Senior Datacenter Metro Director

Microsoft

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Work type
On-site
Location
Abilene, TX
Salary
$140,200–$277,200 / yr
Posted
49 days ago
Nearby
25 roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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This role $209k
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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 · Senior Datacenter Metro Director

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As Microsoft's Senior Datacenter Metro Director in Abilene, TX, you will lead a team responsible for delivering world-class support services and maintaining relationships with industry partners. Your daily tasks include ensuring safety, security, and compliance across data center operations, managing budgets exceeding $5 million, and overseeing the planning and delivery of physical infrastructure to meet growth demands. You will also handle incident management, collaborate on improvement programs, and manage vendor contracts. The role requires extensive experience in enterprise-level project management, critical environment infrastructures, and physical IT infrastructures, along with relevant certifications such as PMP and CDCMP. This position is crucial for supporting Microsoft’s online services including Bing, Office 356, Xbox, OneDrive, and Azure, ensuring high standards of operational excellence and ecological responsibility.

Skills

UPS Generator AHU Servers SANs Networking DC Rack/Enclosures structured cabling ITIL v3 Foundation MSP CDCMP PMP CompTIA CCNA APICS Microsoft Operations Framework

What you'll do

  • Empower a culture of safety, security, and compliance in data center operations.
  • Manage ongoing IT and critical environment support to meet service level agreements.
  • Plan and deliver physical infrastructure to support anticipated growth within the metro area.
  • Lead incident management calls with customers and senior leadership for major incidents.
  • Ensure financial management by developing detailed budgets and forecasts for operational spend.
  • Oversee vendor/partner contracts and relationships, including leased-facility landlords and IT service providers.

What we're looking for

  • 15+ years of enterprise-level experience managing large-scale and complex projects/programs.
  • Extensive experience (7+ years) in critical environment infrastructures such as UPS, generators, AHUs.
  • Deep knowledge and hands-on experience with physical IT infrastructures including servers, SANs, networking, DC rack/enclosures.
  • Proven ability to manage budgets over $5 million effectively.
  • Relevant certifications like PMP, CDCMP, ITIL v3 Foundation, and Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF).
  • Strong leadership skills for managing and developing full-time employees across data centers.

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