Overview
As a Senior Data Center Metro Director your responsibilities will include: Drive operational excellence across a geographically distributed portfolio of owned and leased datacenters spanning multiple campuses and cloud regions. Accountable for safe, secure, and reliable delivery of cloud and AI capacity at metro scale while enabling continued growth and expansion. Empower a culture of safety, security and compliance in all aspects of data center operations Accountable for the ongoing IT and Critical Environment (CE) support for all service lines ensuring the on-time and defect-free delivery of customer capacity within our SLA commitments Responsible for ensuring the planning and delivery of all supporting physical infrastructure, logistics, and the resources required to meet anticipated growth within your Metro This will include leading incident management calls with customers and senior
Full job description
Full Job Description
As a Senior Data Center Metro Director your responsibilities will include: Drive operational excellence across a geographically distributed portfolio of owned and leased datacenters spanning multiple campuses and cloud regions. Accountable for safe, secure, and reliable delivery of cloud and AI capacity at metro scale while enabling continued growth and expansion. Empower a culture of safety, security and compliance in all aspects of data center operations Accountable for the ongoing IT and Critical Environment (CE) support for all service lines ensuring the on-time and defect-free delivery of customer capacity within our SLA commitments Responsible for ensuring the planning and delivery of all supporting physical infrastructure, logistics, and the resources required to meet anticipated growth within your Metro This will include leading incident management calls with customers and senior leadership, the timely resolution of incidents, post-incident reviews, and the implementation of improvement plans Ensure financial management of your metro including the development of detailed budgets, forecasts, and management of operational and capital spend Management and oversight of all vendor/partner contracts and relationships including leased-facility landlords, IT and CE service providers, and partner support teams Collaborate with global and regional management teams and contribute to improvement programs Lead through change by bringing clarity, generating energy, and delivering success High School Qualification or equivalent AND 10+ years experience of mission-critical service management (e.g., providing IT services, manufacturing, warehouse, retail, military, or managing physical operations in an IT and/or critical environment infrastructure) OR equivalent experience 3+ years people management experience. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Citizenship & Citizenship Verification:This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport Bachelor's or Technical College Degree in Computer Science, Math, Telecommunications, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field AND 15+ years experience in enterprise-level experience managing large scale and complex projects/programs, or critical environment infrastructures (e.g., UPS, Generator, AHU), or working in physical IT infrastructures (e.g., Servers, SANs, Networking, Capacity, DC Rack/Enclosures, structured cabling) OR High School Qualification or equivalent AND 17+ years experience in enterprise-level experience managing large scale and complex projects/programs, or critical environment infrastructures (e.g., UPS, Generator, AHU), or working in physical IT infrastructures (e.g., Servers, SANs, Networking, Capacity, DC Rack/Enclosures, structured cabling) OR equivalent experience. 5+ years people management experience. 7+ years' enterprise-level experience managing large scale and complex projects/programs AND 7+ years' experience in Critical Environment infrastructures (e.g., UPS, Generator, AHU) AND 7+ years' experience in physical IT infrastructures (e.g., Servers, SANs, Networking, Capacity, DC Rack/Enclosures, structured cabling) AND Experience managing budget $5M+. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Telecommunications, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field. 7+ years' experience leading diverse, technical workforce OR 10+ years' experience managing global and virtual teams.
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