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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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The Data Center Campus Director joins the Cloud Operations & Innovation team to drive world-class support services across a metro campus. This role involves leading, coaching, and developing full-time employees while managing the ongoing IT and Critical Environment support for various service lines. Key responsibilities include overseeing physical infrastructure, logistics, and resources to meet growth, managing vendor contracts, and handling financial management through detailed budgets and forecasts. The position requires active participation in incident management for major cloud service impacts and ensuring safety, security, and compliance. Candidates must possess skills in mission-critical service management, people management, and project oversight. Technical competencies include experience with UPS, generators, AHU, servers, SANs, networking, and structured cabling, alongside certifications like ITIL v3, CCNA, PMP, or Microsoft Operations Framework.
Lead the coaching, development, and management of full-time employees across data centers in the assigned metro.
Ensure on-time and defect-free delivery of customer capacity by overseeing IT and Critical Environment support.
Plan and deliver physical infrastructure, logistics, and resources required to meet anticipated growth.
Lead incident management calls with customers and senior leadership to resolve major cloud service impacts.
Manage metro finances by developing detailed budgets, forecasts, and overseeing operational and capital spend.
Oversee all vendor and partner contracts, including landlords, IT service providers, and support teams.
Enforce a culture of safety, security, and compliance across all aspects of data center operations.
What we're looking for
High School Qualification or equivalent and 10+ years of mission-critical service management experience or equivalent.
3+ years of people management experience.
Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud background checks and CJIS criminal justice information system screenings.
Verification of citizenship via a valid passport is required due to legal restrictions.
Bachelor's or Technical College Degree in a relevant field and 15+ years of enterprise-level experience managing large scale projects or critical infrastructures (preferred).
High School Qualification or equivalent and 17+ years of enterprise-level experience managing large scale projects or critical infrastructures (preferred).
5+ years of people management experience (preferred).
Relevant certifications such as APICS, CompTIA, Microsoft, CCNA, ITIL v3, MOF, PMP, or CDCMP (preferred).
Data Center Operations
Enterprise IT Infrastructure
Server Hardware
GPU Architecture
NPI
Automation
Capacity Planning
Hardware Deployment
Inventory Management
Change Management
Cloud Infrastructure
Break/Fix
Process Engineering