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Microsoft · 8 hours ago

Data Center IT Operations Manager

positionWest Des Moines, IA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$140K/yr - $277K/yr
date10+ years exp

Microsoft is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Data Center Campus Director to oversee world-class support services across their data center operations. The role involves managing IT and critical environment support, ensuring financial management, and leading a team to maintain high standards of safety and compliance.

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Responsibilities

Empower a culture of safety, security and compliance in all aspects of data center operations
Leadership, management, coaching, and development of Microsoft full time employees across datacenters in your Metro
Accountable for the ongoing IT and Critical Environment (CE) support for all service lines ensuring the on-time and defect-free delivery of customer capacity within our SLA commitments
Responsible for ensuring the planning and delivery of all supporting physical infrastructure, logistics, and the resources required to meet anticipated growth within your Metro
Actively participate in incident management procedures relating to major incidents that impact Microsoft cloud services in your Metro. This will include leading incident management calls with customers and senior leadership, the timely resolution of incidents, post-incident reviews, and the implementation of improvement plans
Ensure financial management of your metro including the development of detailed budgets, forecasts, and management of operational and capital spend
Management and oversight of all vendor/partner contracts and relationships including leased-facility landlords, IT and CE service providers, and partner support teams
Collaborate with global and regional management teams and contribute to improvement programs
Learn, live, and coach the One Microsoft culture and values. Lead through change by bringing clarity, generating energy, and delivering success

Qualification

Mission-critical service managementPeople managementCritical Environment infrastructurePhysical IT infrastructureBudget managementProject managementCommunication skillsInterpersonal awarenessLeadership

Required

High School Qualification or equivalent AND 10+ years experience of mission-critical service management (e.g., providing IT services, manufacturing, warehouse, retail, military, or managing physical operations in an IT and/or critical environment infrastructure) OR equivalent experience
3+ years of people management experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Preferred

7+ years' enterprise-level experience managing large scale and complex projects/programs AND 7+ years' experience in Critical Environment infrastructures (e.g., UPS, Generator, AHU) AND 7+ years' experience in physical IT infrastructures (e.g., Servers, SANs, Networking, Capacity, DC Rack/Enclosures, structured cabling) AND Experience managing budget $5M+
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Telecommunications, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field
5+ years of people management experience

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
dateFounded in 1975
location
Redmond, Washington, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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https://www.microsoft.com

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1M
Key Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
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1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M

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Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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