Data Center Operations Manager – Reliability & Efficiency

Google Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 138,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Austin, TX seeks a Technical Operations Manager to oversee third-party data center electrical, cooling, and IT infrastructure. You will partner with DC engineering teams, hardware operations, network infrastructure, and vendors to ensure operability, maintainability, and reliability across sites.

The role drives cost efficiency, process improvements, and incident response, while upholding safety and environmental standards in a fast‑paced, global context.

Qualifications

• 9 years of experience in electrical, mechanical/HVAC, or controls/automation in an industrial or commercial environment.
• 5 years of experience in program or project management in mission-critical facilities (e.g., data centers, chip fabrication), design-build, or real estate development environments.
• Associate's degree or equivalent practical experience in a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Drive efforts to test, validate, improve, and certify new processes and procedures for critical complex equipment operation for data center domain of expertise.
• Lead efforts to perform compliance activities for a data center and analyze compliance results for data centers globally. Ensure regional and global teams are complying with project/schedule guidelines and Google design standards.
• Drive efforts to monitor data center systems operations, control site activities to minimize risk, and to ensure effective response to any excursions.
• Drive efforts to ensure sites are following facility, maintenance, and standard programs globally while exhibiting strength in improvement to said policies and programs.
• Lead the development of strategies to keep operational costs to a minimum, improve efficiency, and reduce environmental impact at a site, along with driving site-level development of programs and initiatives.

Skills

Progress and mentoring experience

Forecasting resource requirements

Executive communication

Education

Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, or Reliability Engineering, or a related field.

Job description

Google Austin, TX seeks a Technical Operations Manager to oversee third-party data center electrical, cooling, and IT infrastructure. You will partner with DC engineering teams, hardware operations, network infrastructure, and vendors to ensure operability, maintainability, and reliability across sites.

The role drives cost efficiency, process improvements, and incident response, while upholding safety and environmental standards in a fast‑paced, global context.