Data Center Operations Site Manager
2026-02-13T09:35:10+00:00
Oracle
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Computer & IT, Management, Business Operations, Science & Engineering, Installation, Maintenance & Repair, Cleaning & Facilities
2026-02-20T17:00:00+00:00
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What you need to know to be successful in this role:
- 5+ years of experience in data center operations, hosting, or critical infrastructure
- Solid understanding of data center fundamentals (power, cooling, cabling, networking basics)
- Understanding of multi-node IT systems and their architecture
- 2+ years, experience working with vendors or colocation partners
- Comfortable working in live production environments
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
- Strong ownership, and desire to learn
- Engineering or technical education is a plus
- Programing skills is a plus
- Able to work on step ladders and lift weights of up to 25 Kg.
- Strong multi-culture awareness
Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for:
- Conducting audits for power and mechanical capacity and overseeing changes.
- Collaborating with internal teams to troubleshoot and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Action (CA) for issues.
- Liaising with local colocation partners to fully understand site topology and articulate issues as needed.
- Ensure rack deliveries and installations are planned and managed effectively.
- Developing and Sustaining 5S standards on each site you have responsibility for.
- Working with the build team to rollout expansions.
- Manage & prioritize tasks via internal tools e.g. JIRA and Confluence.
- Uphold meticulous documentation and adherence to SOPs.
- Collaborate with project teams and colocation partners to validate the functionality of electrical and mechanical systems.
- Extend operational support encompassing failure mode analysis, root cause identification, maintenance assistance, best practices, procedural reviews, and more.
- Participate in operational reviews, gathering and analyzing technical data to pinpoint and rectify existing reliability and availability concerns.
- Collaborate with engineering and design teams for issues and improvements.
- Offer expertise to address and mitigate global resiliency, reliability, and availability risks.
- Collaborate with internal teams to set and maintain standards, ensuring consistency and reliability in service delivery.
- Emerge as the go-to technical authority within the team and across other departments for your assigned area.
- Approach challenges with a positive attitude, offering innovative and creative solutions.
- Be intimately familiar with all aspects of LV cabling (copper, fibre) and related components, and cable management strategies.
- Coaching and mentoring other individual contributors across the organization.
- Have a Dev Ops mindset, and the ability to code is desirable (scripting, SQL, low-code APEX environments).
- Working globally to share ideas, best practices, lessons learnt and initiatives.
- Be able to travel (1-2) times a year to other EMEA regions.
- Awareness and adherence to all applicable Health & Safety rules.
- Conducting audits for power and mechanical capacity and overseeing changes.
- Collaborating with internal teams to troubleshoot and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Action (CA) for issues.
- Liaising with local colocation partners to fully understand site topology and articulate issues as needed.
- Ensure rack deliveries and installations are planned and managed effectively.
- Developing and Sustaining 5S standards on each site you have responsibility for.
- Working with the build team to rollout expansions.
- Manage & prioritize tasks via internal tools e.g. JIRA and Confluence.
- Uphold meticulous documentation and adherence to SOPs.
- Collaborate with project teams and colocation partners to validate the functionality of electrical and mechanical systems.
- Extend operational support encompassing failure mode analysis, root cause identification, maintenance assistance, best practices, procedural reviews, and more.
- Participate in operational reviews, gathering and analyzing technical data to pinpoint and rectify existing reliability and availability concerns.
- Collaborate with engineering and design teams for issues and improvements.
- Offer expertise to address and mitigate global resiliency, reliability, and availability risks.
- Collaborate with internal teams to set and maintain standards, ensuring consistency and reliability in service delivery.
- Emerge as the go-to technical authority within the team and across other departments for your assigned area.
- Approach challenges with a positive attitude, offering innovative and creative solutions.
- Be intimately familiar with all aspects of LV cabling (copper, fibre) and related components, and cable management strategies.
- Coaching and mentoring other individual contributors across the organization.
- Have a Dev Ops mindset, and the ability to code is desirable (scripting, SQL, low-code APEX environments).
- Working globally to share ideas, best practices, lessons learnt and initiatives.
- Be able to travel (1-2) times a year to other EMEA regions.
- Awareness and adherence to all applicable Health & Safety rules.
- Data center operations
- Hosting
- Critical infrastructure
- Data center fundamentals (power, cooling, cabling, networking basics)
- Multi-node IT systems and their architecture
- Vendor management
- Colocation partner management
- Live production environments
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
- Ownership
- Desire to learn
- Engineering or technical education
- Programming skills
- Ability to work on step ladders
- Ability to lift weights up to 25 Kg
- Multi-culture awareness
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Corrective Action (CA)
- Site topology understanding
- Rack delivery and installation management
- 5S standards
- Build team collaboration
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Documentation
- SOP adherence
- Electrical and mechanical systems validation
- Failure mode analysis
- Maintenance assistance
- Best practices
- Procedural reviews
- Operational reviews
- Technical data analysis
- Reliability and availability concerns identification and rectification
- Engineering and design team collaboration
- Global resiliency, reliability, and availability risk mitigation
- Standard setting and maintenance
- Technical authority
- Innovative and creative problem-solving
- LV cabling (copper, fibre)
- Cable management strategies
- Coaching and mentoring
- Dev Ops mindset
- Scripting
- SQL
- Low-code APEX environments
- Global collaboration
- Health & Safety rules adherence
- BA/BSc/HND
- 5+ years of experience in data center operations, hosting, or critical infrastructure
- 2+ years of experience working with vendors or colocation partners
- Engineering or technical education is a plus
- Programming skills is a plus
- Ability to work on step ladders and lift weights of up to 25 Kg
- Strong multi-culture awareness
- Dev Ops mindset, and the ability to code is desirable (scripting, SQL, low-code APEX environments)
JOB-698ef04eb8eae
Vacancy title:
Data Center Operations Site Manager
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Category: Computer & IT, Management, Business Operations, Science & Engineering, Installation, Maintenance & Repair, Cleaning & Facilities]
Jobs at:
Oracle
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, February 20 2026
Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi
Summary
Date Posted: Friday, February 13 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
What you need to know to be successful in this role:
- 5+ years of experience in data center operations, hosting, or critical infrastructure
- Solid understanding of data center fundamentals (power, cooling, cabling, networking basics)
- Understanding of multi-node IT systems and their architecture
- 2+ years, experience working with vendors or colocation partners
- Comfortable working in live production environments
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
- Strong ownership, and desire to learn
- Engineering or technical education is a plus
- Programing skills is a plus
- Able to work on step ladders and lift weights of up to 25 Kg.
- Strong multi-culture awareness
Responsibilities
Candidate will be responsible for:
- Conducting audits for power and mechanical capacity and overseeing changes.
- Collaborating with internal teams to troubleshoot and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Action (CA) for issues.
- Liaising with local colocation partners to fully understand site topology and articulate issues as needed.
- Ensure rack deliveries and installations are planned and managed effectively.
- Developing and Sustaining 5S standards on each site you have responsibility for.
- Working with the build team to rollout expansions.
- Manage & prioritize tasks via internal tools e.g. JIRA and Confluence.
- Uphold meticulous documentation and adherence to SOPs.
- Collaborate with project teams and colocation partners to validate the functionality of electrical and mechanical systems.
- Extend operational support encompassing failure mode analysis, root cause identification, maintenance assistance, best practices, procedural reviews, and more.
- Participate in operational reviews, gathering and analyzing technical data to pinpoint and rectify existing reliability and availability concerns.
- Collaborate with engineering and design teams for issues and improvements.
- Offer expertise to address and mitigate global resiliency, reliability, and availability risks.
- Collaborate with internal teams to set and maintain standards, ensuring consistency and reliability in service delivery.
- Emerge as the go-to technical authority within the team and across other departments for your assigned area.
- Approach challenges with a positive attitude, offering innovative and creative solutions.
- Be intimately familiar with all aspects of LV cabling (copper, fibre) and related components, and cable management strategies.
- Coaching and mentoring other individual contributors across the organization.
- Have a Dev Ops mindset, and the ability to code is desirable (scripting, SQL, low-code APEX environments).
- Working globally to share ideas, best practices, lessons learnt and initiatives.
- Be able to travel (1-2) times a year to other EMEA regions.
- Awareness and adherence to all applicable Health & Safety rules.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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