Data Center Operations Lead — UK Sovereign Cloud

Google; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Google UK Sovereign Operations seeks a Data Centre Operations Lead to coordinate tactical and strategic operations at UK colocation facilities, including air-gapped clouds. You’ll own provider relationships, plan expansions, and lead fit-out and commissioning of compute, networking and storage to bring online new capacity.

You will work with SovOps teams, coordinate with hardware suppliers, and ensure high-security standards across private cloud deployments for critical customers.

Qualifications

• Must have 9 years in mission critical facility maintenance and operations.
• Experience forecasting technical requirements using data.
• Experience with reliability centered maintenance and engineering.
• Ability to obtain UK DV security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Act as data center site lead for multiple colocation facilities and SovOps operations centers.
• Own relationships with data centre providers and manage KPIs.
• Manage scheduling of DCOps work across providers and communicate with stakeholders.
• Support site selection with operational and technical knowledge.
• Lead colocation fit outs and IT equipment commissioning to meet Google standards.

Skills

Data centre operations

Forecasting using data

Reliability centered maintenance

Vendor management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Associate degree or equivalent technical training

Job description

Google UK Sovereign Operations seeks a Data Centre Operations Lead to coordinate tactical and strategic operations at UK colocation facilities, including air-gapped clouds. You’ll own provider relationships, plan expansions, and lead fit-out and commissioning of compute, networking and storage to bring online new capacity.

You will work with SovOps teams, coordinate with hardware suppliers, and ensure high-security standards across private cloud deployments for critical customers.