Data Center Operations Leader

Hyundai Autoever America; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 128,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyundai AutoEver America is seeking an experienced Manager, Infrastructure Operations to lead the 24x7 Montgomery IDC operations. The role coordinates with Manufacturing, MES, Security, and IT teams to ensure reliable, secure, and compliant datacenter services.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, extensive data center and infrastructure knowledge, and a customer-focused mindset to support enterprise applications and services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• 10+ years of experience supporting enterprise infrastructure environments.
• 5+ years of leadership in data center, infrastructure, or IT operations.
• Strong communication skills suitable for executive audiences.
• Experience with enterprise networks, security technologies, Windows and Linux servers.
• Knowledge of data center operations, high availability, DR, and IT service delivery.
• Experience managing racks, cabling, power, and asset tracking.
• Budgeting, vendor management, and staffing planning experience.
• Project management and ability to handle multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team delivering mission-critical infrastructure services.
• Coordinate change management and maintenance windows.
• Oversee co-location services: rack space, power, cabling, asset inventory.
• Review invoices for data center hosting, power, connectivity and facility services.
• Oversee Windows and Linux server patching and maintenance.
• Manage on-call schedules and DR documentation/testing.
• Maintain data center security, access control, and compliance processes.
• Plan storage capacity and monitor backups/recoveries.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Budgeting & vendors

Data center operations

Networking & security

Data center management

Rack planning & cabling

Staffing & staffing plans

Virtualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field

5+ years leadership/management in data center/IT operations

Tools

Cisco IOS

Cisco ACS

Cisco WCS

Cisco WLC

Cisco MARS

Cisco Stealthwatch

Enterprise monitoring platforms

Windows server administration

Backup and DR technologies

Job description

Hyundai AutoEver America is seeking an experienced Manager, Infrastructure Operations to lead the 24x7 Montgomery IDC operations. The role coordinates with Manufacturing, MES, Security, and IT teams to ensure reliable, secure, and compliant datacenter services.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, extensive data center and infrastructure knowledge, and a customer-focused mindset to support enterprise applications and services.