Google
Data Center Operations Facilities Manager
At Google, we aim to foster collaborative, friendly and fun work environments. The Facilities Management team brings our spaces to life as you oversee the daily operations of our offices. You are a creative, organized customer service specialist who takes pride in ensuring smooth and efficient operations and a collaborative spirit to build and maintain office spaces that facilitate some of the world's most cutting‑edge innovation.
About The Job In this role, you will lead a team in Data Center operations, ensuring all Service Level Agreements (SLAs) regarding availability, efficiency, and cost are met for internal teams. You will scale the campus team to meet evolving business needs by adeptly utilizing technical talent and defining key hiring requirements for regional data centers. You will devise creative approaches to reduce operational costs while simultaneously boosting overall efficiency. Additionally, you will enforce environmental and safety standards and, during emergencies, manage outages and performance issues to minimize recovery time.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide. We’re the driving force behind Google’s groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting‑edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world‑leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in data center operations or other relevant operational experience in non‑DC industries (e.g., power generation, HVAC and refrigeration, industrial manufacturing, military, oil and gas, maritime/marine, chemical cluster, etc.).
5 years of experience managing technical teams and vendors in charge of operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure and components.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in collaborating with other business units to meet company goals and standards.
Experience in mission‑critical systems operations (e.g., power generation, data center, refinery, chip fabrication, chemical processing, or other high‑consequence environments).
Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units, Chillers, Air handling units and CRAC units).
Excellent people management and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate at all levels.
Responsibilities
Plan and execute campus operational budgets, expense forecasting, and manage established budgets.
Set strategy and plan deployments across multiple sites.
Lead efforts to integrate Google‑wide strategy and execution with internal and external business partners.
Create strategy for cost‑effective operations, focused on total cost of ownership.
Demonstrate thinking and innovation in approaching traditional data centers and emergent tests.
Seniority Level Not Applicable
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Information Technology and Engineering
Industries Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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About The Job In this role, you will lead a team in Data Center operations, ensuring all Service Level Agreements (SLAs) regarding availability, efficiency, and cost are met for internal teams. You will scale the campus team to meet evolving business needs by adeptly utilizing technical talent and defining key hiring requirements for regional data centers. You will devise creative approaches to reduce operational costs while simultaneously boosting overall efficiency. Additionally, you will enforce environmental and safety standards and, during emergencies, manage outages and performance issues to minimize recovery time.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide. We’re the driving force behind Google’s groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting‑edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world‑leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in data center operations or other relevant operational experience in non‑DC industries (e.g., power generation, HVAC and refrigeration, industrial manufacturing, military, oil and gas, maritime/marine, chemical cluster, etc.).
5 years of experience managing technical teams and vendors in charge of operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure and components.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in collaborating with other business units to meet company goals and standards.
Experience in mission‑critical systems operations (e.g., power generation, data center, refinery, chip fabrication, chemical processing, or other high‑consequence environments).
Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units, Chillers, Air handling units and CRAC units).
Excellent people management and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate at all levels.
Responsibilities
Plan and execute campus operational budgets, expense forecasting, and manage established budgets.
Set strategy and plan deployments across multiple sites.
Lead efforts to integrate Google‑wide strategy and execution with internal and external business partners.
Create strategy for cost‑effective operations, focused on total cost of ownership.
Demonstrate thinking and innovation in approaching traditional data centers and emergent tests.
Seniority Level Not Applicable
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Information Technology and Engineering
Industries Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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