Job Title: Site Lead
Location: Manassas, VA
Work Setting: Onsite
Available Shift: Graveyard shift, 3:00 PM start
Onboarding Schedule: The first 30 days will be Monday Friday, 8:00am 5:00pm for onboarding and training. After training, candidates will transition to their assigned shift.
Engagement: Contract 12 Months
Number of Openings: 1
Role Overview
Client is seeking a Site Lead to direct daily onsite data center operations for a Client customer in Manassas, VA. This role provides technical direction to Data Center Technicians and serves as the primary onsite escalation point across high-density compute, networking, and direct-to-chip liquid-cooled infrastructure. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-critical, 24x7 data center environment.
Key Responsibilities
"Lead daily onsite data center operations and provide technical direction to Data Center Technicians.
"Oversee installation, rack-and-stack, cabling, deployment, troubleshooting, break/fix, and decommissioning of high-density compute and networking infrastructure.
"Support direct-to-chip liquid cooling (DLC) environments, including Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs), cooling loops, manifolds, hoses, quick disconnects, and associated monitoring systems.
"Troubleshoot and coordinate response to liquid-cooling alarms, leaks, flow/pressure issues, temperature abnormalities, and CDU-related incidents, escalating to facilities or engineering teams as required.
"Monitor environmental and infrastructure conditions including power, cooling, temperature, humidity, and hardware health.
"Lead incident response, troubleshooting, root-cause investigation, and escalation for critical infrastructure issues.
"Coordinate onsite work across engineering, networking, facilities, vendors, logistics, and remote operations teams.
"Manage technician priorities, work assignments, ticket queues, maintenance activities, and shift handoffs.
"Ensure accurate documentation, asset management, change-control procedures, SOPs/MOPs, and operational reporting.
"Enforce safety procedures and operational standards when working around electrical, mechanical, and liquid-cooled infrastructure.
Required Qualifications
"5+ years of experience in data center operations, infrastructure, or mission-critical environments, including experience leading technicians or onsite operations.
"Strong hands-on knowledge of servers, GPU/compute systems, networking equipment, structured cabling, rack infrastructure, and power distribution.
"Working knowledge of CDUs, DLC systems, cooling loops, leak detection, flow/pressure monitoring, and liquid-cooling operational procedures.
"Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware, network connectivity, power, cooling, and environmental infrastructure.
"Experience with ticketing, DCIM, asset management, change management, and operational documentation.
"Ability to coordinate multiple technical teams and serve as the primary onsite escalation point.
"Strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, 24x7 data center environment.
Preferred Qualifications
"Experience supporting high-density compute and liquid-cooled data center environments.
Submission Requirements
Background Screening Required Identification: Candidates must have one of the following for background screening:
"Valid U.S. Passport
"Original U.S. Birth Certificate
"Permanent Resident Card (Green Card)
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