Senior Data Centre Operations Manager

Typical Salary (UK): £85,000 – £110,000 base + bonuses Summary

Core Responsibilities

• Leading 24/7 operations for a Tier III+ facility across critical power, cooling and security environments

• Managing SLAs across mechanical & electrical (M&E), BMS, EPMS and fire systems

• Driving PUE reduction initiatives and energy-efficiency optimisation

• Ensuring compliance with ISO 27001, ISO 50001, and Uptime Institute standards

• Vendor management across FM, security, and specialist engineering contractors

• Overseeing incident, problem and change management processes Exposure

• Critical power: LV/HV systems, UPS, generators, switchgear

• Cooling: chilled water systems, CRAH/CRAC, adiabatic cooling

• Monitoring: Schneider EcoStruxure, StruxureWare DCE, BMS/EPMS

• Frameworks: ITIL v4, Lean Ops, Uptime Tier certifications

• On-time operational readiness for first customer migrations

• Improving incident MTTR by 22% in first quarter