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Senior Director, Data Center Facilities

DigitalOcean · Seattle

Posted about 3 months ago · $233,600 - $292,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
DigitalOcean's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
68% of DigitalOcean's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at DigitalOcean
high
151 stale, 1 reposted of 151 open
Hiring momentum
197 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from DigitalOcean's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for DigitalOcean.

About this role

The Director of Data Center Operations at DigitalOcean is a senior leadership role focused on enhancing operational excellence across the company's global data centers. This position involves developing scalable operating models, improving performance metrics, and ensuring readiness for rapid expansion and new technology deployments. The director will lead teams responsible for 24/7 data center support, vendor management, and operational risk mitigation while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.

Our read on this posting3.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of DigitalOcean as an employer.

What you need

  • Strong experience leading data center operations in a large enterprise, cloud, colocation, or high-growth infrastructure environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to improve operational performance across multiple data center locations.
  • Experience building scalable operational processes, playbooks, staffing models, governance routines, and performance systems.
  • Strong understanding of data center on-site operations, including power, cooling, cabling, hardware support, maintenance, vendor management, change management, incident response, logistics, and customer-impact prevention.
  • Experience operating against SLAs and improving performance in environments where availability, reliability, and execution quality are mission critical.
  • Ability to lead in a highly complex, fast-moving, matrixed organization with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting high-density compute environments, GPU infrastructure, liquid cooling, large-scale server deployments, and complex cabling environments is strongly preferred.
  • Strong preference for experience with modern infrastructure trends, including AI workloads, GPU clusters, software-defined networking, automation, and high-density data center designs.

What you get

  • Competitive salary range of $186,400 - $233,000.
  • Bonus eligibility based on company and individual performance.
  • Equity compensation including grants upon hire and participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Program.
  • Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education.
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses for continued growth and development.
  • Flexible time off policy and Employee Assistance Program.

Worth weighing

  • The role requires strong cross-functional partnership, which may involve navigating complex stakeholder relationships.
  • The position is hybrid, which may require some in-office presence depending on company policies.
  • No specific mention of relocation assistance for candidates outside of Seattle.

Summarised from DigitalOcean's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by DigitalOcean on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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