Manager, Operations Support

Prime Data Centers; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + bonus program

401k with employer match

Medical, dental, vision, life insured

Paid time off

Job summary

Prime Data Centers seeks an Operations Support Center (OSC) Manager to own the end-to-end operations at the DFW-based OSC. The role includes standing up monitoring software, incident bridge tooling, and SOPs, then recruiting and leading a 24/7 team for incident response leadership.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in data center operations, with strong incident-management experience and a proven ability to reduce response times and improve uptime.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data center, NOC, or mission-critical ops with BMS/EPMS/DCIM.
• 3+ years people management with 24/7 shifts.
• Proven incident response ownership and major-incident bridges.
• Experience with ticketing/ITSM platforms and alarm systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for executives.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end OSC management, SLAs, and response times.
• Monitor BMS/EPMS alarms across critical infrastructure and triage.
• Own incident response process, escalation, and post-incident reviews.
• Lead incident bridge for major incidents with cross-functional teams.
• Drive root-cause analysis and track corrective actions.
• Define and implement software stack: ticketing, DCIM, monitoring, dashboards.

Skills

Data center operations

NOC/command center

People management

Incident response

ITSM platforms

Strong communication

On-site/off-hours availability

Tools

DCIM tools

BMS/EPMS

ITSM tools (ServiceNow)

Job description

About this position

About Prime Data Centers

Prime Data Centers develops, acquires, and operates data centers for some of the world's largest enterprises. A private firm owned by a group controlling $6 billion in assets, with a 15-year tenure in technology and real estate development, Prime provides customers with ownership options and dynamic leasing models, defining a true corporate partnership.

About the role

The Operations Support Center (OSC) Manager owns the end-to-end operation of Prime Data Centers' Operations Support Center at DFW-01-01, the 24/7/365 hub responsible for monitoring, triaging, and coordinating response across customer, security, and internal IT ticket queues, as well as Building Management System (BMS) and Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) alarms for critical facility infrastructure.

This is a hybrid, build-and-run role. In the near term, the manager will help stand up the supporting software and monitoring infrastructure (ticketing, alarm/notification, DCIM, dashboards, and incident bridge tooling) and will design the processes, runbooks, and staffing model for the OSC. Once the foundation is in place, the manager will recruit, train, and lead a team of Operations Support Center professionals who work rotating 24/7 shifts, and will personally own incident response leadership and bridge/call management for critical and major incidents.

Success in this role looks like a fully staffed, well-trained OSC team; mature monitoring and ticketing tooling; documented, repeatable incident and escalation processes; and measurable improvement in response times, uptime, and customer/stakeholder satisfaction

What you'll do

Operations Support Center Leadership

• Own end-to-end management of the OSC, including customer ticket queues, internal IT ticket queues, and security ticket queues, ensuring SLAs and response-time targets are consistently met.
• Monitor and manage BMS and EPMS alarms and events across critical power, cooling, and electrical infrastructure, ensuring alarms are triaged, escalated, and resolved per established procedures.
• Serve as the process owner for incident response, including severity classification, escalation paths, communication protocols, and post-incident review.
• Lead and manage the incident bridge/conference bridge process for major incidents, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders (facilities, IT, security, customers, leadership) through resolution.
• Drive root-cause analysis and after-action reviews for significant incidents, and track corrective actions to closure.

Build & Infrastructure

• Partner with IT, engineering, and vendors to define, select, and implement the software and technology stack supporting the OSC — ticketing/ITSM platform, DCIM, BMS/EPMS monitoring and alarm management, notification/paging tools, and reporting dashboards.
• Design standard operating procedures (SOPs), runbooks, escalation matrices, and shift handoff protocols for a 24/7 operation.
• Establish KPIs and reporting cadences (e.g., MTTA, MTTR, ticket volume/aging, alarm response times, SLA adherence) and build the dashboards/reports needed to track them.
• Continuously evaluate and improve tools, processes, and automation opportunities to increase OSC efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Recruit, hire, onboard, and train a team of Operations Support Center analysts/specialists to staff a 24/7, 365-day rotating shift schedule.
• Develop training programs and career pathing so the team can competently monitor BMS/EPMS systems, triage tickets, and respond to incidents independently.
• Build and manage shift schedules, ensure adequate 24/7 coverage, and manage staffing changes, overtime, and shift trades.
• Coach, mentor, and performance-manage direct reports; foster a culture of accountability, urgency, and customer service.
• Act as a key point of escalation for customers, internal IT, and security teams during active incidents or high-priority issues.
• Communicate incident status, resolution timelines, and post-incident summaries clearly to customers, leadership, and cross-functional partners.
• Collaborate with facilities/critical infrastructure engineering, security, IT, and account management teams to align OSC processes with broader site and company operations.
• Represent the OSC in site readiness reviews, audits, and customer-facing operational discussions as needed.

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years of experience in a data center, NOC/command center, or mission-critical operations environment, including experience with BMS, EPMS, DCIM, or similar building/electrical monitoring systems.
• 3+ years of people-management experience, including building or leading teams that operate on 24/7 shift schedules.
• Demonstrated experience owning incident response processes and leading incident/major-incident bridges.
• Experience with ticketing/ITSM platforms and alarm/notification systems; comfort selecting, configuring, or helping implement new operational software tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate calmly and clearly with customers and executives during high-pressure incidents.
• Ability to work on-site full-time at DFW-01-01 (1515 Round Table Dr, Dallas, TX 75247) and to be available off-hours for critical/major incident escalations.

Preferred

• Experience in a hyperscale, colocation, or enterprise data center operator environment.
• Familiarity with electrical distribution, generators, UPS systems, and critical cooling infrastructure monitoring.
• ITIL Foundation certification, or equivalent experience with incident/problem/change management frameworks.
• Prior military, emergency management, or security operations center (SOC/GSOC) background.
• Experience building an operations function from the ground up, including tooling selection and SOP development.

Physical & Work Environment Requirements

• Fully on-site role at DFW-01-01; not eligible for remote work.
• Must be able to respond to and lead incident bridges outside normal business hours as needed.
• May require occasional walk-throughs of data hall and critical infrastructure spaces as part of incident response or team oversight.

• Competitive salary rangeand performance bonus program
• 401k fully vested upon enrollment, up to a 4% employer match
• 100% employee premiums paid by employer for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability
• Over 4-weeks of Paid Time Off + Sick time

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Prime is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants are considered for employment without attention to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, protected veteran or military status, disability status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

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