Assistant Data Center Manager

Core Scientific, Inc; Auburn (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Core Scientific, Inc. seeks a Data Center Assistant Manager to oversee daily operations, maintenance, and support of high-performance computing infrastructure in our Auburn, AL data centers.

You'll manage staff, ensure uptime, enforce procedures, and collaborate with IT, engineering, and research teams to support compute-intensive workloads. You will also guide deployments, decommissions, asset lifecycle, inventory control, and labor planning, while maintaining safety, quality, and performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/engineering or related field preferred.
• 4 years of data center experience required.
• Previous supervisory/leadership experience preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Proficiency with Excel and Word and basic IT concepts.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations, maintenance, and support of HPC infrastructure in a data center.
• Manage staff, ensure uptime and reliability, and enforce procedures.
• Collaborate with IT, engineering, and research teams on compute workloads.
• Assist with deployments, decommissions, and asset lifecycle management.
• Oversee warehouse, inventory, shipping/receiving, and quality control.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Communication skills

Data center operations understanding

Office software (Excel/Word)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Engineering or related field

High school diploma / GED

Tools

Blockchain knowledge

Network/building systems understanding

Job description

Who We Are Core Scientific is a leading provider of infrastructure for high-performance compute in North America. Our mission is to accelerate digital innovation by scaling high-value compute rapidly, efficiently, and responsibly. We transform energy into high-value compute with unmatched efficiency at scale. Core Scientific is a publicly trade company (NASDAQ: CORZ). We power AI, HPC, and other next-generation data center workloads demanding exceptional computing power, in addition to our digital asset mining operations. Our footprint consists of 11 data center campuses across seven states, housing advanced infrastructure for our customers. What sets us apart? We have an entrepreneurial culture, a "can-do" and collaborative attitude, and we own and control our infrastructure. These strategic advantages enable us to maintain operational excellence, increase efficiency, and rapidly deploy cutting-edge innovations developed by our team of experts. Join us and accelerate your career alongside our groundbreaking journey. We seek smart, creative, and collaborative professionals who thrive in a fast-paced, result-driven environment.

The Data Center Assistant Manager

The Data Center Assistant Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily operations, maintenance, and support of high-performance computing infrastructure within a data center environment. This includes managing staff, ensuring uptime and system reliability, enforcing operational procedures, and collaborating with IT, engineering, and research teams to support compute-intensive workloads.

• Assists Data Center Manager with deployments, decommissions, Data Center operations, and training of new employees.
• Oversee all aspects of the warehouse, shipping, receiving, inventory management, and quality control.
• Assists with Asset Lifecycle Management from arrival to the Data Center to RMA retirement.
• Responsible for recording received inventory and deployment deliveries.
• Manages time off requests and approval of timesheets.
• Assists with planning for deployments of client-hosted assets, including validation of capacity, power, cooling, and network infrastructure.
• Assists with labor management for site standup, customer move-in, or decommission activities.
• Assists with Goal setting for the performance and evolution of the Data Center.
• Assists with defining, maintaining, and enforcing performance metrics in all facets of the Data Center.
• Ensure employees are trained and understand how to complete their jobs.
• Foster open, respectful, and professional communication directly within the team, with co-workers/ teammates, and leaders across the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• A High school diploma/GED is required.
• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience is highly preferred.
• 4 years of experience in a data center environment required.
• Previous supervisory/leadership experience is highly preferred.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• A good understanding of network, electrical, mechanical, and building systems is required.
• Proficient with web-based programs, and Excel and Word processing are required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Basic product knowledge of blockchain and network equipment is preferred.

Reports To Data Center Manager

Location On-Site Travel Occasional travel between data centers may be required.

This job is operated in a professional office, warehouse, and data center environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptops, smartphones, ladders, forklifts, and scissor lifts. While performing these duties, the employee will be exposed to both hot and cold environments.

Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands, and lift to 50 pounds.

Position Type/ Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time, onsite position. Some nights and weekends may be required.

Supervisory Experience (Yes or No) Yes

Core Scientific is a leader in digital infrastructure for high-density colocation services and digital asset mining. We operate dedicated, purpose-built facilities for digital asset mining and are a premier provider of digital infrastructure, software solutions, and services to our third-party customers.