# Data Center Operations Lead - Partner Site Operations

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** Austin, TX, San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $320k – $405k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Data Center Operations, Hardware Infrastructure, It Infrastructure, Critical Facilities, Vendor Management, Service-Level Agreements, Server Infrastructure, Network Infrastructure, Rack-Level Infrastructure, Incident Management, Change Management, Root-Cause Analysis, Gpu Infrastructure, Liquid Cooling, Ehs Compliance
**Posted:** 2026-08-21

> Leads operations outcomes for partner-operated data center sites, directing vendors, defining operational standards, and ensuring deployment velocity, availability, repair performance, and incident response. Requires 8+ years in data center or infrastructure operations, vendor oversight experience, and hands-on server, network, and rack-level expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own site availability, deployment milestones, and repair turnaround using independently verified data.
- Set daily and weekly priorities for partner-operated data center sites and lead vendor operating cadences, including standups and business reviews.
- Define and improve procedures for deployment, break-fix, change management, security, and EHS compliance.
- Track vendor performance against SLAs and staffing commitments; drive corrective actions.
- Participate in incident escalation on-call rotations and serve as Incident Commander for site-specific incidents.
- Translate engineering requirements into vendor direction and communicate site constraints and risks to leadership.
- Lead operations reviews and scorecards, deployment surges, root-cause analyses, post-mortems, readiness activities, and fleet-wide process improvements.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in data center operations, hardware, IT infrastructure, or critical facilities, with accountability for production availability.
- Experience managing vendors, MSPs, or contract workforces against SOWs, SLAs, operational reviews, and corrective actions.
- Hands-on technical depth in server, network, and rack-level infrastructure.
- Experience building or substantially improving operational processes.
- Incident command or lead-responder experience and clear communication under ambiguity.
- Ability to support non-standard hours, on-call rotations, deployment surges, and maintenance windows.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with third-party colocation providers or partner-operated sites.
- Experience standing up operations at a new site or data hall.
- Experience with GPU or accelerator infrastructure and high-density liquid-cooled infrastructure.
- Familiarity with multi-vendor sites where facilities and IT operations are handled by different partners.
- Experience leading cross-functional projects without direct ownership of participating teams.
- Background in incident management frameworks, contract/SLA design, or EHS programs.

## Compensation
- Annual salary: **$320,000–$405,000 USD**.

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