Data Center Operations Manager

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