IT Facilities Manager

IT Facilities Manager

Job

Location:

Kennesaw, Georgia

Full/Part Time:
Full Time

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Ensures the stability, security, and operational integrity of Kennesaw State University's physical IT environments, including data centers, server rooms, and MDF/IDF spaces. Oversees critical infrastructure systems such as power, HVAC, fire suppression, structured cabling, and environmental monitoring to maintain reliable, well organized, and compliant IT facilities.

• Maintain the security, cleanliness, stability, and operational readiness of data centers, server rooms, and MDF/IDF environments.
• Oversee the lifecycle of critical infrastructure systems, including HVAC, electrical power systems, fire suppression, and environmental monitoring.
• Ensure accurate installation, labeling, documentation, and maintenance of physical infrastructure components according to university and industry standards.
• Maintain inventory, rack diagrams, power path documentation, cabling records, and physical layout documentation.
• Monitor and plan for capacity involving power, cooling, and physical space to support current operations and future growth.
• Oversee structured cabling systems, ensuring adherence to TIA/EIA standards, proper labeling, and documentation quality.
• Serve as the primary liaison between IT, Facilities, contractors, and external vendors for maintenance, testing, and coordination of building systems supporting IT operations.
• Manage physical access controls for IT environments, including auditing access rights and supporting access technologies such as keycard systems and video monitoring.
• Coordinate infrastructure work performed by networking, server and storage, and other technical teams to ensure adherence to standards, proper racking/stacking, cable management, inspections, and change control.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce standard operating procedures (SOPs), infrastructure standards, and best practices, and support team training and compliance.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education in information technology, engineering, facilities management, related discipline, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience.

Required Experience

• Five (5) years of experience in IT infrastructure, data center operations, or facilities-related IT management.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• BICSI certifications such as RCDD or Technician (TECH).

• Data center infrastructure certifications such as CDCTP or CDCMP.

Preferred Educational Qualifications

• Advanced degree from an accredited institution of higher education in a related field.

Preferred Experience

• Experience working with DCIM platforms, CAD tools, or infrastructure modeling software.

• Demonstrated experience developing and enforcing physical infrastructure standards across distributed IT environments.

Abilities

• Able to create, update, and enforce infrastructure documentation and standards.

• Able to handle multiple tasks or projects at one time, meeting assigned deadlines.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems supporting IT, including single and three phase power, UPS systems, load balancing, generators, transfer switches, breakers, and PDUs.

• Strong understanding of structured cabling standards, pathway design, labeling protocols, and best practices in cable management.

• Experience managing enterprise data centers, MDF/IDF rooms, or other mission critical physical IT environments.

• Experience coordinating with Facilities teams for HVAC, electrical systems, fire suppression, and access control support.

• Experience implementing or managing environmental monitoring systems (temperature, humidity, power usage, etc.).

• Hands‑on experience with rack elevation planning, documentation tools such as Visio, CAD, or DCIM platforms, and asset management systems.

• Knowledge of physical security practices for IT spaces, including keycard access, video surveillance, and access audits.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal, initiative, teamwork, problem solving, independent judgment,…