Critical Environment Operational Manager

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
Location: —
Salary: $102,600–$202,800 / yr
Posted: 8 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes: Mar 2, 2027

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Similar $179k

This role $153k

$89k most similar roles pay here $230k

This role pays less than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $142,575–$216,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $153k versus about $179k for comparable roles.

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Critical Environment Operational Manager

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As a Critical Environment Operational Manager within the Cloud Infrastructure and Operations team, you will lead a group of mechanical, electrical, and control system professionals. You will manage day-to-day operations and maintenance of critical infrastructure equipment to ensure maximum availability and operational efficiency while reducing high-impact incidents. Your role involves delivering on cost and energy efficiency initiatives, performing routine reporting for power, temperature, and humidity monitoring, and collaborating with engineering groups and global peers to share best practices. The position requires expertise in managing mission-critical environments involving UPS, generators, AHUs, servers, SANs, networking, and structured cabling. You will solve complex infrastructure challenges to support large-scale online services. Required skills include experience in critical environment management, team leadership, and familiarity with technical systems like cooling, power distribution, and physical IT infrastructure components.

Skills

UPS Generator AHU SANs Networking Servers Structured Cabling ITIL v3 MOF CCNA CompTIA PMP SLA Monitoring

What you'll do

Lead a team of mechanical, electrical, and control system professionals supporting online services.
Oversee daily operations and maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment in datacenters.
Maximize Critical Environment availability to ensure optimal operational efficiency.
Reduce high-impact and human-error incidents within the critical environment year over year.
Execute cost and energy efficiency initiatives for datacenter infrastructure.
Manage and analyze routine reporting for power, temperature, humidity, and SLA monitoring.
Establish and maintain working relationships with engineering groups and business partners.
Share and develop best practices across the global datacenter portfolio.

What we're looking for

High School Qualification or equivalent and 3+ years of mission-critical service management experience.
Bachelor's degree or Technical College certification in mechanical or electrical engineering and/or services is preferred.
8+ years of experience in critical environment infrastructures with a Bachelor's degree, or 10+ years with a High School qualification.
At least 1 year of people management experience.
Experience operating IT infrastructure including servers, SANs, networking, and structured cabling.
Experience working on large-scale critical environment projects.
Relevant certifications such as CompTIA, CCNA, ITIL v3, PMP, or others in inventory and leadership are preferred.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check every two years.

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