Microsoft
Global Datacenter Engineering Senior Director, Operations Engineering
$166K–$331K
Redmond, WA +4 · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Nov 3, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Atlanta, GA
Phoenix, AZ
San Antonio, TX
Washington, DC - Experience
- Required: 8+ years in specified fields or equivalent experience; 3+ years people management; 6+ years managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. Preferred: 15+ years in specified fields or equivalent experience; 6+ years people management; 10+ years managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads global operations engineering for datacenters, overseeing reliability, engineering standards, risk management, and major retrofit and modernization programs.
What you'll do
- Provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for global operational engineering, resolving complex engineering issues and mitigating operational risks.
- Lead retrofit, modernization, and asset replacement programs, including prioritization, business cases, risk management, and delivery governance.
- Lead and develop a distributed engineering team and partner across operations, design, construction, and executive groups.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree and 8+ years of experience in datacenter or critical environment mechanical engineering, product/technical program management, OR equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of people management experience.
- 6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- Professional Engineer (PE) registration or equivalent professional certification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- Experience managing large-scale retrofit, modernization, or infrastructure renewal programs.
Pay
USD $165,600 - $296,400 per year (base salary); USD $220,800 - $331,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
building electrical systems, power distribution, lighting, grounding, fire alarm, security, life safety, controls systems
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