Data Center Manager MSIC

COLSA Corporation; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

COLSA Corporation seeks a Data Center Manager to lead planning, deployment, and management of physical server environments in Huntsville, AL. You will oversee rack integration, power, cooling, cabling, and infrastructure documentation to translate customer requirements into reliable infrastructure.

You will manage the full lifecycle of data center equipment, optimize cabling and airflow, and maintain topology maps and security-compliant configurations.

Qualifications

• Lead hardware installation, rack integration, and lifecycle maintenance for servers, network switches, and secure communications assets.
• Implement and maintain structured cabling solutions (fiber/copper) ensuring airflow, signal integrity, cable management, and long-term maintainability.
• Conduct root-cause investigations, diagnostic testing, and real-time troubleshooting for physical-layer connectivity and hardware failures.
• Direct lifecycle asset management and inventory tracking to support equipment readiness and minimize downtime.
• Collaborate with senior leadership and stakeholders to design physical and network infrastructure layouts.
• Maintain authoritative operational documentation, including topology maps and rack configurations, with labeling and COMSEC/security standards.
• Perform floor audits and oversee environmental and power systems, ensuring change-control and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee full lifecycle of data center equipment and manage high-density cabling projects.
• Optimize airflow and cooling and maintain infrastructure documentation.
• Decommission end-of-life hardware and coordinate with logistics and security for policy compliance.
• Develop physical and network infrastructure layouts based on technical requirements.
• Maintain wiring and labeling standards and ensure secure operations.

Skills

Physical Infrastructure

Cabling & Connectivity

Systems Integration

Lifecycle & Inventory

Customer Liaison

Documentation & Standards

Quality & Environmental Controls

Job description

COLSA Corporation is seeking a Data Center Manager to support the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) in Huntsville, AL. This position will lead the planning, deployment, and management of our physical server environments, including rack integration, power, cooling, cabling, and infrastructure documentation. You will translate customer requirements into reliable physical infrastructure and oversee our lab and production environments, ensuring hardware is properly installed, powered, cabled, documented, and protected.

Responsibilities include overseeing the full lifecycle of data center equipment, managing high-density cabling projects, optimizing airflow and cooling, and maintaining accurate infrastructure documentation. You will also manage the decommissioning of end-of-life hardware and coordinate with logistics and security personnel to ensure compliance with applicable policies and standards.

As a key liaison for customers and stakeholders, you will develop physical and network infrastructure layouts based on technical requirements while maintaining established wiring, labeling, security, and configuration standards.

At COLSA, people are our most valuable resource and are at the center of our core values. We invite you to unite your talents with opportunity and become part of our “Family of Professionals!”

Required Skills

Required Experience

Required Qualifications

• Physical Infrastructure & Deployment: Lead hardware installation, rack integration, and lifecycle maintenance for servers, network switches, and secure communications assets across fixed facilities and deployable systems.
• Cabling & Connectivity: Implement and maintain structured cabling solutions (fiber/copper) following industry best practices for airflow, signal integrity, cable management, and long-term maintainability.
• Systems Integration & Troubleshooting: Conduct root-cause investigations, diagnostic testing, and real-time troubleshooting for physical-layer connectivity, network outages, hardware failures, and system software deficiencies.
• Lifecycle & Inventory Management: Direct lifecycle asset management, maintenance standards, and project-specific inventory tracking to support equipment readiness and minimize downtime during deployments.
• Customer Liaison & Operations Support: Work directly with senior leadership and internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements, design physical and network infrastructure layouts, and ensure seamless service delivery.
• Documentation & Standards: Maintain authoritative operational documentation, including topology maps, cable diagrams, and rack configurations. Enforce established labeling and COMSEC/security compliance standards.
• Quality & Environmental Controls: Perform regular floor audits, monitor environmental and power systems, including PDUs and cooling, and ensure change-control and quality standards are consistently met.

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience leading technical teams, managing large-scale equipment portfolios, or managing 24/7 technical control facilities or data centers.
• Active CompTIA Network+ or equivalent network/infrastructure certification and Security+ or equivalent security certification.
• Working knowledge of network convergence, multi-service communications integration, and physical-to-logical system handoffs.
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI access and a current Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. COLSA Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.