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Apply4itjobs; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 135,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta seeks a Data Center Site Manager to lead data center operations, delivering infrastructure and leadership across engineering, analytics, and operations. You will build and sustain a high-performing team while championing best practices and scalable solutions.

Responsibilities include driving performance improvements, risk mitigation, and cross-functional collaboration with site and global teams. Travel up to 30% is required as part of leadership across Meta’s global footprint.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of engineering or operations experience.
• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Proven problem-solving with analytics and lean methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver data center infrastructure to Meta and global community with site and global teams.
• Develop technical expertise in Meta's infrastructure across platforms, tools, systems, and architecture.
• Lead engineering operations to drive insights, solutions, and best practices for hyperscale server management.
• Analyze and improve engineering and operational performance using data analytics to identify inefficiencies and risks.
• Implement QA, continuous improvement, safety, security, and data protection into standard practices.
• Drive adoption of new technologies at scale to improve tooling and workflows.
• Build cross-functional relationships to influence engineering and operations across Meta.

Skills

Leadership

Analytics

Lean methodologies

Cross-functional

Education

BS in Engineering/CS or related

Job description

Meta is seeking a Data Center Site Manager to lead our data center operations, providing engineering, operational, and people leadership. As a key leader in the global Data Center Site Operations team, you will be accountable for ensuring our data center infrastructure meets current and future needs of Meta and our global community. Your responsibilities will include driving success in engineering, analytics, and operations to deliver production infrastructure. You will adopt and contribute to global best practices, champion innovation, and deliver quantifiable improvements in performance, efficiency, quality, scalability, and resiliency. To succeed in this role, you will need technical depth, strategic thinking, and proven business acumen, with expertise in current data center infrastructure technology trends, lean operations, and business leadership concepts. Additionally, you will build and support a high-performing team, developing technologists and people leaders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver data center infrastructure to Meta and our global community through collaboration with site and global teams
• Develop technical expertise in Meta’s infrastructure, including platforms, tools, systems, architecture, workflows, and performance
• Lead an engineering operations team to drive insights, solutions, and best practices for efficient hyperscale server management
• Analyze and improve engineering and operational performance of data centers using data analytics to identify inefficiencies, opportunities, and risks
• Implement quality assurance, continuous improvement, safety, security, and data protection processes into standard practices
• Drive innovation and adoption of new technologies at scale to improve tooling, workflows, and technologies
• Build cross-functional relationships to influence engineering and operations across Meta, improving global data center fleet performance
• Assume crisis manager role during large-scale production impacting events, working cross-functionally to mitigate risks and resolve incidents
• Build a team with enough resources to ensure business continuity
• Represent Meta in community and public forums, coordinating with the Community Development Team
• Travel up to 30% required
• Technologist with proven experience in leveraging technical, operations, and engineering expertise to build strategy
• Communicate effectively internally across disciplines and organizations at all levels
• Thrive in a time-sensitive, hands-on environment

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or commensurate experience
• 15+ years of experience in engineering or operations
• Proven problem-solving skills with expertise in analytics and lean methodologies to drive global impact
• Effective influencer with cross-functional team experience, adapting teams to meet company needs
• Leadership, strategic thinking, organization, and business-planning skills
• Knowledge of data center infrastructure and/or operations, including: Power, cooling, and network systems, structured cabling, and project, incident, and vendor management

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience presenting externally at public events, to public representatives, and the media
• Leadership experience making decisions with minimal direction and prioritizing across multiple competing demands

$135,000/year to $191,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits