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The Data Center Manager will oversee the operations of the Arlington Regional Data Center, ensuring high reliability and performance while managing a team dedicated to maintaining mission-critical systems.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include ensuring above 99.999% uptime, managing vendor activities, overseeing the physical infrastructure, and coordinating a 24x7 staff team.

Skills: Strong leadership, vendor management, and experience with data center operations and critical infrastructure.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include a background in data center management and experience with electrical and mechanical systems.

Location: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $100,000 - $140,000.

The Data Center Operations Manager is responsible for direct management of the staff providing services from the Arlington Regional Data Center. The Data Center Operations Manager will lead the data center team in maintaining high reliability and performance while keeping operating costs at a minimum. This data center supports mission-critical systems for all UT System institutions and must maintain better than 99.999% annual uptime.

This position is responsible for overseeing the operation of the mission-critical data center facility including:

• Security systems
• Access Control
• Security video management
• Stand-by diesel generators and related fuel systems,
• 3 phase electrical systems (> 1 MVA) including:
• switchgear
• uninterruptible power supplies
• power distribution units
• Mechanical systems including:
• computer room air handlers
• chillers
• pumps
• Building automation systems
• Data center infrastructure management systems

Many of above systems require regular-interval service and operational interaction via third-party service providers. In coordination with the Data Center Facilities Manager, this role provides front-line oversight of such vendor activities, coordinates and facilitates service interactions with the Data Center Team.

This role and the staff members it oversees are essential personnel, and as such requires diligent staff planning for uninterrupted staffing. Coverage is especially important during significant weather events and other availability-impacting issues.

• Oversee all aspects of the data center’s critical physical infrastructure to ensure a better than 99.999% uptime
• Ensure that all work performed within the space is done to high quality and without impact to internal/external customers
• Manage teams of 24×7 staff in all facets of their career
• Engage in improvement projects, often requiring reaching out to a variety of support teams, and drive them from conception to completion
• Coordinates daily with a multitude of customers and third-party vendors ensuring adherence to SLAs and OLAs
• Effectively and efficiently manage the operations budget and expenditures
• Respond to any issues within the data center and manage the investigation, mitigation, and recovery of the issue(s)
• Additional duties as assigned
• May work around standard office conditions
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
• Requires occasional evening or weekend hours
• Requires climbing stairs
• Requires climbing ladders
• May work around electrical and mechanical hazards.
• Must be willing and able to work in all weather conditions.
• 10% Travel