Global IT Manager, Data Center IT

Serverfarm; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401k

Full coverage medical

Job summary

Serverfarm is seeking a senior IT leader to manage a distributed team responsible for global data center IT infrastructure, including server, storage, virtualization, network, and monitoring. You will own incident response, patching, backups, and documentation standards across sites.

Travel to sites across North America and Europe will be required as project schedules demand. The role emphasizes cross-functional alignment with Corporate IT, Security & Compliance, and Operations.

Qualifications

• Seven+ years in systems administration, network administration, or infrastructure engineering.
• Experience leading or managing technical staff.
• Experience with distributed/remote teams across time zones.
• Proficiency in Windows Server, Linux, virtualization, storage, and IP networking.
• Proven incident management and root cause analysis for critical infra.
• Track record of establishing operational standards and docs.

Responsibilities

• Own availability, performance, and lifecycle of global data center IT infrastructure.
• Manage incidents, drive root cause analysis, ensure remediation.
• Oversee vendor/integrator relationships and service delivery.
• Lead IT scope for new facility deployments and expansions.
• Drive budget input for IT capital and operating costs.

Skills

Systems administration

Network administration

Infrastructure engineering

Leadership

Distributed teams

Windows Server

Linux

Virtualization

IP networking

Incident management

Root cause analysis

Documentation standards

Tools

None

Job description

Serverfarm is a leading developer and operator of data centers with over 750+ locations and key customer relationships in 45 countries. We're revolutionizing how data centers operate across North America, Western Europe, and Israel, serving the world's leading technology and hyperscale companies. With Manulife Investment Management's acquisition in 2023 and our award-winning InCommand platform we're positioned for explosive growth as AI adoption and cloud migration drive unprecedented demand for data center capacity.

A career at Serverfarm means being at the forefront of digital infrastructure innovation, where your work directly impacts how the world's data is managed and secured. As we target 4x growth over the next four years, you'll have unprecedented opportunities to take on new challenges, develop cutting-edge skills, and grow your career across our expanding global operations.

Join our team of innovators and help shape the future of sustainable data centers while building a career without boundaries.

Serverfarm is a leading developer and operator of data centers with over 750+ locations and key customer relationships in 45 countries. We're revolutionizing how data centers operate across North America, Western Europe, and Israel, serving the world's leading technology and hyperscale companies. With Manulife Investment Management's acquisition in 2023 and our award-winning InCommand platform we're positioned for explosive growth as AI adoption and cloud migration drive unprecedented demand for data center capacity.

A career at Serverfarm means being at the forefront of digital infrastructure innovation, where your work directly impacts how the world's data is managed and secured. As we target 4x growth over the next four years, you'll have unprecedented opportunities to take on new challenges, develop cutting-edge skills, and grow your career across our expanding global operations.

Join our team of innovators and help shape the future of sustainable data centers while building a career without boundaries.

Key Accountabilities

Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop a growing distributed team of five to six systems and network professionals across multiple countries and time zones.
• Own performance management, career development planning, hiring, and onboarding for the team.
• Establish and enforce operating standards for documentation quality, ticket hygiene, change management, and on-call responsiveness.
• Build genuine team cohesion across a workforce that is remote by default and rarely in the same room — deliberate communication rhythm, clear ownership, and shared standards.

Operational Ownership

• Own the availability, performance, and lifecycle of data center IT infrastructure across the global portfolio — server, storage, virtualization, network, and monitoring.
• Ensure consistent execution of backup and restore validation, patching, monitoring coverage, and access management across all sites.
• Own major incident response: coordinate the response, drive root cause analysis, and ensure remediation actions are completed rather than merely logged.
• Manage the vendor and integrator relationships that support site IT — hold partners to their contractual commitments and to a professional standard of delivery.
• Drive down alert noise and eliminate recurring incidents rather than absorbing them as routine.

Project and Buildout Delivery

• Lead IT scope for new facility deployments and expansions — planning, procurement, structured cabling coordination, IDF and MMR standup.
• Coordinate IT delivery against construction and commissioning schedules, and elevate early and clearly when IT's window is being compressed.
• Manage the technical standards library — SOPs, build standards, naming and addressing conventions, and site documentation — and hold the team to it.
• Partner with Corporate IT, Security & Compliance, Controls, and Operations to ensure site delivery is aligned across functions.
• Manage hardware refresh cycles, capacity planning, IT capital and operating budget input for your area.

Required Qualifications

• Seven or more years in systems administration, network administration, or infrastructure engineering, including at least two years leading or managing technical staff.
• Demonstrated experience managing a distributed or remote team across multiple time zones.
• Working proficiency — credible, not necessarily expert — across Windows Server, Linux, virtualization, enterprise storage, and IP networking. You must be able to hold a technical conversation with your team, evaluate a design, and judge whether a proposed fix is sound.
• Experience owning incident management and root cause analysis for business-critical infrastructure.
• Track record of establishing and sustaining operational standards and documentation in an environment that previously lacked them.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including the ability to brief non-technical stakeholders and executives clearly.
• Willingness to travel to sites across North America and Europe as project schedules require.

$130,000 - $140,000 a year

Serverfarm is committed to providing an equal opportunity workplace and offers paid time off, paid holidays, 401k and FULL coverage medical, dental and vision. Our compensation philosophy rewards employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned with the company’s goals and strategic initiatives.

The listed salary range for this position is an estimate based on the competitive job market. Final compensation will be based on your own individual skills, experience, and location.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this role. They are not intended to serve as an exhaustive list of all possible responsibilities and duties. We encourage you to apply even if your experience isn't an exact match to the job description.

The listed salary range for this position is an estimate based on the competitive job market. Final compensation will be based on your own individual skills, experience, and location.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this role. They are not intended to serve as an exhaustive list of all possible responsibilities and duties. We encourage you to apply even if your experience isn't an exact match to the job description.