LightEdge Solutions, Inc

Data Center Manager

LightEdge Solutions, Inc$100K — $125K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in facilities engineering or related field.
  • 6-8 years of experience in facilities management or similar roles.
  • Extensive familiarity with buildings systems such as electrical and mechanical.
  • Strong background in datacenter standards and compliance issues.
  • Proficient in reading and interpreting complex technical documentation including AutoCAD and Visio.
  • Experience in installation and maintenance of datacenter infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee building systems including mechanical, electrical, and security.
  • Manage maintenance schedules and contractor oversight.
  • Lead and mentor facilities staff, setting organizational goals.
  • Collaborate with project managers and engineers for service installations.
  • Conduct quality inspections for compliance with standards.
  • Develop operational budgets and track facility expenses.
  • Review service contracts to ensure all management needs are met.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with senior management and industry vendors.
  • Engagement in high-impact, mission-critical operations.
  • Professional development through mentoring and leadership opportunities.
  • Dynamic work environment accommodating complex challenges.
  • Collaboration with a diverse team of technical and operational specialists.
Full Job Description
The Data Center Manager is responsible for managing and maintaining all aspects of our datacenters along with supporting all ancillary systems that support the datacenter. He/she will plan and implement the design of cage and rack space to maximize the use of available datacenter space to improve production efficiencies. The Facilities Manager will work directly with senior management, vendors, and contractors to ensure the highest level of industry standards, availability, security and efficiencies are met at all times. This position requires a bachelor's degree in facilities engineering and or 6-8 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Extensive experience with a variety of the facilities concepts, practices, and procedures is required as well. The employee will be a member of the Operations team and will report directly to VP of Data Center Operations.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the functioning of building systems including mechanical, electrical, fire/life safety, and security.
  • Manage the maintenance schedule and oversee contractors.
  • Lead and mentor staff members setting goals and objectives for the facilities group to meet organizational targets.
  • Work with project managers, systems engineers, and customers to facilitate new network or client service installations
  • Conduct and document quality facility inspections to ensure we are in line with our compliance certifications.
  • Develop and manage staffing plans and operational budgets. Track expenses and identify cost-savings/efficiency initiatives.
  • Reviews and recommends changes to current best practices to maintain availability/uptime of all 24X7 facilities mission critical operations and infrastructure.
  • Manage and review service contracts to ensure facility management needs are met.
  • Reviews Facilities change controls submitted by team to ensure complete and accurate MOP's are inserted in all change control activity. Ensure compliance with change and incident management procedures.
  • Other duties as assigned.


Requirements

  • Comprehend, analyze and interpret complex project documents, including AutoCAD, Visio and PDF documents.
  • Extensive experience with the installation of cable ladder infrastructure, racks, and private cage suites.
  • Comprehensive experience with day-to-day standard maintenance activities in datacenters.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience with electrical systems including generators, automatic transfer switches, UPS's, System PDU's, Rack PDU's 120/208V, Breaker panels.
  • Extensive knowledge and experience with datacenter cooling systems and airflow management techniques, including raised floor and non-raised floor environments
  • Ability to multitask and prioritize activities in a complex, fast-paced environment.
  • Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a range of tasks. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
  • Familiar with a variety of concepts, practices, and procedures within the datacenter environment.


$100,000 - $125,000 a year

About LightEdge Solutions, Inc

LightEdge Solutions, Inc is an information technology services company that provides services such as cloud computing, colocation, and disaster recovery. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. LightEdge Solutions, Inc has data centers in several locations across the United States, including Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. The company has worked with clients in various industries such as healthcare, finance, and government. LightEdge Solutions, Inc has won several awards for its work, including the Cloud Partner of the Year award from Microsoft.
Learn more about LightEdge Solutions, Inc
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
1996
5 Year Trend
+10%
Revenue
$50 million

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