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IT Operations Manager

United States, California, Santa Clara💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-29 → 2026-09-26

Core

Manage mission-critical physical IT infrastructure (data centers, servers, cooling, power) and lead teams to ensure service delivery and client satisfaction.

Role type

Senior IT Operations Manager (Physical Infrastructure & People Management)

Builds

Reliable data center operations and service delivery for government and enterprise clients

Domain

IT Operations / Data Center / Physical Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

People management, budget management, incident management, root cause analysis, client relationship management, physical infrastructure knowledge, financial forecasting, process improvement, project management

Preferred skills

Six Sigma, Kaizen, ITIL, MOF, OLA/SLA, PMI certification

Technologies

Servers, SANs, Networking, Capacity, DC Rack/Enclosures, structured cabling, UPS, Generator, AHU, Electrical Distribution, Mechanical Cooling Systems

Responsibilities

Define team objectives and coach staff, manage data center budget and resource allocation, manage client relationships and expectations, participate in incident bridge meetings and approve postmortems, ensure team training and compliance, establish safety and quality culture

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people management

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