Datacenter Site Operations Lead

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Zensar is looking for a Datacenter Site Operations Lead for a 5 days on-site

role in Hillsboro OR and Santa Clara CA. This position is open for Full Time

with excellent benefits and professional growth opportunities.

About the Role

Client is seeking a Datacenter Site Operations Lead to support a large-scale

infrastructure and cloud operations environment. This role will be responsible

for operational governance, production readiness, infrastructure visibility,

compliance support, and cross-functional coordination across datacenter

operations.

The ideal candidate will bring a blend of datacenter operational expertise,

infrastructure governance experience, and strong stakeholder management skills.

This individual will help ensure datacenter environments transition successfully

from deployment into production operations while maintaining operational

excellence, scalability, and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

Datacenter Operations & Infrastructure Management

Manage and maintain visibility across datacenter infrastructure, including

power, cooling, rack utilization, capacity, and operational health.

Establish and track operational KPIs and metrics to measure datacenter

readiness, performance, and reliability.

Monitor infrastructure capacity allocations and ensure accurate lifecycle

management and reporting.

Maintain operational discipline across systems of record and infrastructure

documentation.

Operational Readiness & Production Transition

Lead operational acceptance and production handoff activities for newly deployed

datacenter environments.

Validate operational readiness criteria alongside engineering, build, and

operations teams.

Ensure monitoring, documentation, processes, ownership models, and capacity

controls are established prior to operational acceptance.

Identify readiness gaps and drive remediation efforts before systems enter

production.

Cross-Functional Leadership

Serve as a key liaison between infrastructure, operations, engineering,

platform, facilities, and reliability teams.

Coordinate operational escalations, issue resolution efforts, and dependency

management activities.

Communicate operational health, risks, and constraints to technical teams and

leadership stakeholders.

Translate complex infrastructure issues into actionable business and operational

recommendations.

Governance, Compliance & Process Improvement

Audit operational governance processes and maintain infrastructure data

accuracy.

Develop and improve SOPs, operational standards, readiness processes, and

reporting methodologies.

Support compliance initiatives and audit readiness activities.

Establish controls that ensure quality, completeness, and consistency of

infrastructure asset and operational data.

Continuous Improvement

Drive initiatives focused on operational excellence, monitoring improvements,

and datacenter process optimization.

Lead corrective actions that improve reliability, scalability, and operational

maturity.

Capture lessons learned and implement improvements across future deployments and

operational transitions.

Develop repeatable operational frameworks and standards that support global

growth.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer

Engineering, Datacenter Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or

equivalent experience.

7+ years of experience supporting enterprise datacenter, cloud infrastructure,

hyperscale environments, or high-density compute operations.

Strong understanding of datacenter infrastructure including:

* Power systems

* Cooling systems

* Capacity management

* Rack and space utilization

* Infrastructure monitoring

* Operational readiness processes

Experience coordinating across engineering, facilities, operations, reliability,

and infrastructure organizations.

Experience developing and managing operational KPIs, governance processes, and

systems of record.

Working knowledge of DCIM platforms, datacenter asset management, and

infrastructure data management practices.

Experience supporting operational acceptance, production handoff, compliance,

and audit readiness programs.

Excellent communication, documentation, presentation, and stakeholder management

skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting hyperscale or large-scale cloud infrastructure

environments.

Strong understanding of datacenter operational governance and production

operations models.

Experience supporting compliance and infrastructure audit frameworks.

Demonstrated ability to identify operational risks and drive resolution across

multiple teams.

Experience building scalable operational processes and standards within rapidly

growing environments.

Ability to influence technical and business stakeholders without direct

authority.

Strong systems-thinking approach with a focus on operational excellence and

continuous improvement.

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