Chief Data Center Operations & Infrastructure Leader

CREW by HRNET; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Crew by HRNET seeks a Senior Director of Infrastructure Operations (Data Center) to lead a multi-building, mission-critical campus in Johor. You will drive total operational readiness, resilience, and scalable governance while guiding large engineering teams through expansion initiatives.

The role focuses on maintaining uptime, leading incident response, and aligning operations with client SLAs and audits for hyperscale and enterprise facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline as listed.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive technical leadership in mission-critical facilities.
• Deep understanding of electrical/mechanical redundancy, commissioning, KPI/SLA management.
• Certifications: Professional Engineering, CDCE/CDCP or FM credentials preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational management across a multi-building data center campus.
• Establish scalable operating models, governance, and organizational structures.
• Oversee maintenance, reliability, and engineering for critical electrical, mechanical, cooling, and fire protection systems.
• Lead disaster recovery planning, incident management, and escalation processes.
• Ensure SLAs, audits, and client service delivery for hyperscale/enterprise accounts.
• Manage annual OPEX budgets, headcount planning, and cost optimization.

Skills

Leadership

Data center operations

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Facilities Management, or related

Job description

Crew by HRNET seeks a Senior Director of Infrastructure Operations (Data Center) to lead a multi-building, mission-critical campus in Johor. You will drive total operational readiness, resilience, and scalable governance while guiding large engineering teams through expansion initiatives.

The role focuses on maintaining uptime, leading incident response, and aligning operations with client SLAs and audits for hyperscale and enterprise facilities.