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Technical Operations Manager, Third-Party Data Centers

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Compensation
$164–237K/yr
Location
Sterling, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Technical Operations Manager owns facility operations at third-party data center sites, managing operational risk and overseeing maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs. The role supports site selection and engages stakeholders on current work and strategic decisions. Candidates need substantial industrial or commercial electrical, mechanical/HVAC, or controls experience, along with the ability to work varied shifts and perform physical tasks.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Electrical ExperienceMechanical/HVAC ExperienceControls ExperienceLifting EquipmentWorking at HeightsNon-Standard HoursReliability-Centered MaintenanceResource Forecasting

Qualifications

Associate's or Equivalent Practical Experience10 Years' Industrial/Commercial ExperienceBachelor's in Engineering or Equivalent Technical/Trade Experience

Full job description

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 10 years of experience in Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, or controls experience in an industrial/commercial environment.

  • Ability to lift and move 50 lbs of equipment, and work on platforms, ladders, and under raised floors.

  • Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management, Reliability Engineering or equivalent technical/trade experience.

  • Experience with reliability centered maintenance and engineering.

  • Ability to forecast resource requirements in a data-driven way.

About the job

At Google, we aim to foster Googley work environments that are collaborative, friendly and fun. The Facilities Management team brings our spaces to life as you oversee the daily operations of our offices. While roles with similar names at other companies can be far more mundane, you're a creative, organized customer service specialist, who takes pride in seeing things run smoothly and efficiently. You go out of your way to make sure that clients are not only satisfied, but singing Google's praises. You're comfortable in a fast-paced environment with the highest standards of excellence. You aren't afraid to have fun with your job, and bring an enthusiasm, dedication and a collaborative spirit to build and maintain office spaces that facilitate some of the world's most cutting edge innovation.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $164000 - $237000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Perform operational assessment and risk analysis and actively manage risk at third-party operated sites.

  • Own co-location sites facility operation within a campus, with full accountability for this area tactically and strategically.

  • Oversee technical and team leads through the successful completion of required maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair tasks to maintain equipment to our global standard.

  • Support site selection process through operational and technical knowledge.

  • Engage stakeholders to ensure they are informed about current work and discuss strategic decisions.

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,100 open Data Center Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$164–237K/yr
  • Virginia median$126–191K/yr49 salary ranges
  • US median$126–264K/yr838 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $201K, is 24% above the Virginia median midpoint ($161K) — in the top quarter of Data Center Operations salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 78 open Data Center Operations jobs in Virginia and 1,100 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Data Center Operations postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 747 postings).
Education
213 of the 1,100 open Data Center Operations jobs (19%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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