Onsite Data Center Operations Lead

Core Scientific; Marble (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Core Scientific is seeking a Data Center Assistant Manager to oversee daily operations, maintenance, and support of our high-performance computing infrastructure in an on-site data center. You will lead staff, ensure uptime, enforce procedures, and collaborate with IT, engineering, and research teams.

The role covers deployments and decommissions, asset lifecycle management, capacity validation, labor planning, and target-setting for performance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; bachelor's degree preferred.
• 4 years of data center experience.
• Prior supervisory/leadership experience preferred.
• Valid driver's license required.
• Understanding of network, electrical and mechanical building systems.
• Proficient with web-based programs; Excel and Word required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Basic knowledge of blockchain and network equipment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations, maintenance, and support of HPC infrastructure in a data center environment.
• Manage staff, ensure uptime and reliability, enforce operational procedures.
• Collaborate with IT, engineering, and research teams to support compute-intensive workloads.
• Assist with deployments, decommissions, and training of new employees.
• Oversee warehouse, shipping, receiving, inventory management, and quality control.
• Assist with Asset Lifecycle Management from arrival to RMA retirement.
• Record received inventory and deployment deliveries.
• Plan deployments with capacity, power, cooling, and network infrastructure.
• Labor management for site standup, client move-ins, or decommission activities.
• Define, maintain, and enforce performance metrics across the Data Center.
• Ensure employees are trained and understand their roles.
• Foster open, respectful, and professional communication across the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Communication

Networking

Electrical & Mechanical systems

Data center operations

Excel

Word processing

Blockchain knowledge

Training

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field

Job description

Core Scientific is seeking a Data Center Assistant Manager to oversee daily operations, maintenance, and support of our high-performance computing infrastructure in an on-site data center. You will lead staff, ensure uptime, enforce procedures, and collaborate with IT, engineering, and research teams.

The role covers deployments and decommissions, asset lifecycle management, capacity validation, labor planning, and target-setting for performance.