Data Center Manager

Data Center Manager

Location: Dallas TX 75202

Mode: Contract (6+ Months) - Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Data Center Engineers
• Create and update documentation
• Monitor and troubleshoot power, cooling, and environmental systems
• Assist with data center builds, expansions, and refresh initiatives
• Support UPS, PDUs, RPPs, generators, and CRAC/CRAH systems
• Perform capacity planning for space, power, and cooling. Design electrical equipment, including sizing switchgear PDU's, power panels, busways, cables, circuit breakers, diesel generators, UPS, and batteries.
• Electrical load distribution and balancing the loads to avoid oversubscribing and the failure of the equipment.
• Develop design documents including drawings, specifications, calculations, and equipment selections.
• Execute electrical engineering design tasks for new data center facilities, including build-to-suit, self-performed, and tenant fit-out projects.
• Develop electrical design solutions that enhance speed of deployment, scalability, and repeatability for hyperscale data center sites.
• Coordinate closely with third-party consultants, vendors, and internal project teams (IT, operations, mechanical, and project management) to ensure complete and cohesive designs.
• System Monitoring & Performance: Monitor systems for optimal performance, security, and capacity; perform regular preventive maintenance and quality assurance.
• Assist in power and cooling capacity planning, load assessments, and infrastructure layout development.
• Maintain accurate documentation, diagrams, and asset inventories
• Participate in maintenance windows, incident response, and on-call rotations
• Collaborate with Network, Server, Storage, Facilities, and vendor teams
• Follow change management, safety, and operational best practices
• Support day-to-day data center operations including rack, stack, and cabling activities
• Install, configure, maintain, and decommission servers, storage, and network equipment

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in data center compute operations, facilities, or infrastructure engineering, and/or a degree in an Engineering or Computer Science discipline
• 7+ years of experience in data center engineering.
• Understanding of cooling systems, including CRAC/CRAH units, CDUs, cooling towers, chillers, and containment environments. Familiarity with critical facility infrastructure (power, cooling).
• Datacenter cooling/HVAC systems, Strong knowledge of data center electrical systems, such as Substations, Emergency Generators, Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS), Lithium-Ion Battery Plants, and Fire Alarm.

Must have experience in operating, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Mission Critical Mechanical and/or Electrical Support Systems

Monitor building monitoring systems (FMS & Client)

Assist and coordinate the management and execution of OPEX and CAPEX projects

Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-availability environment, often outside normal hours.

24/7 response to emergencies relating to employees and/or facilities

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.