Assistant Data Center Manager

Core Scientific; Marble (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Core Scientific is seeking a Data Center Assistant Manager to oversee daily operations, maintenance, and support of our high-performance computing infrastructure in an on-site data center. You will lead staff, ensure uptime, enforce procedures, and collaborate with IT, engineering, and research teams.

The role covers deployments and decommissions, asset lifecycle management, capacity validation, labor planning, and target-setting for performance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; bachelor's degree preferred.
• 4 years of data center experience.
• Prior supervisory/leadership experience preferred.
• Valid driver's license required.
• Understanding of network, electrical and mechanical building systems.
• Proficient with web-based programs; Excel and Word required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Basic knowledge of blockchain and network equipment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations, maintenance, and support of HPC infrastructure in a data center environment.
• Manage staff, ensure uptime and reliability, enforce operational procedures.
• Collaborate with IT, engineering, and research teams to support compute-intensive workloads.
• Assist with deployments, decommissions, and training of new employees.
• Oversee warehouse, shipping, receiving, inventory management, and quality control.
• Assist with Asset Lifecycle Management from arrival to RMA retirement.
• Record received inventory and deployment deliveries.
• Plan deployments with capacity, power, cooling, and network infrastructure.
• Labor management for site standup, client move-ins, or decommission activities.
• Define, maintain, and enforce performance metrics across the Data Center.
• Ensure employees are trained and understand their roles.
• Foster open, respectful, and professional communication across the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Communication

Networking

Electrical & Mechanical systems

Data center operations

Excel

Word processing

Blockchain knowledge

Training

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field

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.

The Job

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Work Environment

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