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Manager, Data Center Operations

Build and lead data center operations from scratch, owning white space fit-out, commissioning, and smart hands teams for high-density HPC clusters. Requires 10+ MW deployment experience and deep OEM/colo market knowledge.

United StatesBusiness OperationsRemote
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About the role

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

Requirements

  • Deployed >10MW of data center capacity
  • Owned architecture and design for interconnected supercomputing / HPC clusters
  • Strong negotiation skills
  • Experience with every relevant OEM and colo provider
  • Knowledge of market capacity, power pricing, and availability across regions
  • Type A personality with operations background; thrives in chaos
  • Comfortable with ambitious deadlines

Nice-to-Haves

  • Ability to build an organization that can scale to gigawatt-level capacity

Skills

Data Center OperationsHpc Cluster ArchitecturePduCduIn-Row CoolingInfiniBandVendor ManagementSite CommissioningSmart HandsBreak-Fix

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