Data Center Operations Manager
Mistral AIVisit Mistral AI website
Paris-based AI company building frontier models, AI applications, developer tools, and compute infrastructure for enterprise and public-sector deployments.
Paris, France
About Mistral AI
Mistral AI develops open-weight and commercial language models and provides a full-stack AI platform spanning agents, application development, custom-model training, APIs, and AI cloud infrastructure.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead data-center operations, technical support, maintenance, emergency response, hardware deployment, vendor coordination, and incident resolution. You will manage inventory, contracts, operating budgets, HSE compliance, stakeholder updates, and automation of routine operational tasks.
Requirements
- Data center operations, hardware management, or infrastructure support experience
- Experience managing large-scale infrastructure projects
- Ability to coordinate vendors, contractors, and internal teams
- Contract negotiation and management experience
- Hands-on troubleshooting skills
- Knowledge of data center security standards and compliance requirements
- English and French fluency
Responsibilities
- Lead operational management of data centers
- Organize onsite operations, technical support, maintenance, and emergency response
- Coordinate hardware deployment, upgrades, and decommissioning
- Ensure adherence to security, contractual, and regulatory requirements
- Oversee ticketing and incident resolution
- Manage spare-parts inventory and logistics
- Resolve technical issues to maximize uptime
- Provide operational updates, risk updates, and improvement updates
- Manage contracts with data center providers and OEMs
- Manage the annual operating budget
- Establish and enforce HSE policies and protocols
- Automate routine operational tasks
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage
- Parental leave
- Retirement plans
- Relocation support
- Wellness programs
- Meal allowances
- Transportation allowances