DC Site Operations Lead

SIDRAM TECHNOLOGIES; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

World Wide Technology is seeking a DC Site Operations Lead to oversee datacenter infrastructure governance, readiness, and production handoffs across a large portfolio. The role emphasizes coordinating across engineering, facilities, and operations to ensure new facilities are operationally ready and compliant.

The ideal candidate will drive KPI reporting, capacity planning, and governance while partnering with multiple teams to remediate risks and enable scalable, reliable infrastructure at

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Datacenter Engineering, or related discipline.
• Experience across engineering, facilities, infrastructure, SRE, and operations teams.
• Experience developing and tracking operational KPIs, metrics, and governance programs.
• Knowledge of operational acceptance processes, production handoffs, compliance requirements, and audit readiness.

Responsibilities

• Maintain operational visibility across datacenter infrastructure including power, cooling, capacity, rack utilization, monitoring, and space management.
• Define, establish, and report on operational KPIs to measure datacenter health, readiness, utilization, and performance.
• Lead operational acceptance and production transition activities for newly deployed datacenter facilities.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to validate readiness criteria and acceptance requirements.
• Maintain data accuracy and operational discipline across systems of record and reporting platforms.
• Manage operational escalations, dependencies, and issue resolution activities.
• Communicate operational risks, constraints, readiness status, and overall infrastructure health to stakeholders and leadership.

Skills

Datacenter operations

KPI reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Operational governance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Computer Engineering or related

Datacenter engineering background

Tools

DCIM platforms

Datacenter asset management tools

Job description

Duration: 12-Month Contract

Number of Openings: 1 Job Summary World Wide Technology is seeking a DC Site Operations Lead to support a rapidly growing datacenter infrastructure organization. This role will be responsible for operational governance, infrastructure readiness, production transition activities, compliance support, operational reporting, and stakeholder engagement across a large-scale datacenter portfolio.

The ideal candidate will possess strong datacenter operations experience, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to coordinate effectively across engineering, infrastructure, facilities, and operations teams. This individual will play a key role in ensuring new datacenter environments are operationally ready, compliant, and successfully transitioned into production.

Key Responsibilities: Datacenter Operations & Visibility

Maintain operational visibility across datacenter infrastructure including power, cooling, capacity, rack utilization, monitoring, and space management.

Define, establish, and report on operational KPIs to measure datacenter health, readiness, utilization, and performance.

Ensure infrastructure capacity allocations are accurately tracked and managed throughout the asset lifecycle.

Maintain data accuracy and operational discipline across systems of record and reporting platforms.

Operational Readiness & Production Handoffs

Lead operational acceptance and production transition activities for newly deployed datacenter facilities.

Partner with engineering and operations teams to validate readiness criteria and acceptance requirements.

Ensure monitoring, documentation, ownership, operational procedures, and capacity controls are established prior to go-live.

Identify readiness risks and operational gaps and drive remediation through completion.

Cross-Functional Leadership & Coordination

Serve as a central point of coordination between infrastructure, facilities, engineering, reliability, platform, and operations organizations.

Manage operational escalations, dependencies, and issue resolution activities.

Communicate operational risks, constraints, readiness status, and overall infrastructure health to stakeholders and leadership teams.

Translate technical infrastructure challenges into actionable recommendations and decision-ready updates.

Governance, Compliance & Process Management

Support operational governance efforts and maintain accuracy within DCIM and asset management systems.

Develop, maintain, and improve SOPs, governance standards, operational procedures, and reporting practices.

Participate in audit readiness and compliance initiatives.

Establish and maintain controls that support reliable and consistent infrastructure data management.

Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence

Drive improvements across infrastructure monitoring, operational processes, governance controls, and overall datacenter performance.

Identify recurring operational issues and implement corrective actions to improve reliability and scalability.

Capture lessons learned and integrate best practices into future operational readiness initiatives.

Develop repeatable standards and operating models that support growth across a global datacenter footprint.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Datacenter Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Strong Understanding Of

Datacenter power and cooling systems

Capacity planning and utilization management

Infrastructure monitoring

Rack and space management

Production readiness and operational governance

Experience working across engineering, facilities, infrastructure, SRE, and operations teams.

Experience developing and tracking operational KPIs, metrics, and governance programs.

Experience with DCIM platforms, datacenter asset management tools, and infrastructure data management.

Knowledge of operational acceptance processes, production handoffs, compliance requirements, and audit readiness activities.

Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical information to both engineering and leadership audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting hyperscale, cloud, AI, or large-scale compute infrastructure environments.

Experience Building Scalable Operational Frameworks And Governance Programs.

Knowledge of datacenter compliance and audit standards.

Strong systems-thinking mindset with an emphasis on operational excellence.

Proven ability to identify risks, remove blockers, and drive results across multiple stakeholder groups.

Demonstrated success influencing outcomes without direct authority.

Experience supporting rapidly growing infrastructure organizations with evolving operational requirements.

Additional Information

This position supports large-scale datacenter operations and infrastructure readiness efforts.

The successful candidate will work closely with engineering, facilities, operations, reliability, and infrastructure teams.

Candidates with experience in operational governance, production handoffs, capacity management, and datacenter process improvement will be particularly well suited for this role

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