Data Center Manager

at  Ascension

DESIRED WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 7+ years of experience desired
• Experience in a customer facing position
• Excellent verbal communications skills

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 3 years of experience rpreferred.
• 5 years of experience is strongly preferred.
• 1 year of leadership or management experience preferred.

REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate’s degree/Bachelor’s degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

WHY JOIN OUR TEAM

When you join Ascension, you join a team of over 134,000 individuals across the country committed to a Mission of serving others and providing compassionate, personalized care to all. Our inclusive culture, continuing education programs, career coaches and benefit offerings are just a few of the resources and tools that team members can use to create a rewarding career path. In fact, Ascension spent nearly $46 million in tuition assistance alone to support associate growth and development. If you are looking for a career where you can grow and make a difference in your community, we invite you to join our team today.

The Data Center Manager will have experience in data center electrical, mechanical and network system operations and possess knowledge of enterprise data center operations, including state-of-the-art electrical distribution systems, static and rotary UPS, emergency standby generation, fire alarm/suppression and monitoring systems. In addition, the Data Center Manager shall participate in the scheduling, coordination and completion of all significant planned and emergency maintenance events for the facility and ensure these activities are executed in a controlled and proven method to ensure the reliability of the critical loads supported by these systems.
The Data Center Manager is ultimately responsible for identifying, evaluating and executing operational strategies to ensure data center operations achieve the highest level of availability.

Responsibilities:

• Scheduling Personnel to provide Maintenance Services sufficient for the Data Center Infrastructure Operations to meet business needs communicated by our client
• Hands-on Data Center experience
• including cooling, power, security systems, maintenance operations, and building management systems.
• Lead a Data Center Services team and collaborate with data center architecture teams responsible for technical engineering, capacity and infrastructure project planning and oversight, including project management, metrics, reporting, technical services, site effort coordination, and long term planning within a region.
• Ensuring all Services are performed in accordance with our policies, including safety requirements;
• Following recognized methodologies in Service/Project Management and Quality including Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Project Management Professional (PMP), LEAN/Six Sigma
• Scheduling Maintenance Services necessary to maintain the Facility’s infrastructure systems in accordance with the comprehensive infrastructure maintenance program including, but not limited to 5S (floor and room organization, supplies, and upkeep);
• Ensuring that appropriate teams and personnel are on site at the facility to provide the various types of Services required for data center operations;
• Performing all Services in as efficient a manner as possible while limiting any negative impact to the environment