Data Center Operations Manager

STN

  • Odessa, Texas
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    The Data Center Operations Manager owns physical infrastructure at GPU One (GPUaaS) sites including power, cooling, security, and smart-hands services. The role is the operational owner of colocation and owned-site facility relationships and the first line of defense against physical-layer incidents.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationOdessa, Texas
    Websitehttps://www.stninc.com/

    Description

    Data Center Operations Manager

    Infrastructure operations · shared across sites

    Reports to: VP, Infrastructure (or Director, Site Operations)

    Location: Odessa, TX or Pleasanton, CA; multi-site travel

    Department: Infrastructure & DC Operations / Data Center Operations

    Position summary

    The Data Center Operations Manager owns physical infrastructure at GPU One (GPUaaS) sites including power, cooling, security, and smart-hands services. The role is the operational owner of colocation and owned-site facility relationships and the first line of defense against physical-layer incidents.

    Key responsibilities

    • Manage day-to-day operations of colocation and owned data center sites

    • Coordinate with colocation partners on power, cooling, and facility issues

    • Manage smart-hands and remote-hands services and SLAs with site providers

    • Oversee physical security including access controls, badge management, and audit logs

    • Maintain capacity planning models for power, cooling, and rack space

    • Coordinate with Field Engineering on installation logistics and site readiness

    • Manage site-level vendors including electrical, HVAC, security, and janitorial

    • Maintain DCIM, environmental monitoring, and physical asset inventory accuracy

    • Support audits (SOC 2, customer site visits, insurance inspections)

    • Participate in on-call rotation for site emergencies and outages

    Required qualifications

    • 6+ years in data center operations or facilities management

    • Strong understanding of power distribution, cooling architecture, and DC physical infrastructure

    • Experience managing colocation relationships and SLAs

    • CDCP, CDCS, or equivalent data center certification

    • Demonstrated vendor and contractor management experience

    Preferred qualifications

    • Modular data center (MDC) operational experience

    • Experience operating high-density GPU or HPC sites (30 kW+ per rack)

    • Liquid cooling experience (rear-door, direct-to-chip, or immersion)

    • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field

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