Manager, Data Center Operations

About the role:

As we move from rented capacity to owning our physical infrastructure, we're hiring a Data Center Operations Manager to build the function from zero.

This is a builder role. You'll own white space fit-out and commissioning of new clusters we are bringing up. You'll also stand up the smart hands and break-fix functions: hiring, playbooks, the operating model.

You're a fit if you've:

• Deployed >10MW of data center capacity
• Owned architecture and design for interconnected supercomputing / HPC clusters
• Got the negotiation skills of a Turkish bazaar carpet seller
• Can build the org that speedruns us to a gigawatt

Who you are

• Type A. Operations background. Thrive in chaos. Nothing slips on your watch
• Comfortable with ambitious deadlines and the discomfort that comes with them
• You know every relevant OEM and colo provider
• You know where the market is at any given moment: who has capacity, who's overbooked, who's about to slip, what power is going for in every region that matters

Responsibilities

• Design, fit-out, and commission white space across owned and colo sites: PDUs, CDUs, busway, in-row cooling, high-density power.
• Build the smart hands and break-fix teams.
• Run a multi-site portfolio across stages: build, commission, ramp, live
• Hold vendors and integrators to schedule and spec: Supermicro, NVIDIA, cooling vendors, cable plant subs, the GC
• Own the technical calls on white space: rack layout, cooling topology, cable plant, power redundancy, serviceability
• Partner with network eng on InfiniBand/Interconnects
• Establish standards that scale, so site #10 doesn't need you on every commissioning call