Global Data Center Build & Operations Lead

Wwshemi; Virginia; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Stock options

Market-leading parental leave

Job summary

Namespace Labs in the United States is seeking a Senior Data Center Operations Lead to own the physical build-out—from site selection to go-live and steady-state operations—and to manage power, cooling, racks, and vendors. You will partner with engineers across Europe and the US, ensuring reliable capacity and on-time delivery.

You will oversee data center operations, procurement, and runbooks, and play a pivotal role in setting US footprint standards and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• HHands-on experience building or operating data centers or large bare metal fleets.
• Solid understanding of power distribution, cooling, high-density racks, and high-speed networking.
• Experience deploying hardware at scale and managing colo contracts and vendors.
• Proficient with Linux and MacOS.
• Clear communication and ownership across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Own data center build-out from site selection to go-live and steady state.
• Manage power budgets, cooling, and density with providers.
• Deploy and maintain racks and cabling for compute/memory/storage.
• Collaborate with engineers on rack design and network capacity.
• Procure hardware, manage delivery/logistics, run site daily with runbooks.
• Manage vendors and SLAs; enforce high standards.
• Bridge site, Europe, and leadership, keeping timelines and risks visible.

Skills

Data center ops

Bare metal

Linux

MacOS

Vendor management

Cross-timezone comms

Tools

Colocation management tools

Network capacity planning tools

Job description

Namespace Labs in the United States is seeking a Senior Data Center Operations Lead to own the physical build-out—from site selection to go-live and steady-state operations—and to manage power, cooling, racks, and vendors. You will partner with engineers across Europe and the US, ensuring reliable capacity and on-time delivery.

You will oversee data center operations, procurement, and runbooks, and play a pivotal role in setting US footprint standards and cross-team collaboration.