Data Center Manager - Infrastructure Platform

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Riot Games was founded in 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill with the intent to change the way video games are made and supported for players. In 2009, Riot released its debut title League of Legends to worldwide acclaim. The game has since gone on to become the most played PC game in the world and a key driver of the explosive growth of esports. Players are the foundation of our community and it’s for them we continue to evolve and improve the League of Legends experience. Riot Games is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA and has 23 offices worldwide.

As a Data Center Manager on the Infrastructure Platform team, you will be our operations and logistics captain: setting up strategy and leading the team that will maintain and operate Riot’s high-speed online gaming infrastructure.

You demonstrate applying best practices and standards in the management of physical data centers and consuming public cloud infrastructure at scale. Your goal is to apply your experience to optimize the player experience for the millions of currently active players, as well as to pave the road for future games. This involves architecting, deploying, and managing data centers.

Data Center Managers on the Infrastructure Platform team are responsible for the full life-cycle of operations of Riot’s data centers within a specified region. In addition, you will also lead a small group of Data Center Technicians and vendors. You will work alongside a passionate team of software and infrastructure engineers. We combine strong expertise in networking, systems, and DevOps. Our aim is to automate and improve the way we store, process, and distribute data for our ever expanding player base.

Responsibilities:

  • Planning, hardware installation and configuration, optimization, operations, and ongoing maintenance of the data center
  • Engage with vendors to handle purchasing, contract negotiations, and global logistics of data centers
  • Capacity planning and continual assessments for process improvement to ensure that processes are well-documented and scalable
  • End to end management of data center projects including building new ones, decommission old ones, and life cycle management in between
  • Financial stewardship across the data centers in the region including working with other teams to create and maintain operation cost models
  • Monitor ongoing practices to ensure consistency with policies, compliance regulations and control requirements
  • Select, evaluate, and lead the performance of technicians

Desired Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of industry experience
  • Experience leading infrastructure in multiple geographic locations
  • Experience working with DevOps and Agile/Scrum teams
  • Experience in international logistics, including procurement, shipping, receiving, and customs
  • Experience with cooling and Power Systems for medium size data centers
  • Experience managing projects at the scope of millions of dollars
  • Experience creating and working with financial models
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skill for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and ambiguity

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and members of Riot Games, Inc. Riot Games makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled Rioters and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance relating to an applicant's criminal history (LAMC 189.00).

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12333 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064

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