Data center operations/engineer/facilities positions

zcarenow

I noticed there are positions out there that are more on the facilities/engineering side. These people work with the IT data center guys to ensure they have the proper cooling, power, tile floor, etc. I noticed quite a few of these positions seem to be more like overseeing the data center. I wouldn't mind doing this to get the experience, but it certainly is not an IT type of position. I work in a data center, but on the IT side. Do you guys know of people who worked in the IT side and transitioned over to the operations/facilities side to become a data center manager?

Phileeeeeeep651

I work with a guy who's one of the hardware engineer guys for our company. He used to work in our IT operations department then transitioned to hardware when a spot opened up and is one of 3 guys that manage our two data centers. He works with everything from installs, cabling, AC, UPS, vendors, security, you name it. It's a pretty cool job but I'm not too sure how you get into it besides being able to walk right into it or if you've got some electrical or HVAC work.