Technical Operations Manager, Third-Party Data Centers

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in operations management and facilities management.
• Experience in Critical Facility Operation Management.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working in data center environments, including building and operating infrastructure.
• Experience with initiating and executing initiatives in a global environment.
• Ability to perform operational assessment and risk analysis of third-party sites.
• Ability to forecast resource requirements in a data-driven way.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

About the job

The Third-Party Data Center Operations team provides technical due diligence for site selection, sustains and improves the quality of vendor operated data centers, and mitigates and resolves conflict for critical work risk. In this role, you'll focus on reliable operation of the mechanical and electrical infrastructure of data centers, working closely with the vendor operator for success.

As a Technical Operations Manager, you will be involved in colocation operations for our electrical, cooling, and IT infrastructure. You will partner with the Google Data Center Engineering team, Hardware Operations, Network Infrastructure, and third-party data center vendors and operators with a focus on operability, maintainability, and reliability. You will represent the operations organization, and ensure operability, maintainability, and reliability are critical criteria for Google assets.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Support the site selection process through operational and technical knowledge.
• Perform operational assessment and risk analysis of third-party colocation sites.
• Own colocation sites facility operation within an area/region, with full accountability for this area tactical and strategical
• Keep main stakeholders informed about current work anddiscuss decisions and directions with them.
• Contribute to focus area strategy and setting strategy for local groups.

Client-provided location(s): Madrid, Spain

Job ID: Google-112240162213110470

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-01-14T11:52:46