# Data Center Operations Manager - Company: [Stninc]() - Location: Odessa, TX - Team: AI - Employment type: Full Time - Posted: June 18, 2026 ## Job description ## Data Center Operations Manager Infrastructure operations ยท shared across sites **Reports to:** VP, Infrastructure (or Director, Site Operations) **Location:** Odessa, TX or Pleasanton, CA; multi-site travel **Department:** Infrastructure & DC Operations / Data Center Operations ### Position summary The Data Center Operations Manager owns physical infrastructure at GPU One (GPUaaS) sites including power, cooling, security, and smart-hands services. The role is the operational owner of colocation and owned-site facility relationships and the first line of defense against physical-layer incidents. ### Key responsibilities * Manage day-to-day operations of colocation and owned data center sites * Coordinate with colocation partners on power, cooling, and facility issues * Manage smart-hands and remote-hands services and SLAs with site providers * Oversee physical security including access controls, badge management, and audit logs * Maintain capacity planning models for power, cooling, and rack space * Coordinate with Field Engineering on installation logistics and site readiness * Manage site-level vendors including electrical, HVAC, security, and janitorial * Maintain DCIM, environmental monitoring, and physical asset inventory accuracy * Support audits (SOC 2, customer site visits, insurance inspections) * Participate in on-call rotation for site emergencies and outages ### Required qualifications * 6+ years in data center operations or facilities management * Strong understanding of power distribution, cooling architecture, and DC physical infrastructure * Experience managing colocation relationships and SLAs * CDCP, CDCS, or equivalent data center certification * Demonstrated vendor and contractor management experience ### Preferred qualifications * Modular data center (MDC) operational experience * Experience operating high-density GPU or HPC sites (30 kW+ per rack) * Liquid cooling experience (rear-door, direct-to-chip, or immersion) * Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field ## Apply [Apply on Stninc]() Canonical job page: