# Data Center Site Manager (Chicago)

**Company**: Lambda
**Location**: Elk Grove Village, Illinois
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $137K - $183K
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers.

You will manage and lead a team of data center technicians, maintaining high availability, reliability, and security in the data center environment.

Key responsibilities include:

- Managing and leading a team of data center technicians

- Maintaining high availability, reliability, and security in the data center environment

- Ensuring new server, storage and network infrastructure is properly racked, labeled, cabled, and configured

- Troubleshooting hardware and software issues in some of the world’s most advanced systems

- Documenting data center layout and network topology in DCIM software

- Working with supply chain & manufacturing teams to ensure timely deployment of systems and project plans for large-scale deployments

- Assessing current and future state data center requirements based on growth plans and technology trends

- Managing a parts depot inventory and tracking equipment through the delivery-store-stage-deploy-handoff process

- Creating installation standards and documentation for placement, labeling, and cabling

- Overseeing deployments and day-to-day operations of the data center

- Maintaining uptime for assets and infrastructure, and ensuring customer SLAs are met

- Participating in technical discussions and providing expertise on data center integration and deployment strategies

- Understanding power/cooling requirements and cabling needs required within data center space

- Working closely with cross-functional teams, including Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Supply Chain, Customer Experience and Sales

- Ensuring the data center complies with Lambda’s standards and policies

Requirements:

- 5+ years experience with critical infrastructure systems supporting data centers

- Basic understanding of Linux administration

- Experience in setting up networking appliances (Ethernet and InfiniBand) across multiple data center locations

- Attention to detail and ability to follow instructions

- Action-oriented with a strong willingness to learn

- Desire to mentor other team members and help them reach their full potential

Nice to Have:

- Experience with troubleshooting and theoretical knowledge of network layers, technologies, and system protocols

- Experience working in large-scale distributed data center environments

- Experience working with auditors to meet all compliance requirements

- Experience with Supermicro & Nvidia hardware

- Previous data center team management experience

We offer:

- Generous cash & equity compensation

- Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents

- Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles

- 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)

- Flexible paid time off plan

## Skills

### Required
- Linux administration
- networking appliances
- data center infrastructure
- team management

### Nice to have
- troubleshooting
- network layers
- large-scale distributed data center environments
- compliance requirements
- Supermicro & Nvidia hardware

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