Data Center Manager - Kansas City

The role

You will lead the end-to-end operations of physical infrastructure and manage a team of technicians and engineers. You will oversee deployment, maintenance, and optimization of compute, storage, and networking infrastructure.

What you will do

• Managing on-site operations of the MKC data center
• Overseeing a team of technicians and engineers for uptime, efficiency, and safety
• Managing staffing, scheduling, performance, and career development
• Overseeing deployment, maintenance, and optimization of compute, storage, and networking infrastructure
• Managing physical infrastructure environment including power delivery, airflow, and cooling
• Partnering with vendors, OEMs, and suppliers for component delivery and RMAs
• Working with facilities and infrastructure engineering teams on mechanical and electrical designs
• Collaborating globally with regional data center managers and infrastructure leads
• Working with Supply Chain and Asset Management for inventory and logistics
• Managing day-to-day task flow through Jira using Kanban methodology

Required qualifications

• 6–10 years of progressive experience in data center operations
• 3+ years of team leadership or site management in a high-scale environment
• Deep technical knowledge of data center systems including compute, storage, networking, airflow/cooling
• 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 like Jira and applying Kanban or similar agile workflows
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Global mindset and experience working with geographically distributed teams
• Ability to be on-call for escalations outside of business hours
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
• Must be on your feet during extended work sessions

Nice to have

• Experience with GPU deployments
• Familiarity with liquid cooling infrastructure or high-density rack solutions

Benefits

• Annual bonus plan
• New hire equity grant
• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
• Flexible time off
• Local team meetups
• Mental health and well being support
• Employee Stock Purchase Program

Before you apply

• You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period

About the company

DigitalOcean is a technology company that builds scalable cloud infrastructure. They value a growth mindset and a bias for action.