Data Center Manager

Job Description

Frankfurt, Germany
 
The Client

Datacenter People has been instructed by a global player and the leading European cloud provider operating over 450,000 servers within 34 data centers across 4 continents to reach 1.6 million customers in over 140 countries.

What The Job Involves 

• Assure site safety and compliance.
• Assure adherence to relevant security standards. 
• Enable the continued growth and development of the site (infrastructure and IT).
• Manage and operate world class infrastructure. 
• Reduce operational risk through pro-active management of infrastructure and analysis of faults and weak signals. 
• Facilitate good/positive communications across departments. 
• Exhibit leadership and instil the company vision whilst executing relevant/necessary corporate strategies. 
• Manage day to day finances (opex/capex) for the data center.
• Contribute to OVH group continual improvement and groupwide discussions and initiatives. 

We’re Looking for Someone With

• Knowledge of power distribution and delivery architecture and equipment including transformers, generators, UPS and batteries 
• Knowledge of best practice preventative maintenance regimes for critical infrastructure.
• Knowledge and experience of IT cooling systems architecture and operations in supporting live IT loads.  
• Knowledge of ISO27001, ISO9001, ISO50001 and PCI-DSS standards. 
• Opex/capex, profit/loss reporting and general financial planning and reporting. CAPEX project justification and business cases. 
• People management, conflict management, performance management. 
• Ability to assess/analyse operational risks in a fast paced and dynamic working environment from the perspective of both service reliability and safety. 
• Ensuring group strategy and goals are well communicated to all persons. 
• Fluent German and professional English (at least B2).

We regret that due to the high volume of applications we are unable to acknowledge each one. Please bear in mind that if you are selected for interview we will contact you within the next seven days.