
• Experience managing external service providers, contractors, and facility partners within operational sites.
• Demonstrated ability to lead incident response efforts and conduct structured root cause analysis.
• Experience working within colocation facilities, shared data center environments, or large-scale infrastructure operations.
• Strong communication and coordination skills when working across engineering, facilities, and operations teams.
• Ability to work in fast paced environments where reliability, safety, and operational discipline are critical.

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