Data Center Operations Manager - Liverpool
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Wirral, GB
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Operations
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- Experience operating high-density GPU infrastructure or hands-on exposure to enterprise GPU platforms based on NVIDIA Ampere, Hopper or Blackwell generations.
- Experience with liquid cooling, including direct-to-chip liquid cooling loops.
- Experience leading cluster deployments, data-hall expansions or large hardware refresh projects.
- Experience establishing a new site, building a technician team or creating operational procedures from the ground up.
- Experience working across both large, structured organisations and fast-growing or less-defined environments.
- Familiarity with colocation service agreements, provider escalation procedures and operational performance reviews.
Full description
At Verda, we're building a full-stack AI cloud, covering everything from data centers and hardware to our own cloud platform that the world's leading AI teams use to do serious AI work.
We strive to make a positive mark on the world through the infrastructure we build and give leading teams a service they can truly depend on. Headquartered in Helsinki, we operate globally with offices in London and San Francisco.
Join Verda while it’s still being built - not once it’s finished.
Why Verda
- Cash and equity compensation along with various fringe benefits.
- Profitable operations with rapid, sustained growth.
- 40+ nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team.
- A real chance to make an impact and work alongside world class engineers, researchers, and partners across the global AI ecosystem.
Practicalities
- Work mode: On-site in Liverpool, UK
- Level: Manager
- Employment type: Full time and permanent
- Work permit: Please note that we don't currently have visa sponsorship available, and require an existing right to work in the UK.
About the role
Verda operates high-density GPU infrastructure across its data center sites, and we are looking for a hands-on Data Center Operations Manager to lead our shift-based technician team and take ownership of day-to-day site operations and the complete hardware lifecycle. You will maintain high operational standards across deployments, break/fix, cabling, inventory and incident response, while planning future installations, upgrades and build-outs as the site grows. You will also build strong working relationships with our facility partners, ensuring that issues affecting Verda’s infrastructure are communicated, escalated and resolved effectively. And as the site scales, you may be the one hiring and growing the team around you.
Your responsibilities
- Lead, support and develop a shift-based team of Data Center Technicians.
- Organise shift coverage, workload, priorities, handovers and daily operational activities.
- Take ownership of Verda’s hardware lifecycle, including receiving, inventory, deployment, break/fix, replacement, relocation, RMAs and decommissioning.
- Ensure rack-and-stack, component replacement, copper and fibre cabling, and link-level troubleshooting are completed safely and to a high standard.
- Coordinate cluster deployments, capacity expansions, hardware refreshes and other on-site projects.
- Lead the on-site response to hardware and connectivity incidents, ensuring clear documentation, escalation and communication.