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Data Center Manager

CBRE

Clarksville, VAJob$100–130K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$100–130K/yr
Location
Clarksville, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Data Center Manager oversees a team providing preventative maintenance and repair services in a critical client environment. The role coordinates staff activities, manages client relationships, and ensures infrastructure work, installations, and documentation meet agreed service requirements. It also supervises employee development and performance, resolves operational issues, and prepares method statements and risk assessments for senior management.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Staff DevelopmentPerformance CoachingClient Relationship ManagementInformation Technology EquipmentMicrosoft OfficeOrganizational SkillsInquisitive MindsetLeadershipCommunication

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree3+ Years Relevant ExperienceStaffing and Performance Management ExperienceU.S. Work Authorization Without Sponsorship

Benefits

401(k) Match
Dental Insurance
Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance

Full job description

About the Role:

As a CBRE Data Center Manager, you will manage the team responsible for providing preventative maintenance and repair services to a client or small building.

This job is part of the Critical and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for technical maintenance services in critical client environments.

What You’ll Do:

  • Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.

  • Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.

  • Manage the relationship with the client while working with other stakeholders to meet all MSA requirements.

  • Responsible for ensuring the completion of configuration management, work orders, preventative maintenance, and repairs within the agreed SLA timeframe.

  • Resolve unforeseen circumstances that occur and inform the client or Sr. management when needed.

  • Verify facility infrastructure equipment installations are within the agreed SLA timeframe.

  • Oversee Information Technology equipment power installations, relocation and decommission requests.

  • Check daily routine cleanup of the data halls and review findings.

  • Confirm all deployments are installed to applicable internal, manufacturer, and industry standards.

  • Ensure that all records are updated following any changes made. Ensure that documentation is also kept up to date for all applicable processes.

  • Prepare Method Statements and Risk Assessments and present to Sr. management.

  • Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.

  • Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.

  • Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues which may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

What You’ll Need:

  • Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.

  • Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.

  • Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.

  • Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.

  • In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

  • Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.

Disclaimers:

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

We value human interaction to understand each candidate's unique experience, skills and aspirations. We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make hiring decisions, and we ask that candidates

disclose any use of AI in the application and interview process.

CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Data Center Manager position is $100,000 annually and the maximum salary for the Data Center Manager position is $130,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program. This role will provide the following benefits: 401(K), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, and Vision insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [email protected] or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).

CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)

How this job compares

Set against the 1,309 open Facilities Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$100–130K/yr
  • Virginia median$110–140K/yr33 salary ranges
  • US median$110–140K/yr911 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $115K, is 8% below the Virginia median midpoint ($125K) — in the middle half of Facilities Manager salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 43 open Facilities Manager jobs in Virginia and 1,309 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 3 years of experience; Facilities Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,064 postings).
Education
177 of the 1,309 open Facilities Manager jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 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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