Senior Data Center Ops Lead — Build-Out & Global Infra

Namespace; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Flexible hours

Parental leave

Job summary

Namespace is seeking a Senior Data Center Operations Lead to own the end-to-end build-out of our US footprint, including power, cooling, racks, and network. You will partner with infrastructure engineers across the US and Europe to translate capacity plans into live, scalable data center operations.

You will manage hardware procurement, vendor relationships, and on-site runbooks, ensuring reliability and timely delivery while maintaining high standards for uptime and efficiency.

Qualifications

• HHands-on experience building out or operating data centers or large-scale bare metal fleets.
• Deep knowledge of power distribution, cooling, high-density racks, and high-speed networking.
• Experience deploying hardware at scale with colos, contractors, and vendors.
• Proficiency with Linux and MacOS.
• Clear communication and ownership across time zones.
• Based near Ashburn, Virginia.

Responsibilities

• Own the data center build-out and expansion from site selection to go-live.
• Work through power budgets, cooling, and density with providers.
• Deploy and maintain racks: compute, memory, storage servers.
• Collaborate with engineers on rack design, network capacity, peering.
• Manage procurement, delivery, logistics, and run day-to-day site ops.
• Coordinate with Europe team and leadership on timelines.

Skills

Data center build-out

Bare metal fleets

Power distribution

Cooling

Networking

Linux

MacOS

Cross-timezone collaboration

Vendor management

Job description

Namespace is seeking a Senior Data Center Operations Lead to own the end-to-end build-out of our US footprint, including power, cooling, racks, and network. You will partner with infrastructure engineers across the US and Europe to translate capacity plans into live, scalable data center operations.

You will manage hardware procurement, vendor relationships, and on-site runbooks, ensuring reliability and timely delivery while maintaining high standards for uptime and efficiency.