Data Center Manager

About the role

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. We want people who are passionate about operational excellence and scaling infrastructure that powers the cloud.

Responsibilities

• Managing on-site operations of our EAT data center, overseeing a team of technicians and engineers to ensure uptime, efficiency, and safety.
• Leading and mentoring a distributed team across our EAT location; managing staffing, scheduling, performance, and career development.
• Overseeing deployment, maintenance, and optimization of compute, storage, and networking infrastructure—including liquid GPU-based systems.
• Managing the physical infrastructure environment—including power delivery, airflow, and liquid cooling—to support high-density compute workloads and liquid cooling systems where applicable.
• This includes working closely with facilities and capacity planning teams to optimize rack density and energy efficiency, as well as partnering with vendors, OEMs, and suppliers to ensure timely delivery of components, manage RMAs, and resolve hardware escalations.
• Partnering with internal teams, including data center architects and cloud product owners, to align infrastructure buildouts with evolving customer and platform requirements.
• Collaborating globally with regional data center managers and infrastructure leads in SFO, Toronto, New York, London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Bangalore, Singapore, and Sydney to: Share operational patterns and best practices, Raise awareness of local and global risks, Align on scalable infrastructure plans, Drive cross-site consistency and innovation.
• Collaborating with external vendors, managing RMAs, shipping/receiving, and inventory control.
• Serving as the local escalation point and incident lead for operational or technical challenges.

Requirements

• 6–10 years of progressive experience in data center operations, including 3+ years of team leadership or site management in a high-scale environment.
• Deep technical knowledge of data center systems—compute, storage, networking, airflow/liquid/cooling—and the ability to coach others in these areas.
• Experience with GPU deployments; familiarity with liquid cooling infrastructure or high-density rack solutions is a plus.
• Strong understanding of facility infrastructure, including electrical systems, power distribution, UPS, and cooling design principles.
• Hands-on experience with data center health monitoring, rack design, structured cabling, and server manageability tools.
• Experience using work tracking tools (e.g., Jira) and applying Kanban or similar agile workflows to visualize work, identify bottlenecks, and optimize flow.

Qualifications

• Brings a systems-oriented mindset focused on team health, building habits that improve throughput, predictability, and accountability over time.
• Strong leadership skills: capable of driving performance, setting goals, and creating a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills; you enjoy working cross-functionally to make things better.
• Global mindset and experience working with geographically distributed teams; comfortable aligning across time zones and infrastructure standards.
• Ability to be on-call for escalations outside of business hours.

Skills

• Technical proficiency in data center operations, including compute, storage, networking, and infrastructure management.
• Experience with GPU deployments and liquid cooling systems.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication abilities.
• Experience with agile methodologies and project management tools.

Benefits

We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.

Pay

$131,200.00 - $164,000.00

Schedule

This is an onsite role.