Data Center Operation Lead

Job Summary
Our client is seeking a DC Site Operations Lead to support a rapidly growing datacenter infrastructure organization. This role will be responsible for operational governance, infrastructure readiness, production transition activities, compliance support, operational reporting, and stakeholder engagement across a large-scale datacenter portfolio.

The ideal candidate will possess strong datacenter operations experience, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to coordinate effectively across engineering, infrastructure, facilities, and operations teams. This individual will play a key role in ensuring new datacenter environments are operationally ready, compliant, and successfully transitioned into production.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Datacenter Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience supporting enterprise datacenters, cloud infrastructure, hyperscale environments, or high-density compute operations.
• Strong understanding of:
• Datacenter power and cooling systems
• Capacity planning and utilization management
• Infrastructure monitoring
• Rack and space management
• Production readiness and operational governance
• Experience working across engineering, facilities, infrastructure, SRE, and operations teams.
• Experience developing and tracking operational KPIs, metrics, and governance programs.
• Experience with DCIM platforms, datacenter asset management tools, and infrastructure data management.
• Knowledge of operational acceptance processes, production handoffs, compliance requirements, and audit readiness activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical information to both engineering and leadership audiences. Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting hyperscale, cloud, AI, or large-scale compute infrastructure environments.
• Experience building scalable operational frameworks and governance programs.
• Knowledge of datacenter compliance and audit standards.

Pay: $50.00 - $60.00 per hour

Ability to Commute:

• Santa Clara, CA 95050 (Required)

Work Location: In person