Data Center Operations Lead

Futura is partnering with a leading AI infrastructure innovator to hire a Facility Operations Lead supporting next-generation hyperscale AI data centers. Locations: Buffalo, NY or West Texas (multiple campuses) Onsite 5 days (relocation assistance provided) This is a critical infrastructure role with equity participation, focused exclusively on data center infrastructure, power, cooling, resiliency, and operational risk in high-density AI environments. Why This Role Matters AI workloads demand extreme infrastructure reliability. You will serve as the onsite owner of infrastructure risk - ensuring power distribution, cooling systems, and redundancy strategies are engineered and executed without failure. This is not a broad site management role. This is infrastructure authority. Key Responsibilities Own infrastructure risk assessment and mitigation Lead power and cooling capacity planning across live GPU environments Design and oversee redundancy strategies (2N / N+1 / N+2) Execute and control high-risk change management Oversee commissioning processes (L1–L5) Serve as escalation lead during infrastructure-related incidents Qualifications 5+ years in hyperscale or mission-critical infrastructure environments Deep expertise in UPS systems, generators, chillers, cooling towers, AHUs, and electrical distribution Strong understanding of concurrent maintainability and redundancy modeling Proven ability to lead during high-severity infrastructure events Hyperscale experience is highly valuable but not required. Mission-critical industrial infrastructure backgrounds are also accepted. Comp