Director of Infrastructure

Cologix • Columbus, OH

22h • Onsite

About The Position

Cologix is seeking a Director of Infrastructure to lead the design, scaling, and governance of critical electrical and mechanical systems across its data center platform. This enterprise-level role focuses on setting standards for redundancy, capacity, safety, and infrastructure risk, ensuring consistency, resilience, and long-term intent in operations. The ideal candidate will have experience leading in mission-critical environments and a desire to shape infrastructure governance rather than just operations, owning the strategy behind mission-critical infrastructure at scale.

Requirements

• You’ve led mission-critical infrastructure in data centers or similar environments
• You understand redundancy, capacity, and reliability at a systems level—not just component level
• You’re comfortable owning standards, risk decisions, and long-term direction
• You make sound calls under pressure and can balance uptime, cost, and growth
• You know how to influence across teams without creating confusion in ownership
• 10+ years in mission-critical facilities, data centers, or similar environments
• 5+ years in leadership roles with multi-site or enterprise scope
• Strong knowledge of electrical and mechanical infrastructure (UPS, generators, cooling, etc.)
• Experience with capacity planning, infrastructure standards, and vendor management
• Solid understanding of safety, compliance, and risk in critical environments
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical teams and executive stakeholders
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or transfer sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern enterprise infrastructure strategy, standards, and long-term direction for electrical and mechanical systems across data center locations
• Define redundancy philosophy, reliability targets, maintenance standards, and infrastructure risk posture to ensure consistency across sites
• Own infrastructure lifecycle and capacity planning, including refresh cycles, load assumptions, margin policies, and expansion sequencing to support sustainable growth
• Lead enterprise vendor governance and performance for critical infrastructure providers, including OEM relationships and service standards
• Establish safety, compliance, and energy efficiency frameworks, ensuring alignment with reliability, sustainability, and regulatory requirements
• Provide final approval for major infrastructure decisions, including customer solutions, high-density deployments, and non-standard configurations
• Partner cross-functionally and review systemic risks and performance trends to drive enterprise alignment and corrective action
• Engage, when required, in service assurance/outage mitigation process as an escalation point

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director