Assistant Critical Operations Manager (Data Center)

Location: Hillsboro, Oregon, United States; onsite data center operations. Must be eligible to work in the United States. Travel is none or less than 5%.

Company

hirify.global builds, owns, and operates wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers for hyperscale and enterprise customers.

What you will do

• Support the Critical Operations Manager in operating, monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, fire life safety, base building, and other data center systems.
• Implement site operations, safety, training, availability, communication, and knowledge programs.
• Execute preventative and predictive maintenance, efficiency initiatives, capacity management, and outage-prevention activities.
• Train and mentor junior staff, lead team meetings and 1:1 sessions, and ensure personnel are qualified for their duties.
• Manage vendors, service contracts, procurement, billing, project execution, and site-level CapEx and OpEx budgeting.
• Create and review technical procedures, manage internal and external audits, and provide customer support and on-call emergency response.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent and 4–5 years of experience in data center or other mission-critical operations.
• 3–5 years of experience managing facility preventative maintenance programs, vendors, and projects.
• Expert understanding of data center electrical and mechanical systems, including UPS, transformers, PDUs, RPPs, chillers, CRAH, CRAC, STS, ATS, and pre-action systems.
• Expert knowledge of NFPA 70E, NFPA 72, NFPA 25, and fire life safety compliance standards, plus data center commissioning and trending.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, database software, and the ability to learn CMS, EPMS, and BMS monitoring systems.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States, pass comprehensive background and drug screening, and work outside normal business hours, including weekends, holidays, and on-call shifts.

Culture & Benefits

• Healthcare, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off, and paid leave programs.
• 401(k), flexible spending accounts, and a cell phone subsidy.
• Peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.
• Company events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.
• Fast-paced environment focused on continual improvement and operational reliability.