Head of Data Center Deployment & Infrastructure - Hybrid UK

Ntirety, Inc.; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

11:11 Systems seeks an experienced Manager, Infrastructure Deployment in the United Kingdom to lead planning, coordination, and execution across a global data center footprint. You will own deployment governance, team capability, and operational readiness while coordinating with Data Center Infrastructure, Procurement, Cloud Infrastructure, and vendors.

The role requires strong people leadership, deep data center knowledge, and the ability to drive clarity and accountability across distributed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT, engineering, project management, data center operations or related field.
• 5+ years in infrastructure deployment/data center operations/technical project delivery.
• 2+ years in leading or managing technical teams.
• Strong knowledge of physical infrastructure deployment (compute, storage, network, rack-and-stack).
• Experience with BOMs, readiness checks, project schedules, and delivery documentation.
• Preferred: virtualization/converged infra (VMware vSphere/VCF) and DCIM tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Infrastructure Deployment team, setting priorities and coaching team members.
• Oversee delivery of dedicated private cloud infrastructure hardware from requirements to provisioning and handoff.
• Validate BOM accuracy for compute, storage, and network platforms before deployment.
• Drive repeatable, tooling-supported deployment with minimal manual build effort.
• Coordinate deployment across US, EMEA, and APAC with overlapping regional schedules.
• Own deployment projects from planning through kickoff, procurement, site readiness, installation, provisioning, validation, and closeout.
• Coordinate requirements across Data Center Infrastructure, Procurement, Cloud Infrastructure, and Operations.
• Manage risks, issues, and dependencies to keep deployments on schedule and within standards.
• Review and approve deployment plans, BOMs, rack elevations, and handoff materials.
• Ensure readiness of DC resources and accurate DCIM data.
• Establish deployment standards, metrics, and opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.
• Partner with stakeholders to communicate status and resolve escalations for high-quality outcomes.
• Support major site deployments and some travel as needed.
• Manage power/capacity risk across data centers and monitor utilization.

Skills

People leadership

Data center knowledge

Project management

Vendor coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Scripting (PowerShell/Python/Ansible)

VMware vSphere / VCF

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT/engineering/PM/data center operations

Tools

NetBox

Nlyte

VMware vSphere

Cisco UCS

Job description

11:11 Systems seeks an experienced Manager, Infrastructure Deployment in the United Kingdom to lead planning, coordination, and execution across a global data center footprint. You will own deployment governance, team capability, and operational readiness while coordinating with Data Center Infrastructure, Procurement, Cloud Infrastructure, and vendors.

The role requires strong people leadership, deep data center knowledge, and the ability to drive clarity and accountability across distributed