TS/SCI Data Center Infrastructure Manager - Hands-On

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, vision, dental coverage

Paid vacation & holidays

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a technically hands-on Manager of Data Center Hardware & Infrastructure to build and scale a team responsible for the design, deployment, operations, and lifecycle management of data center hardware supporting classified (TS/SCI) and enterprise environments across SpaceX sites, including Hawthorne.

The role balances technical depth—racking servers, power/cooling optimization, GPU clusters, and hardware standards—with leadership in hiring, mentoring, and coordinating a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline; 5+ years leading technical teams in data center/infrastructure or 7+ years leading technical teams in data center/infrastructure.
• 8+ years hands-on experience in enterprise or hyperscale data center operations, hardware infrastructure, or critical facilities.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of data center technicians, systems engineers, and infrastructure specialists.
• Own end-to-end data center hardware lifecycle: capacity planning, rack/stack, cabling, power, cooling, storage, and networking.
• Enforce hardware standards and operational procedures per security requirements for TS/SCI environments.
• Drive high-availability operations: monitoring, incident response, change management, and rapid recovery.
• Collaborate with network, security, facilities, and compute teams on design for new builds and expansions.
• Manage vendor relationships, roadmaps, spares strategy, and budgets for data center infrastructure.

Skills

Data center operations

Hardware lifecycle management

GPU/AI compute clusters

Power & cooling management

High-availability operations

Education

STEM bachelor’s degree

Tools

DCIM platforms

VMware

KVM

InfiniBand networking

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a technically hands-on Manager of Data Center Hardware & Infrastructure to build and scale a team responsible for the design, deployment, operations, and lifecycle management of data center hardware supporting classified (TS/SCI) and enterprise environments across SpaceX sites, including Hawthorne.

The role balances technical depth—racking servers, power/cooling optimization, GPU clusters, and hardware standards—with leadership in hiring, mentoring, and coordinating a