Delfina Eberly

Delfina Eberly

Director of Data Center Operations


Facebook

Menlo Park, CA USA


When I get a little voice that says, 'I'm not sure how to do that,' that's when I try to lean in the most. That's when I'm going to learn the most; that's when something is going to change.

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By Roadtrip Nation

Delfina Eberly

Milestones

My road in life has been direct.
Came from a large Mexican family, is a first-generation American.
Grew up in a working-class neighborhood; her father was a farm laborer.
Said the whole time she was in school, she was "waiting for life to start; needed to check that box and move on."
Randomly got a part-time job in the computer room of a local bank.
Realized that while most were shying away from new technology, she was really "leaning into it."
Once she took a job, she put her all into it; did everything she could to learn about her job, stayed late, came in early.
Was consistently in leadership roles because she liked the human-to-human aspect of her jobs more than sitting behind a computer coding.
Encourages students interested in the tech industry to explore different roles; not everything is programming.
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Career

Director of Data Center Operations

I run the data center operations team, responsible for worldwide installation and maintenance of Facebook’s networks.

Career Roadmap

Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Business
Technology
Problem Solving

Hurdles

Challenges I Overcame

First-Generation Immigrant

Interviewed By

Embracing Change

Embracing Change

In Hollywood, the Roadtrippers interview Dr. Valerie Weiss, who abandoned her Ph.D in Biophysics to make films. Later, at Facebook headquarters, the team meets Director of Data Operations Delfina Eberly before embarking on a zipline tour through Redwoods at the Mount Hermon Outdoor Science School.