Datacenter Site Operations Lead | Data Center Lead | Data center | Data center

Job Title: Datacenter Site Operations Lead

Location: Santa Clara, CA & Hillsboro, OR

Work Permits Accepted: US citizen - Green card - Green card-EAD - TN - H-1B - E-3 - H4-EAD - L2-EAD

Datacenter Operations & Visibility

• Maintain operational visibility across datacenter infrastructure including power, cooling, capacity, rack utilization, monitoring, and space management.
• Define, establish, and report on operational KPIs to measure datacenter health, readiness, utilization, and performance.
• Ensure infrastructure capacity allocations are accurately tracked and managed throughout the asset lifecycle.
• Maintain data accuracy and operational discipline across systems of record and reporting platforms.

Operational Readiness & Production Handoffs

• Lead operational acceptance and production transition activities for newly deployed datacenter facilities.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to validate readiness criteria and acceptance requirements.
• Ensure monitoring, documentation, ownership, operational procedures, and capacity controls are established prior to go-live.
• Identify readiness risks and operational gaps and drive remediation through completion.

Cross-Functional Leadership & Coordination

• Serve as a central point of coordination between infrastructure, facilities, engineering, reliability, platform, and operations organizations.
• Manage operational escalations, dependencies, and issue resolution activities.
• Communicate operational risks, constraints, readiness status, and overall infrastructure health to stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Translate technical infrastructure challenges into actionable recommendations and decision-ready updates.

Governance, Compliance & Process Management

• Support operational governance efforts and maintain accuracy within DCIM and asset management systems.
• Develop, maintain, and improve SOPs, governance standards, operational procedures, and reporting practices.
• Participate in audit readiness and compliance initiatives.
• Establish and maintain controls that support reliable and consistent infrastructure data management.

Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence

• Drive improvements across infrastructure monitoring, operational processes, governance controls, and overall datacenter performance.
• Identify recurring operational issues and implement corrective actions to improve reliability and scalability.
• Capture lessons learned and integrate best practices into future operational readiness initiatives.
• Develop repeatable standards and operating models that support growth across a global datacenter footprint.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Datacenter Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience supporting enterprise datacenters, cloud infrastructure, hyperscale environments, or high-density compute operations.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Datacenter power and cooling systems
  • Capacity planning and utilization management
  • Infrastructure monitoring
  • Rack and space management
  • Production readiness and operational governance
• Experience working across engineering, facilities, infrastructure, SRE, and operations teams.
• Experience developing and tracking operational KPIs, metrics, and governance programs.
• Experience with DCIM platforms, datacenter asset management tools, and infrastructure data management.
• Knowledge of operational acceptance processes, production handoffs, compliance requirements, and audit readiness activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical information to both engineering and leadership audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting hyperscale, cloud, AI, or large-scale compute infrastructure environments.
• Experience building scalable operational frameworks and governance programs.
• Knowledge of datacenter compliance and audit standards.
• Strong systems-thinking mindset with an emphasis on operational excellence.
• Proven ability to identify risks, remove blockers, and drive results across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated success influencing outcomes without direct authority.
• Experience supporting rapidly growing infrastructure organizations with evolving operational requirements.

Additional Information

• This position supports large-scale datacenter operations and infrastructure readiness efforts.
• The successful candidate will work closely with engineering, facilities, operations, reliability, and infrastructure teams.

Pay: $60.00 - $65.00 per year

Benefits: Health insurance

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person