Data Center Manager

DigitalOcean; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Bonus potential

Competitive benefits

Job summary

DigitalOcean is seeking an on-site Data Center Manager in the Wenatchee area to lead a team of technicians and engineers, ensuring uptime, performance, and safe operations of our EAT data center. You will drive deployments, manage cooling systems, and coordinate with facilities and capacity planning.

You will mentor a distributed team across the EAT region, align infrastructure with product needs, and partner with suppliers to maintain component readiness.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of progressive experience in data center operations, including 3+ years of team leadership or site management in a high-scale environment.
• Deep technical knowledge of data center systems—compute, storage, networking, airflow/liquid/cooling.
• Experience with GPU deployments; familiarity with liquid cooling infrastructure or high-density rack solutions is a plus.
• Strong understanding of facility infrastructure, including electrical systems, power distribution, UPS, and cooling design principles.
• Hands‑on experience with data center health monitoring, rack design, structured cabling, and server manageability tools.
• Experience using work tracking tools (e.g., Jira) and applying Kanban or similar agile workflows to visualize work, identify bottlenecks, and optimize flow.

Responsibilities

• Oversee on-site operations of the EAT data center, guiding a team of technicians and engineers to ensure uptime, efficiency, and safety.
• Lead and mentor a distributed team across our EAT location; manage staffing, scheduling, performance, and career development.
• Oversee deployment, maintenance, and optimization of compute, storage, and networking infrastructure—including liquid GPU-based systems.
• Manage the physical infrastructure environment—power delivery, airflow, and liquid cooling—to support high-density compute workloads.
• Collaborate with facilities and capacity planning to optimize rack density and energy efficiency, and coordinate with vendors and OEMs for component delivery and RMAs.
• Coordinate with data center architects and cloud product owners to align infrastructure with evolving requirements.
• Share best practices and align across global sites (SFO, Toronto, NY, London, etc.) to drive cross-site consistency.
• Work with Supply Chain and Asset Management to maintain inventory accuracy and streamline logistics.
• Forecast infrastructure demand with Capacity Management to enable rapid deployment for growth.
• Use Jira and Kanban to manage day-to-day tasks and improve throughput and accountability.
• Provide KPIs and progress updates to leadership, and serve as escalation point for incidents.

Skills

Data center operations

Team leadership

Jira usage

Kanban

Communication skills

Global collaboration

On-call readiness

Physical stamina

Tools

Jira

Job description

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.

We want people who are passionate about operational excellence and scaling infrastructure that powers the cloud.

At DigitalOcean, our Data Center Managers are critical to the success of our business. They are hands‑on technical leaders who own the end-to-end operations of our physical infrastructure—ensuring we meet customer expectations for reliability, performance, and scale. You will lead a talented team of technicians and engineers, support data center initiatives in EAT, and work closely with our architects and infrastructure product teams to bring new solutions online at lightning speed.

This position is based in the Wenatchee area and requires you to be onsite. You must also be willing to travel as needed.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Managing on-site operations of our EAT data center, overseeing a team of technicians and engineers to ensure uptime, efficiency, and safety.
• Leading and mentoring a distributed team across our EAT location; managing staffing, scheduling, performance, and career development.
• Overseeing deployment, maintenance, and optimization of compute, storage, and networking infrastructure—including liquid GPU-based systems.
• Managing the physical infrastructure environment—including power delivery, airflow, and liquid cooling—to support high-density compute workloads and liquid cooling systems where applicable. This includes working closely with facilities and capacity planning teams to optimize rack density and energy efficiency, as well as partnering with vendors, OEMs, and suppliers to ensure timely delivery of components, manage RMAs, and resolve hardware escalations.
• Working with facilities and infrastructure engineering teams to understand mechanical and electrical designs, contribute to floor planning, and ensure alignment between facility capabilities and compute growth.
• Partnering with internal teams, including data center architects and cloud product owners, to align infrastructure buildouts with evolving customer and platform requirements.
• Collaborating globally with regional data center managers and infrastructure leads in SFO, Toronto, New York, London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Bangalore, Singapore, and Sydney to:
• Share operational patterns and best practices
• Raise awareness of local and global risks
• Align on scalable infrastructure plans
• Drive cross-site consistency and innovation
• Working closely with the Supply Chain and Asset Management team to maintain inventory accuracy, streamline inbound/outbound logistics, and ensure component readiness.
• Aligning with the Capacity Management team to forecast and fulfill infrastructure demand, enabling rapid deployment in support of customer growth and product launches.
• Managing day-to-day task flow through Jira, using Kanban methodology to ensure smooth operations and continuous delivery.
• Monitoring, maintaining, and developing key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure consistent operational performance, providing regular updates to leadership on progress and outcomes
• Collaborating with external vendors, managing RMAs, shipping/receiving, and inventory control.
• Serving as the local escalation point and incident lead for operational or technical challenges.

What We’ll Expect From You:

• 6–10 years of progressive experience in data center operations, including 3+ years of team leadership or site management in a high-scale environment.
• Deep technical knowledge of data center systems—compute, storage, networking, airflow/liquid/cooling—and the ability to coach others in these areas.
• Experience with GPU deployments; familiarity with liquid cooling infrastructure or high-density rack solutions is a plus.
• Strong understanding of facility infrastructure, including electrical systems, power distribution, UPS, and cooling design principles.
• Hands‑on experience with data center health monitoring, rack design, structured cabling, and server manageability tools.
• Experience using work tracking tools (e.g., Jira) and applying Kanban or similar agile workflows to visualize work, identify bottlenecks, and optimize flow. Brings a systems-oriented mindset focused on team health, building habits that improve throughput, predictability, and accountability over time.
• Strong leadership skills: capable of driving performance, setting goals, and creating a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
• Excellent problem‑solving and communication skills; you enjoy working cross‑functionally to make things better.
• Global mindset and experience working with geographically distributed teams; comfortable aligning across time zones and infrastructure standards.
• Ability to be on‑call for escalations outside of business hours.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs and be on your feet during extended work sessions.

Compensation Range:

• $131,200.00 - $164,000.00

*This is a onsite role

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting‑edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning’s 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We care about your well‑being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• DigitalOcean is an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role‑candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.