Data Center Operations Manager

Company:  Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab)
Location: Newport News
Closing Date: 23/10/2024
Salary: £100 - £125 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

Position: Data Center Operations Manager

Job ID: 13327

Location: Newport News, VA

Category: Engineering

Division: CST Division

Position Type: Regular

Education: Bachelor's Degree

Experience Required: 10+ years

Relocation Provided:

Position Description

Come join our team at Jefferson Lab, where great minds matter .

Posting Date: 02/05/24
Salary Range: $113,200- $178,700 (SE-III)
Work Location Type: Dedicated On-site (100% on-site work)

What your job will look like:

Jefferson Lab's Computational Sciences and Technology (CST) Division seeks to hire a Data Center Operations Manager. The person in this role will own the overall data center (DC) operation at the laboratory, support future state-of-the-art IT solution deployments and growth, and ensure energy efficiency. Are you ready to establish a data center team and continuously enhance the data center and its infrastructure, processes, documentation, and tools so that the site exceeds its availability targets each year? If so, join us!

In this role you will:

  • Establish and lead a data center team and nurture relations with partner organizations to achieve availability targets. Ensure that the DC's infrastructure components are fully maintained on schedule and within their useful lifespan.
  • Lead physical data center solution migrations. Collaborate with partners to design and deliver new data center facility constructions, expansions, and retrofits.
  • Manage the CST part of the physical data center budget.
  • Own all work carried out in data center spaces and ensure measures are taken to prevent safety or operational incidents.
  • Lead ongoing data center IT equipment lifecycle efforts.
  • Develop, review, and audit methods of procedures (MOPs) and emergency operating procedures (EOPs) for electrical, mechanical, fire detection/alerting/suppression, and IT infrastructure.
  • Coordinate and provide on-call support for after-hours events.

Qualifications We Require:

Education:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Experience:

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in data center operation or similar mission-critical facility.
  • 5+ years in managing facility preventative maintenance efforts and budgets.
  • 5+ years in scheduling tasks and communicating plans with stakeholders.
  • 5+ years in maintaining a safe environment in the data center.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Knowledgeable in data center infrastructure testing, commissioning, and documentation.
  • Extensive knowledge of data center operations best practices.
  • Ability to draft conceptual data center designs.
  • Effective project management practices.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
  • Experience with IT service monitoring/alerting tools and Microsoft Office 365.

Qualifications We Desire:

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or MBA.
  • Experience with data center infrastructure management (DCIM) and IT service management (ITSM).

About Jefferson Lab

Join a community with a common purpose of solving challenging scientific and engineering problems. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant technology community.

A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of

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