APAC Data Center IT & GPU/HPC Operations Leader

Nebius Group; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career growth

Flexibility and ownership

Collaborative and innovative culture

Impactful AI projects

International environment

Job summary

Nebius seeks an experienced leader to own data center IT operations across APAC, overseeing Nebius-owned and colocation sites. You will manage GPU/HPC infrastructure, ensuring 24/7 support, asset management, and production changes.

Lead the regional operations organization, drive lifecycle processes, and coordinate with projects, vendors, and internal teams to meet demanding SLAs and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data center IT operations including hands-on infrastructure support.
• 5+ years leading managers across multiple sites or countries.
• Experience taking new data centers or clusters from build into operations.
• Deep operational knowledge of RMA, asset management and spare planning at scale.
• Familiarity with GPU/HPC infrastructure and its failure modes.
• Experience owning SLAs/OLAs and RACI between infrastructure teams; ITIL/ITSM grounding.
• Vendor and contract management with colocation providers, field-service vendors and OEMs.
• Fluent English; readiness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Define and run the support model per site: 24/7 L1/L2 on-site, L3, on-call coverage; escalation handling and RCAs.
• Own post-acceptance change management: upgrades, migrations, maintenance windows, decommissioning.
• Ensure availability and performance of compute, storage and network infrastructure in operation.
• Lead operational readiness for new DCs: staffing, access, tooling, monitoring, ticketing, spares, documentation.
• Define acceptance criteria and handover from Projects; sign off on acceptance into operations.
• Manage and optimize asset lifecycle: intake, CMDB accuracy, audits, decommissioning and e-waste.
• Set and report on SLAs/OLAs with internal and external teams; governance of vendors and OEMs.

Skills

Data center ops

Leadership

ITIL/ITSM

GPU/HPC infra

Vendor management

Travel readiness

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Nebius seeks an experienced leader to own data center IT operations across APAC, overseeing Nebius-owned and colocation sites. You will manage GPU/HPC infrastructure, ensuring 24/7 support, asset management, and production changes.

Lead the regional operations organization, drive lifecycle processes, and coordinate with projects, vendors, and internal teams to meet demanding SLAs and compliance standards.