Data Center Operations Manager

InMotion Hosting is seeking a Data Center Operations Manager to lead data center operations in multiple locations. This role involves ensuring operational standards, uptime, and readiness while supporting infrastructure growth. Responsibilities include day-to-day operations management such as maintenance, incident response, and team leadership to maintain smooth and effective systems and services for the company and customers. The role involves leadership duties including managing and developing data center team members, being the primary escalation point for operational issues, and coordinating with Systems, Network, and Support teams for cross-functional initiatives. Operationally, the manager oversees server readiness, maintenance, hardware upgrades, inventories, scheduled maintenance, RMAs/vendor coordination, and uptime targets. They maintain environmental checks for temperature, power, HVAC, and safety procedures. The role requires keeping operational documentation up-to-date and training teams on hardware and software handling for evacuations as needed. The candidate will contribute to procurement decisions for new sites, products, and projects. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, paid time off, 401(k) with company matching, company holidays, tuition and certification reimbursements, volunteer time off, professional growth opportunities such as coaching and training, service recognition, wellness initiatives, and profit sharing. Ideal candidates have over 6 years of Linux-based data center operations experience, previous leadership in managing data center teams, budget management experience, expertise in enterprise data center environments, exposure to network and storage operations, HVAC and power supply knowledge, and understanding of cloud-based virtualization technologies including LXC/Incus, Virtuozzo/OpenVZ, and OpenStack. The role requires availability for on-call responsibilities and international travel. Locations include Ashburn, VA and Los Angeles, CA.