Director of Data Center Facility Operations
On-site · Totowa, New Jersey, United States
Job Summary
Direct the data center facility operations for a major critical facility in Totowa, NJ, overseeing the 7x24x365 operation and leading the in-house facilities team to meet stringent uptime and customer requirements. Responsible for quality and service of operation and maintenance of critical infrastructure systems, developing and enforcing SOPs/MOPs, auditing installed components, and providing strategic leadership to deliver reliable data center services. Serve as liaison between vendors and onsite customers, supervise data center staff and subcontractors, drive performance metrics and reporting, participate in interviews, and ensure readiness to achieve 99.999% uptime. Candidates should bring extensive data center operations experience, strong leadership and communication skills, and familiarity with electrical/mechanical/HVAC equipment, with a background that may include military service (e.g., Navy Nukes) as a plus.
Required Qualifications
- 10-15+ years of data center facility operations and maintenance experience
- 5 years leadership experience in data center facility operations
- Budget / P/L responsibility
- Solid Understanding of Critical Electrical and Mechanical / HVAC equipment
- Experience supervising a technical data center operations staff
- Previous experience as a Data Center Facility Manager a must
- Strong verbal and written communications skills
- Good presentation skills in leading meetings (both conference and in person)
- Superior analytical, planning and problem resolution skills
- Knowledge of Company Services and operations structure and support operations
- Highly organized with proved project management abilities
- Ability to multitask, establish priorities, manage conflicts
- Previous experience in the Military / Military veterans in all branches that have experience with Electrical / Mechanical is a huge plus - Navy Nukes that were part of the Navy Nuke Program - EMN, ETN, MMNs; Seabees; Army - Power Generation; Air Force – Power Production, Generator Techs, Maritime, Coast Guard, etc.)
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