Description

Salary Range: $137,075-$182,767

Close Date: 6/19/2025

About Us

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, headquartered in Dallas, is a regulated electricity transmission and distribution business that uses superior asset management skills to provide reliable electricity delivery to consumers. Oncor (together with its subsidiaries) operates the largest transmission and distribution system in Texas, delivering power to nearly 4 million homes and businesses and operating more than 143,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines in Texas.

Summary

As a Data Center Operations Sr. Manager at Oncor, you will be responsible for developing and implementing the appropriate procedures and tools to enable the efficient delivery of computing capabilities. This role will be responsible for implementing and managing deployment and management solutions within the Oncor Data Centers. This role will be responsible for all technologies in the Oncor Data Centers (Power, Racks, Cooling, Storage, and Compute Platforms). Additionally, this position is responsible for managing the development and adoption of these technologies by our supplier partners. Must have experience in Dev/Ops operational models and execution.

This position is a hybrid work environment with at least 3+ days in the office based at our Woodall Rodgers – Dallas, TX location.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead the teams responsible for the delivery (both build and run) of the Data Center environments as well as the technical infrastructure for the Data Center environment.

• Lead the management and maintenance of storage solutions (such as NetApp, Infinidat etc.) in an active environment.

• Lead the continual development and maintenance of best practices for Data Center technologies in collaboration with Architects and third parties.

• Collaborates with appropriate technical teams to maintain good operational limits on technology systems by providing appropriate data related to the physical Data Center.

• Actively leads teams and collaborates with Tower leads, technical leads, individual contributors, and other leaders in the organization to effect delivery of technical systems.

• Develops and maintains technical documents of systems and environment connectivity (Fiber paths, electrical, etc).

• Ensures reliable Data Center Operational Standards are met or exceeded.

• Prepares strategic plans and budgets for overall enhancements and investment to maintain operational readiness.

• Manages costs within budgeted guidelines for the team(s).

• Coaches, mentors, motivates and supervises new team leads, team members and contractors, and influences them to take positive action and accountability for assigned work.

• Builds, implements, and participates in the strategy to attract, manage, and develop top workforce talent for the technology team.

• Establishes and maintains relationships with various Oncor workgroups as well as internal and external stakeholders for risk/issue management.

• Other duties that may be assigned.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to network effectively across the organization.

• Be a champion for pushing technology standards, procedures, policies, and best practices to the team.

• Demonstrated ability to work with leadership on priorities and the allocation of resources.

• Proven record of effective leadership. This includes the ability to balance team and individual responsibilities by building teams, and getting things done through others not directly under the leader's supervision by working ethically and with integrity.

• Ability to rapidly acquire new knowledge and skills and function under pressure.

• Familiarity with supporting capabilities or product lines.

• Working knowledge of cloud management platforms and Data Center Technologies.

• Demonstrates effective analytical, critical thinking, data-driven mindset and creative problem-solving skills.

• Knowledge and experience with storage solutions and storage trends – including the ability to effectively manage and maintain such systems in an active environment.

• Knowledge and Experience with large scale, virtualized computing platforms and the management systems (Red Hat, Nutanix, VM Ware).

• Experience working in an Agile and Dev Ops environment is strongly encouraged to apply.

• Automation, Orchestration, Development or DevOps background is desired.

• Previous project/program management leadership experience with ability to lead in project management team environment; cross-functional experience desirable.

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent with 7+ years of experience in enterprise level IT with at least 5 of those years in technical infrastructure management for an enterprise with multiple Data Centers.

• Applicants with a bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, mathematics, information systems or computer science are encouraged to apply with 6+ years of experience in enterprise level IT with at least 4 of those years in technical infrastructure management for an enterprise with multiple Data Centers.

• Ability to become NERC CIP (North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection) certified is encouraged to apply.

• Candidates with Technical Certifications are encouraged to apply.

Measures of Success

• Meets delivery commitments.

• Leads technology adoption related to Data Center and environment provisioning and management technologies.

• Mentors and develops team members.

• Budgetary goals are met or exceeded.

• Service Level Agreements and team metrics related to Data Center and environment management are met or exceeded.

• Holds accountable the vendor delivery of services associated with Data Center per the vendor contract.

• Demonstrates a desire and willingness to continually increase their own knowledge and develop/grow skills and abilities.

• Successful leadership, influence, and maintained relationships with all stakeholders.

• Exhibition of critical thinking, collaboration, and respect that leads to problem resolution and higher-quality delivery.

• Ability to track, document, and communicate effectively on multiple programs and/or projects.

• Support in development, training, and adherence to internal processes and procedures.

Benefits

At Oncor, we offer a comprehensive set of benefits, compensation and performance management programs designed specifically to attract, retain, motivate and reward our high-performing workforce. Our supportive and inclusive culture allows every team member the opportunity to thrive and make a difference. We invest in our employee’s success and well-being by offering such things as:

• Annual incentive program.

• Competitive health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance).

• Ability to earn wellness incentives (up to $2,000 in 2025) and other wellbeing resources.

• 401k with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6%.

• 401k match with student debt program.

• Cash balance pension plan.

• Adoption Assistance.

• Mental health resources.

• Employee resource groups.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Competitive vacation, 10 company holidays and 2 personal holidays.

• Paid parental leave.

• Salary continuation for up to 6 months for approved employee illness or injury.

• Other perks such as commuter benefits, electric vehicle incentive program, appliance purchase plan.

Participation in benefit programs for employees in collective bargaining units is subject to the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

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