Data Center Operations Lead – Private Cloud & Colocation

Google Inc.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Google UK Sovereign Operations delivers private cloud services with high security requirements. This Data Center Operations Lead role manages several UK colocation sites (Wiltshire, Hampshire, London) and leads fit-outs, commissioning, and coordination with providers.

You will own vendor relationships, plan capacity, and ensure compliance with UK security controls, while working with SovOps and hardware suppliers to expand capacity.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 9 years of experience working in mission critical facility maintenance and operations.
• Experience forecasting technical requirements using data.
• Experience with reliability centered maintenance and Engineering.
• Active, or the ability to obtain, a Developed Vetting (DV) UK security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Act as the data center site lead for multiple colocation provider data centers and UK SovOps team’s Operations Centres.
• Own the relationship with data centre providers, actively managing colocation providers against KPIs.
• Manage the schedule of DCOps work across the colocation providers, scheduling changes, operational risk assessments and communicating with internal stakeholders.
• Support any new site selection process through operational and technical knowledge.
• Lead colocation data center fit out and IT equipment commissioning, ensuring Google standards are met

Skills

Vendor management

UK security controls

Executive communication

Power & HVAC for DCs

Start-up/commissioning

Education

Associate's degree / technical training

Job description

Google UK Sovereign Operations delivers private cloud services with high security requirements. This Data Center Operations Lead role manages several UK colocation sites (Wiltshire, Hampshire, London) and leads fit-outs, commissioning, and coordination with providers.

You will own vendor relationships, plan capacity, and ensure compliance with UK security controls, while working with SovOps and hardware suppliers to expand capacity.