Data Center Operations Manager

Company Overview

Milestone Technologies is a global IT managed services firm that partners with organizations to scale their technology, infrastructure and services to drive specific business outcomes such as digital transformation, innovation, and operational agility. Milestone is focused on building an employee-first, performance-based culture and for over 25 years, we have a demonstrated history of supporting category-defining enterprise clients that are growing ahead of the market. The company specializes in providing solutions across Application Services and Consulting, Digital Product Engineering, Digital Workplace Services, Private Cloud Services, AI/Automation, and ServiceNow. Milestone culture is built to provide a collaborative, inclusive environment that supports employees and empowers them to reach their full potential.

Company Overview

Milestone Technologies is a global IT managed services firm that partners with organizations to scale their technology, infrastructure and services to drive specific business outcomes such as digital transformation, innovation, and operational agility. Milestone is focused on building an employee-first, performance-based culture and for over 25 years, we have a demonstrated history of supporting category-defining enterprise clients that are growing ahead of the market. The company specializes in providing solutions across Application Services and Consulting, Digital Product Engineering, Digital Workplace Services, Private Cloud Services, AI/Automation, and ServiceNow. Milestone culture is built to provide a collaborative, inclusive environment that supports employees and empowers them to reach their full potential.
Our seasoned professionals deliver services based on Milestone’s best practices and service delivery framework. By leveraging our vast knowledge base to execute initiatives, we deliver both short-term and long-term value to our clients and apply continuous service improvement to deliver transformational benefits to IT. With Intelligent Automation, Milestone helps businesses further accelerate their IT transformation. The result is a sharper focus on business objectives and a dramatic improvement in employee productivity. Through our key technology partnerships and our people-first approach, Milestone continues to deliver industry-leading innovation to our clients. With more than 3,000 employees serving over 200 companies worldwide, we are following our mission of revolutionizing the way IT is deployed.

Job Overview

About Milestone Technologies

Milestone Technologies is a global IT services and digital transformation company delivering managed services and professional solutions to many of the world's most innovative organizations. We are seeking an experienced Data Center Operations Manager to support one of our strategic AI infrastructure customers as they expand next-generation data center operations in Norway.

This role offers the opportunity to lead a local operations team supporting advanced AI infrastructure, mission-critical facilities, and high-performance computing (HPC) environments while partnering closely with customer engineering and operations teams.

Position Summary

The Data Center Operations Manager is a hands-on leadership position responsible for supporting the deployment, commissioning, and ongoing operation of a mission-critical AI data center.

Serving as Milestone's on-site operational leader, this individual provides day-to-day leadership for a team of technicians and engineers while remaining actively engaged in technical operations. The Operations Manager partners closely with customer engineering, facilities personnel, contractors, and vendors to help ensure reliable, safe, and efficient operation of critical infrastructure.

This role combines technical leadership, operational execution, employee development, and customer partnership to support one of the world's most advanced AI computing environments.

Employment Type

Permanent Full-Time (Norway)

This position is based in Gaupne, Norway, supporting long-term customer operations.

Employment will be provided in accordance with the Norwegian Working Environment Act (Arbeidsmiljøloven) and applicable company policies.

Professional proficiency in English is required. Norwegian language skills are considered beneficial but are not required.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership

• Lead the daily activities of Milestone's on-site data center operations team.
• Provide technical leadership while remaining actively involved in day-to-day operational activities.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for operational incidents involving Milestone personnel.
• Coordinate work assignments, priorities, and resource allocation across multiple operational activities.
• Foster a culture centered on safety, accountability, ope