Data Center Manager

Our Client

The largest and fastest growing hard discount retailer in the region with presence in Egypt Morocco and KSA.
We are a technology driven company focused on leveraging the latest technology to provide the company with a competitive edge

Data Center Manager

• Grade Level:
• Sector: IT Infrastructure
• Department: Head of IT Infrastructure
• Section: IT Infrastructure
• Reporting to: IT Director
• Subordinates: 5
• Working Days: 5 Days Working Hours: 8 Hours
• Work Location: HQ/ Region HQ
• Work Environment: Office / Field Office

Purpose:

• Ensure Reliable Operations
• Manage Capacity & Scalability
• Ensure Compliance & Security
• Lead & Develop Teams
• Drive Efficiency & Cost Control

Key Accountabilities:

• Oversee the daily operation of the data center ensuring system reliability high availability and minimal downtime.
• Implement preventive and corrective maintenance programs for power cooling and network systems.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for infrastructure health and efficiency.
• Assess current and future data center capacity needs including power cooling and space utilization.
• Plan for hardware upgrades expansions and migrations to align with business growth.
• Ensure proper asset tracking and inventory management of IT and facility equipment.
• Enforce physical and logical security measures to protect sensitive data and infrastructure.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations such as ISO 27001 HIPAA SOC 2 or other applicable standards.
• Conduct periodic security audits risk assessments and implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans.
• Supervise and develop data center staff ensuring proper training and adherence to operational procedures.
• Collaborate with vendors service providers and contractors to ensure timely support and servicelevel agreement (SLA) compliance.
• Foster a culture of accountability continuous improvement and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Optimize energy consumption and cooling strategies to reduce operational costs and improve sustainability.
• Implement automation and monitoring tools to enhance operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Track and manage budgetary expenditures related to the data center ensuring costeffective operations.
• Qualifications required for the job title to carry out the work:
• Educational Level Bachelors degree Information technology computer science software engineering or a related field.
• Language Skills Very good in English
• Work Experience 10 Years

Technical Knowledge

• Understanding of power systems (UPS generators PDUs) cooling systems (HVAC CRAC/CRAH) and fire suppression technologies.
• Knowledge of physical and virtualized servers storage solutions (SAN NAS) and networking protocols (LAN WAN VLANs BGP MPLS).
• Familiarity with cybersecurity best practices access controls monitoring tools and regulatory frameworks (ISO 27001 SOC 2 HIPAA).
• Experience in backup strategies failover mechanisms redundancy planning and disaster recovery site management.
• Proficiency in data center monitoring tools (DCIM SNMP ITSM) automation (scripting AIdriven ops) and hybrid cloud environments (AWS Azure Google Cloud).
• Authorities:
• IT Infrastructure Systems Network Database and Backup at the data center