Datacenter Site Operations Manager

Datacenter Site Operations Manager

Israel, Tel Aviv, Herzliya

Job description

Company and benefits

Job number

200062151

Date posted

Oct 16, 2026

Work site

Fully on-site

Travel

Less than 25%

Profession

Data Center

Discipline

Data Center Operations Management

Role type

People Manager

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day and we need you as a Datacenter Site Operations Manager (SOM).

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I DC Site Operations Manager, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development for all employees and offers trainings and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.

Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 100 datacenters and 1 million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.

With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.

Do you want to empower billions across the world? Come and join us in CO+I and be at the forefront of the action!

Responsibilities

• Champion a strong culture of safety, security, compliance, and service availability across data centre operations.

• Lead and develop multidisciplinary team across IT Operations and Critical Environment (Electrical & Mechanical) ensuring reliable and efficient day-to-day operations.

• Deliver success through empowerment, talent development, succession planning and a culture of accountability and inclusion

• Drive Critical Environment availability, operational performance, and service delivery, reducing incidents and ensuring customer capacity is delivered on time and to required standards.

• Lead major incident response and service recovery, including root-cause reviews, improvement actions, and sharing operational best practices.

• Review Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) and provide input to improve or increase efficiency across IT and Critical Environment (CE) services.

• Oversee capacity planning, infrastructure delivery, partnering with regional teams to support new projects and deployments.

• Support financial planning and forecasting budgets, operational and capital expenditure, drive efficiency initiatives, vendor relationships, and key external stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 6+ years of experience in mission-critical service management, such as IT services, manufacturing, warehousing, retail, military operations, or physical operations within an IT and/or critical environment infrastructure.

• 3+ years of experience leading, directly managing and influencing a diverse organisation of full-time employees across multiple disciplines and platfo