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Data Center Operations Engineer

IntraedgeAtlanta, GA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 28 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers significant growth potential as you lead critical data center operations and drive AI platform scalability, working with a reputable company. You'll thrive here if you are a proactive, mid-senior level engineer eager to ensure maximum uptime and contribute to innovative infrastructure solutions. Apply today to become a key technical lead in a dynamic environment.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Job Description:

As our Senior Data Center Operations Engineer, your main mission is to own day-to-day operations, ensure maximum uptime, and drive infrastructure scalability for enterprise and high-density, GPU-based AI platforms. You will serve as the primary technical lead for 24x7 colocation facility operations, reporting to infrastructure leadership and partnering cross-functionally to manage expansions, capacity planning, and vendor SLAs.
Core Responsibilities
  • Enforce Standards: Establish, maintain, and audit data center operational procedures, disaster recovery runbooks, and strict change management policies.
  • Lead Deployments: Perform and oversee rack/stack installations, structured cabling, configuration, troubleshooting, and decommissioning of enterprise server, network, and storage hardware.
  • Manage Capacity: Track and forecast rack utilization, power consumption, cooling capacity, and floor space while maintaining precise DCIM inventory records and rack elevation diagrams.
  • Support 24x7 Operations: Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to provide rapid incident response, remote/smart hands support, and physical hardware remediation.
  • Drive AI Innovation: Evaluate emerging technologies to optimize high-density NVIDIA GPU platforms, cooling strategies, and automated data center workflows.
  • Mentor Teams: Create training documentation and provide technical guidance to junior engineers to scale operational readiness.
Required Qualifications
  • Experience: 10+ years in enterprise data center operations, with 5+ years specifically supporting large-scale colocation facilities and complex Fortune 500 environments.
  • Availability & Travel: Ability to travel up to 35% and fully participate in a mandatory 24x7 on-call operational support rotation.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Center Operations, or a related technical field (or an equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, military experience, and relevant professional experience).
  • Infrastructure Expertise: Deep hands-on experience with server hardware, storage systems, Cisco Nexus switches, enterprise routing, VMware, Linux, and Windows Server environments.
  • Facility Systems Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of UPS systems, generators, HVAC, fire suppression, power distribution, and DCIM/ticketing platforms (ServiceNow preferred).
  • Project Leadership: Proven track record of successfully leading data center build-outs, migrations, capacity modeling, and hardware lifecycle management.
Preferred Certifications
  • Data Center: CDCDP, CDCS, or equivalent data center operations certifications.
  • Networking: Cisco CCNA, CCNP, or higher.
  • Systems & Process: VMware certifications, ITIL Foundation (or higher), and relevant cloud or infrastructure certifications.

Skills

VMware

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