Data Center Operations Lead - Partner Site Operations

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

As the site lead, you own site outcomes for your assigned sites including: deployment velocity, availability, and incident response. Rather than managing operations staff directly, you provide tactical direction, set priorities, and define the standards for the vendor's on-site teams, paired with performance oversight and ongoing operational assessment to ensure all operational commitments are met.

What it asks for · 7

• Have 8+ years of experience in data center operations (hardware, IT infrastructure, or critical facilities) as a manager, technical lead or related role, including accountability for production availability.
• Have managed vendors, MSPs, or contract workforces to measurable outcomes: SOWs, SLAs, operational reviews, and corrective action.
• Carry hands-on technical depth in server, network, and rack-level infrastructure, enough to independently verify vendor claims and audit quality.
• Have built or substantially improved operational processes, not just run them.
• Have served in an incident command or lead-responder role and communicate clearly under ambiguity.
• Can support non-standard hours, including an on-call rotation and availability during deployment surges and maintenance windows.
• Bachelor's degree in relevant domain or equivalent practical experience.

Also a plus

• Experience with third-party colocation providers or partner-operated sites, delivering IT operations outcomes inside a facility someone else runs.
• Experience standing up operations at a new site or data hall, from commissioning handoff through first deployment.
• Experience with GPU/accelerator or high-density liquid-cooled infrastructure.
• Familiarity with multi-vendor sites where facilities and IT operations are performed by different partners.
• Experience leading projects from initiation to completion across teams you didn't own.
• Background in incident management frameworks, contract/SLA design, or EHS programs.

Degree language

• Bachelor's degree in relevant domain or equivalent practical experience.

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• site19×
• vendor19×
• incident15×
• operations14×
• operational13×
• experience12×
• deployment11×
• data10×
• availability8×
• lead7×
• outcomes7×
• program7×
• actions6×
• infrastructure6×
• management6×
• reviews6×

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