Onsite Data Center Facilities Manager - Ops & Reliability

Bytedance; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 279,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

ByteDance, Riyadh, is seeking a Data Center Facilities Manager to oversee CoLocation infrastructure, power and cooling systems, and end-to-end facility operations on-site. This full-time role requires coordinating with vendors, operators, and internal teams to ensure uptime, safety, and scalable delivery.

You will plan construction and testing, manage high-risk maintenance, perform audits, and drive continuous improvements across the data center environment in a rapidly growing tech company.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of datacenter facility operations experience.
• Experience implementing 2N or N+1 power redundancy designs in production.
• Understanding of N+1/N+2 cooling designs for uninterrupted operations.
• Hands-on maintenance of critical datacenter mechanical/electrical systems (generators, chillers, UPS, etc.).
• Strong documentation and stakeholder coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan and supervise CoLocation Data Center infrastructure construction, track progress, manage risks, and ensure smooth delivery.
• Operate CoLocation Data Center infrastructure, maintain stability and optimize performance.
• Own end-to-end change management for high-risk datacenter maintenance activities.
• Moderate data center operations, incident reporting, fault tracking, and service improvement.
• Maintain vendor and internal stakeholder partnerships to support facility delivery.
• Conduct regular audits of providers' maintenance programs and drive improvements.
• Assist DC Operations as SME to manage design limitations and risks.
• Supervise Data Hall fit-outs, coordinating IT services, power deployment, and cooling.
• Be available outside normal hours to respond to incidents affecting operations.

Skills

Data center operations

Power redundancy designs

Cooling redundancy strategies

Mechanical/Electrical systems

Communication and coordination

Education

Diploma/Cert in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

ByteDance, Riyadh, is seeking a Data Center Facilities Manager to oversee CoLocation infrastructure, power and cooling systems, and end-to-end facility operations on-site. This full-time role requires coordinating with vendors, operators, and internal teams to ensure uptime, safety, and scalable delivery.

You will plan construction and testing, manage high-risk maintenance, perform audits, and drive continuous improvements across the data center environment in a rapidly growing tech company.