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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Center Ops Manager - **Company:** Groq, Inc. - **Location:** Buffalo, NY, United States - **Salary:** $169,700 - $199,600 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Centers, Linux, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Data Store, Operational Data Store, Ansible, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Operational Systems, Puppet - **Published:** November 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0dd3d02badd76165 ## About the Role * Experienced leaders in mission-critical data center or infrastructure operations, with demonstrated success running a data center site and leading its on-site team. * Proven people managers who have hired, developed, coached, and retained technical talent. * Strong operational leaders who create clear expectations, consistent standards, and accountability for their team and site. * Deep technical knowledge of Linux systems, networking, security, hardware, and data center infrastructure, with the ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and effectively lead technical teams. * Experienced managing high-severity outages or operational crises with structured decision-making, clear communication, and urgency. * Experience operating or maintaining liquid cooling systems in a data center environment, such as coolant distribution units (CDUs), direct-to-chip cooling, secondary fluid networks, or rear-door heat exchangers, is highly desired. * Familiar with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef, with experience using automation to improve operational efficiency and reliability. * Experienced managing vendors, assets, budgets, resources, and operational planning within complex infrastructure environments. * Strong program managers who can prioritize and execute infrastructure and operational improvement initiatives. * Experienced with disaster recovery and business continuity planning for mission-critical environments. * Effective cross-functional partners who can build alignment and influence technical and business stakeholders. * Clear communicators who can lead an on-site team and keep remote stakeholders across time zones informed. * Able to work on site in Buffalo, NY, with occasional domestic and international travel as needed. * Motivated by ownership, continuous improvement, technical excellence, and building operational systems that scale. ## Description * Lead and develop the on-site data center operations team at the Buffalo data center. * Own day-to-day operational performance of the site, driving consistent standards for reliability, security, safety, execution, and accountability. * Build scalable operating rhythms for the site, including staffing and scheduling, training, performance management, site reviews, escalation processes, and communication with Groq's wider data center organization. * Hire, develop, and retain technical talent while building a strong local team that operates effectively as part of Groq's distributed data center organization. * Partner closely with infrastructure, networking, security, engineering, logistics, and other teams to maintain stable and efficient mission-critical environments. * Maintain strong technical engagement across Linux systems, networking, security, hardware, and data center infrastructure, providing leadership and sound judgment during complex operational issues. * Own day-to-day operation of the site's liquid cooling infrastructure, including coolant distribution units (CDUs), secondary fluid networks, and rack-level cooling, working with facilities teams and vendors on monitoring, maintenance, leak response, and change control. * Lead response to high-severity incidents, coordinating on-site staff, vendors, and cross-functional teams to restore operations quickly and translating lessons learned into durable improvements. * Drive continuous improvement and automation at the site, reducing manual work, improving reliability, and creating repeatable processes that scale. * Own vendor relationships, asset management, resource planning, and operational budgets for the site. * Lead data center improvement programs from planning through execution, balancing immediate operational priorities with longer-term infrastructure needs. * Develop, maintain, and test business continuity and disaster recovery practices for the site. * Use operational data and performance indicators to identify risks, prioritize improvements, and drive accountability at the site. * Maintain a visible, hands-on leadership presence on the data center floor through daily team engagement, operational reviews, and direct support. * Help shape and improve Groq's data center operating model, sharing lessons from running a liquid-cooled site with peer sites as infrastructure and operational requirements evolve., * Purposeful Hiring: You're not here by accident, and neither is anyone else. Every teammate is handpicked with intention because who we build with matters. * Builders Wanted: You're not just riding the rocket ship, you're building it. Your work directly shapes the trajectory of our company. * Mission-Driven Work: We're here to make a real impact. Our mission fuels everything we do. * Tackling Hard Problems: If easy isn't your thing, you're in the right place. We solve some of the most complex and exciting challenges in our space. * Excellence Is The Standard: High performance isn't just encouraged, it's the baseline. And it's contagious.