Cluster Datacenter Manager
Cerebras builds wafer-scale AI computing systems and a cloud inference platform for training, fine-tuning, and serving AI models.
About Cerebras Systems, Inc.
Cerebras Systems is an AI-infrastructure company founded in 2015. It sells rack-scale wafer-scale computing systems and provides cloud-based, API-accessible AI inference alongside on-premises deployments.
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About the Role
You will lead operations for compute clusters, servers, networks, and physical infrastructure across multiple data center sites. You will manage technical personnel and contractors, direct incident response and hardware lifecycle activities, oversee production handovers, and coordinate with facilities and vendors on power, cooling, maintenance, and service restoration.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data center, compute infrastructure, server operations, or related technical operations
- 5+ years leading technical teams
- Experience managing multi-site operations or complex data center environments with 24/7 production support
- Server hardware, rack infrastructure, hardware diagnostics, break/fix, and systems health monitoring knowledge
- Data center networking, Ethernet, fiber optics, transceivers, and structured cabling troubleshooting knowledge
- Asset management, data-bearing media security, chain of custody, and controlled equipment movement experience
- Incident leadership, change control, technical escalation, vendor coordination, and deployment handover experience
- Understanding of facility power and cooling dependencies
Responsibilities
- Own the operational health and readiness of compute clusters, server racks, network infrastructure, and physical systems
- Lead hardware incident triage, fault isolation, break/fix, replacements, diagnostics, and escalations
- Monitor telemetry, logs, and alerts to prioritize recovery and verify service restoration
- Oversee preventive maintenance, hardware changes, spare-part readiness, and failure analysis
- Lead physical-layer troubleshooting for fiber and copper connectivity
- Maintain structured cabling, documentation, and change controls
- Manage asset receiving, inventory, deployment, repair, return, and disposition
- Enforce secure handling of data-bearing devices and chain-of-custody controls
- Lead, coach, and evaluate technicians, engineers, and contractors
- Plan staffing, shifts, on-call coverage, and escalation readiness
- Own incident command, stakeholder communications, post-incident reviews, and corrective actions
- Oversee operational readiness and production acceptance for new compute capacity
- Coordinate installation, commissioning, vendor work, and operational handovers
- Coordinate with facilities providers on power, cooling, maintenance, and incident restoration
- Manage vendor performance, site safety, access controls, maintenance windows, and contractor utilization