# Data Center Operations, Site Lead at Gimlet Labs

> United States · Staff · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Agimlet%3Aa6e42aa0-acbd-4a67-ae07-e6867e1a6531 (read 2026-11-08).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Gimlet Labs](https://alderhq.app/companies/gimlet-labs)
- Location text: South Carolina; Santa Clara,CA
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: South Carolina; Santa Clara,CA")
- Posted: 2026-11-03 (5 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-06
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/gimlet/a6e42aa0-acbd-4a67-ae07-e6867e1a6531

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $150k–$200k per year (from the listing's pay field)
- Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 789): p25 $177k, median $210k, p75 $250k

## Description (the employer's text)

### About us

Gimlet is building the first multi-silicon neocloud designed for fast, efficient AI inference.

We combine large-scale compute infrastructure with an execution platform that partitions AI workloads and maps each stage to the hardware best suited to run it.

We work with foundation labs, hyperscalers, and AI-native companies, giving our team access to technical problems spanning frontier models, production infrastructure, and emerging hardware.

### About the role

As a DC Site Lead, you will serve as Gimlet’s senior on-site leader, accountable for the local team, operational readiness, safe execution, and reliable production. This is a senior people-leadership role with scope typically associated with a senior manager or director of data center operations.

You will own Gimlet’s site operations across people, safety, access, equipment health, maintenance coordination, inventory, and incident response. You will understand how power, cooling, networking, and compute depend on one another, identify risks before they affect production, and engage specialists when needed. The colocation provider operates building power and cooling; you will hold the provider accountable for service performance and resolve issues alongside Gimlet’s site and central facilities teams.

You will build the team and operating practices needed to bring new capacity into service and keep it dependable. The role requires strong technical judgment, decisive leadership, and accountability through recovery and resolution. You will establish business-hours coverage and an after-hours on-call rotation, coordinated with the provider’s 24/7 facilities coverage.

### What success looks like

Your priorities will be to:

Build and lead the site team: hire, coach, and set clear expectations for DC Technicians, the Inventory Person, and the Facilities Person. Establish training, business-hours coverage, on-call responsibilities, and effective vendor relationships.

Maintain a complete view of site readiness and health across power, cooling, networking, compute, inventory, and physical security, supporting both homogeneous and heterogeneous hardware deployments. Use monitoring, incidents, work orders, and provider reports to identify risks, assign owners, and verify resolution.

Hold the colocation provider accountable for contracted service levels. Review maintenance evidence, upcoming critical work, and recurring failures with the site Facilities Person; escalate gaps through central facilities and commercial owners.

Own Gimlet’s operational acceptance of new capacity. Set readiness criteria with DC Design, deployment, engineering, and central facilities teams; verify commissioning evidence, documentation, spares, trained responders, and closure of critical deficiencies. Withhold operational acceptance when readiness criteria are unmet and escalate launch risks.

Establish the site’s operating procedures, emergency runbooks, maintenance calendar, and change controls. Govern work priorities and coordinate provider activities affecting Gimlet equipment, with defined approvals, rollback plans, and escalation paths. Rehearse incident scenarios before production and as the site evolves.

Act as Gimlet’s senior on-site decision-maker during incidents. Direct the local response, mobilize engineering and provider specialists, make time-critical decisions within established authority, and maintain clear communication through recovery. Own follow-through on root cause and corrective actions.

Keep hardware break/fix, spares, asset records, rack documentation, and vendor support organized. Track overdue work, recurring faults, response times, provider performance, and site operating spend against approved budgets.

Control access and work within Gimlet’s site footprint, coordinating building-wide activity with the colocation provider. Enforce contractor and safety requirements, stop unsafe or unapproved work affecting Gimlet operations, and require qualified personnel and approved controls for electrical or mechanical work.

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