Project Manager / Data Center Site Lead

GDH; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 76,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

GDH in Reno, NV seeks an experienced Data Center Operations Lead to oversee daily data center operations with a focus on high-density computing and liquid-cooled infrastructure. You will lead on-site technical teams and coordinate cross-functional activities to ensure reliability, safety, and readiness of critical infrastructure.

The role requires strong leadership, hands-on troubleshooting across power, cooling, networking, and hardware, plus experience with CDUs and direct-to-chip cooling in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data center ops or mission-critical environments.
• Strong troubleshooting across hardware, network, power and cooling.
• Experience leading technical teams in a 24/7 setting.

Responsibilities

• Promote adherence to safety procedures around electrical, mechanical, and liquid-cooled infrastructure.
• Maintain documentation, asset records, change-control procedures, SOPs/MOPs, and reporting.
• Manage technician priorities, tickets, maintenance activities, and shift handoffs.
• Coordinate on-site activities across engineering, networking, facilities, vendors, and logistics.
• Lead incident response, root-cause investigations, and escalation for critical issues.
• Monitor power, cooling, temperature, humidity, and hardware health.
• Coordinate CDU and liquid-cooling responses, leaks, and flow/pressure issues.
• Support CDU installations, cooling loops, manifolds, hoses, and monitoring systems.
• Oversee rack deployment, cabling, troubleshooting, and decommissioning.
• Serve as on-site escalation point and provide technical direction.

Skills

Data center ops

Leadership

Troubleshooting

Hardware

Networking

Power & cooling

Education

Relevant education or certifications

Job description

Role Summary

This position oversees daily data centre operations with a focus on high-density computing and liquid-cooled infrastructure. The role leads on-site technical teams, coordinates cross-functional activities, and supports the reliability, safety, and operational readiness of critical infrastructure within a fast-paced data centre environment.

Responsibilities

• Promote adherence to established safety procedures and operational standards when working around electrical, mechanical, and liquid-cooled infrastructure.


• Maintain accurate documentation, asset records, change-control procedures, SOPs/MOPs, and operational reporting.


• Manage technician priorities, work assignments, ticket queues, maintenance activities, and shift handoffs.


• Coordinate on-site activities across engineering, networking, facilities, vendors, logistics, and remote operations teams.


• Lead incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause investigations, and escalation activities for critical infrastructure issues.


• Monitor environmental and infrastructure conditions, including power, cooling, temperature, humidity, and hardware health.


• Troubleshoot and coordinate responses to liquid‑cooling alarms, leaks, flow or pressure issues, temperature abnormalities, and Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU) incidents.


• Support direct‑to‑chip liquid cooling environments, including CDUs, cooling loops, manifolds, hoses, and monitoring systems.


• Oversee installation, rack‑and‑stack, cabling, deployment, troubleshooting, break/fix, and decommissioning activities for high‑density infrastructure.


• Serve as an on‑site escalation point and provide technical direction to data centre technicians.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data centre operations, infrastructure, or mission‑critical environments, including experience leading technical teams.


• Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware, network connectivity, power, cooling, and environmental systems.


• Working knowledge of CDUs, direct‑to‑chip liquid cooling systems, cooling loops, leak detection, flow and pressure monitoring, and related operational procedures.


• Hands‑on experience with servers, GPU or high‑density compute systems, networking equipment, structured cabling, rack infrastructure, and power distribution.


• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills within a 24/7 data centre environment.


• Ability to coordinate multiple technical teams and serve as an on‑site escalation point.


• Relevant education, training, certifications, or equivalent practical experience.


• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities and respond to operational issues in a fast-paced environment.


• Availability to work on‑site in the designated data centre location.

Publishing Pay Range: $55.00 – $63.00 hourly

This position is based in office and requires employee to work on‑site.