Senior GPU Data Centre Deployment Lead

NexGen Cloud Ltd.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus

Wellbeing benefits

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Enhanced pension scheme

Remote-first with travel

Job summary

NexGen Cloud Ltd. seeks a Data Centre Deployment Lead to own site-level decisions, leading a small team of Deployment Engineers across international builds. You will drive planning, cabling, racking and handover to Operations, ensuring standards are met and issues are resolved on site.

Expect 50% international travel and a remote-first approach between sites. You will shape deployment processes, collaborate with network and procurement teams, and mentor engineers for growth.

Qualifications

• Essential: Experience leading a deployment team on site with clear authority.
• Essential: Advanced structured and fibre cabling experience including planning and QC.
• Essential: Experience creating and reviewing BOMs against space, power and interop.
• Essential: Strong data centre deployment background with networking and server hardware knowledge.
• Essential: Willingness to travel internationally ~50% and fluent English in reporting.
• Nice to Have: GPU/HPC cluster build experience and scripting (e.g., Python).

Responsibilities

• Own each site as onsite decision-maker, directing Deployment Engineers and contractors.
• Collaborate with Network Engineering, Procurement, and Data Centre Operations to hand over builds.
• Validate design plans and BOMs before hardware arrives; verify space, power, cooling, weight, interop.
• Produce fibre cabling designs with length estimates and QC cable paths.
• Oversee racking/installation of GPU servers and network gear; ensure cutover meets criteria.
• Define and enforce deployment standards per region and hand over complete docs.
• Lead post-deployment reviews and mentor engineers to take on more responsibility.

Skills

Team leadership

Structured cabling

BOM verification

Standards & documentation

English fluency

Job description

NexGen Cloud Ltd. seeks a Data Centre Deployment Lead to own site-level decisions, leading a small team of Deployment Engineers across international builds. You will drive planning, cabling, racking and handover to Operations, ensuring standards are met and issues are resolved on site.

Expect 50% international travel and a remote-first approach between sites. You will shape deployment processes, collaborate with network and procurement teams, and mentor engineers for growth.