Cable Landing Site Operations Lead

Minimum qualifications:

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 9 years of experience in operational team management, within a cable landing station (CLS), or mission-critical technical facility environment.
• Ability to lift and move 50 lbs of equipment, and work on platforms, ladders, and under raised floors.
• Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.
• A valid Florida driver’s licence.

Preferred qualifications:

• 10 years of experience in operational leadership and engineering management, overseeing high-reliability infrastructure.
• Experience maintaining critical power, cooling, and optical network assets (e.g., UPS, backup generators, PFE, SLTE).
• Experience in spares custody, end-to-end inventory lifecycle management, and mission-critical asset reliability (MTTR/MTBF).
• Ability to manage third-party vendor contracts, SLAs, and commercial facilities management (FM) agreements.

About the job

GSN is part of Global Infrastructure and Energy (go/gie), and ultimately a part of Google Global Infrastructure (go/ggi) and AI2 (go/ai2).

At a broad level, GSN will create and manage Google's international submarine transport networks. The gCLS Operate Team is tasked with running our Cable Landing Stations around the globe.

Responsibilities

• Oversee direct local operations across the Cable Landing Station (CLS), fronthaul, and outside plant (OSP), holding third-party providers strictly to SLAs while driving rapid MTTR and long-term asset reliability (MTBF).
• Enforce technical guidelines, SOPs, access controls, and EHS/environmental policies, executing audits and contractor background checks to maintain audit-ready facilities.
• Maintain direct custody of critical spares, consumables, warranties, and specialized test equipment, managing end-to-end inventory tracking and timely replenishment.
• Supervise facilities management (FM) contracts, power systems (UPS, generators, PFE), cooling, and transmission assets (SLTE) through strict preventative maintenance and continuous security oversight.
• Travel separately and at short notice between operational locations to manage urgent incidents, including safely transporting specialized equipment and tools to sites inaccessible by public transit.