Production IT & Security Operations Manager

Compass Datacenters; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Voluntary

401K

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Compass Datacenters is seeking a hands-on IT Operations leader to keep production IT environments running across all sites. You will supervise servers, storage, networking, and security, driving reliability 24/7.

You will own incident response, capacity planning, lifecycle management, and budget stewardship while leading a team of systems and network administrators. A strong background in AD, VMware/Nutanix, and security controls is required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading IT ops for multi-site data centers.
• Strong incident response and on-call leadership.
• Proficiency with AD/DNS/DHCP and identity management.
• Budget planning and vendor management experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production infrastructure operations across all sites.
• Manage security operations: patching, threat response, and compliance.
• Lead capacity planning, lifecycle management, and budget ownership.
• Direct management of a team of systems and network admins.

Skills

Leadership & team mgmt

IT operations mgmt

VMware/Nutanix

Networking basics

Incident response

Security & compliance

Budgeting & vendor mgmt

On-call management

Education

Bachelor's in IT/CS

Tools

Active Directory

Windows Server

VMware

Nutanix

DNS/DHCP

Firewall/VPN tech

Job description

Compass Datacenters is seeking a hands-on IT Operations leader to keep production IT environments running across all sites. You will supervise servers, storage, networking, and security, driving reliability 24/7.

You will own incident response, capacity planning, lifecycle management, and budget stewardship while leading a team of systems and network administrators. A strong background in AD, VMware/Nutanix, and security controls is required.