Data Center Site Operations Director - 24/7 Uptime & Scale

Intelletec; Lubbock (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Job summary

Intelletec is seeking a Data Center Site Operations Leader (Hardware/Network Focus) at the Manager/Director level to oversee 24/7 mission-critical data center operations. You will build and guide high-performing teams across facilities, hardware, and network operations to ensure maximum uptime and reliability.

You will own incident response, change management, and operational excellence initiatives, driving time-to-repair metrics and safety programs such as LOTO as capacity scales across a

Qualifications

• Experience leading Data Center operations with strict availability requirements.
• Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical infrastructure within data centers or other mission-critical environments.
• Proven success building and developing technical teams in high-performance environments.
• Experience managing incident response, repair operations, and operational processes at scale.
• Deep commitment to safety programs, including LOTO and hazardous energy control practices.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced environments where processes are being built alongside rapid growth.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead 24/7 mission-critical data center operations to ensure uptime across key systems.
• Build and manage high-performing teams across facilities, hardware, and network operations.
• Own site reliability, incident response, change management, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Drive hardware and network repair operations including triage and time-to-repair metrics.
• Partner with construction, commissioning, and infra teams as capacity scales.
• Establish and scale operational playbooks, safety programs, and best practices for rapid expansion.
• Serve as escalation point for critical incidents and lead root cause analysis for long-term reliability.

Skills

Data center operations

Incident response

Team leadership

Operational processes

Safety programs (LOTO)

Communication skills

Job description

Intelletec is seeking a Data Center Site Operations Leader (Hardware/Network Focus) at the Manager/Director level to oversee 24/7 mission-critical data center operations. You will build and guide high-performing teams across facilities, hardware, and network operations to ensure maximum uptime and reliability.

You will own incident response, change management, and operational excellence initiatives, driving time-to-repair metrics and safety programs such as LOTO as capacity scales across a