Senior Data Center Site Operations Lead

Lightning AI; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Lightning AI in Allen, Texas and Fort Worth is seeking a Data Center Site Operations Manager to lead operations at our Allen and Fort Worth facilities. You’ll oversee tenant fit-out, stand up our operational environment, and build a high-performance team responsible for day-to-day data center operations.

This hands-on leadership role requires rolling up your sleeves, guiding the team, ensuring deployment readiness, and sustaining operational excellence as we scale from 10MW to future growth.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of data center operations experience.
• 2+ years of direct people management experience.
• Strong understanding of data center infrastructure (racking, power, cooling).

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data center technicians handling maintenance, break/fix, diagnostics, and routine inspections.
• Oversee tenant fit-out and deployment activities for data center facilities.
• Develop and implement uptime, preventive maintenance, and incident response procedures.
• Act as the primary on-site point of contact for operational issues and escalation.

Skills

Data center operations

People management

Vendor coordination

Job description

Lightning AI in Allen, Texas and Fort Worth is seeking a Data Center Site Operations Manager to lead operations at our Allen and Fort Worth facilities. You’ll oversee tenant fit-out, stand up our operational environment, and build a high-performance team responsible for day-to-day data center operations.

This hands-on leadership role requires rolling up your sleeves, guiding the team, ensuring deployment readiness, and sustaining operational excellence as we scale from 10MW to future growth.