Data Center Operations Manager: Reliability & Efficiency

Google; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Operations Manager for Third Party Data Centers in Los Angeles, CA. You will oversee critical data center facilities, collaborate with engineering teams and third-party operators, and drive reliability and efficiency across electrical, cooling, and IT infrastructure.

This role emphasizes operability, maintainability, and cost-effective operations, with responsibility for ensuring safety and environmental standards in a global data center context.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or certified training in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 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 or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Drive efforts to test, validate, improve, and certify new processes and procedures for critical complex equipment operation for the data center domain.
• Lead efforts to perform compliance activities for a data center and analyze compliance results for data centers globally.
• 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 managing site-level development of programs and initiatives.

Skills

Electrical/Mechanical HVAC

Program/Project management

Data center facilities experience

Education

Associate's degree or related certified training

Equivalent practical experience

Trade school certification

Job description

Google is seeking a Technical Operations Manager for Third Party Data Centers in Los Angeles, CA. You will oversee critical data center facilities, collaborate with engineering teams and third-party operators, and drive reliability and efficiency across electrical, cooling, and IT infrastructure.

This role emphasizes operability, maintainability, and cost-effective operations, with responsibility for ensuring safety and environmental standards in a global data center context.