Senior Data Center Lead – 24/7 Resilience & Projects

Elia Group; Brussel; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

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Résumé du poste

Elia Group in Belgium is seeking an experienced Data Center Manager to oversee the Belgian data centres and ensure 24/7 reliability of mission‑critical IT infrastructure. You will lead a team, drive projects from business case through tendering to service delivery, and collaborate with IT, Facilities and external vendors to maintain high availability and resilience across European operations.

The role requires strong vendor management, experience with power and cooling systems, and willingness

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT, Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 5 years managing critical data centre infrastructure in a high-availability environment.
• Strong knowledge of power infrastructure (UPS, generators), cooling systems and modern data centre technologies.
• Experience with disaster recovery, business continuity, redundancy and resilience strategies.
• Proven track record in vendor management, contract negotiations and European tenders/RFP processes.
• Fluent in English and Dutch or French, with German as a plus.
• Valid driving licence and willingness to travel within Belgium.

Responsabilités

• Lead the operation, performance and continuous improvement of Elia’s Belgian data centres, ensuring maximum availability and resilience.
• Act as the key interface between IT, Facilities, Critical Infrastructure teams, management stakeholders and external service providers.
• Define and oversee governance, maintenance, monitoring, budgeting and capacity planning activities.
• Drive data centre projects from business case and requirements definition through tendering, implementation and service delivery.
• Manage colocation environments, vendor relationships, contracts, SLA/SLO performance and strategic partnerships.
• Design and evolve data centre solutions for Elia’s critical infrastructure, including substation environments.
• Define, implement and test high-availability, redundancy, resilience and disaster recovery strategies.
• Organise and coordinate regular continuity and recovery tests to ensure operational readiness.
• Lead and develop the Data Center team, ensuring reliable 24/7 operations in a mission-critical environment.

Connaissances

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Project governance

Data center operations

Leadership

Language proficiency

Formation

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT/Engineering

Description du poste

Elia Group in Belgium is seeking an experienced Data Center Manager to oversee the Belgian data centres and ensure 24/7 reliability of mission‑critical IT infrastructure. You will lead a team, drive projects from business case through tendering to service delivery, and collaborate with IT, Facilities and external vendors to maintain high availability and resilience across European operations.

The role requires strong vendor management, experience with power and cooling systems, and willingness