Data Center Lead

We’re hiring a Data Center Lead for a global technology business running high-performance, latency-sensitive infrastructure at scale.

You’ll lead the European Data Center Engineering team while staying hands-on with the environment - from colo builds, hardware deployments and capacity expansion to rack-level infrastructure, structured cabling and complex migrations. You’ll work closely with Network, Linux and Platform Engineering, taking ownership of the physical infrastructure everything else runs on.

What You'll Do:

• Lead and develop a team of Data Center Engineers across Europe.
• Drive colo builds, migrations, capacity expansions and hardware lifecycle programmes.
• Stay hands-on with deployments, troubleshooting and complex infrastructure changes.
• Oversee racks, servers, fibre/copper cabling, power, cooling and physical connectivity.
• Work closely with Network, Linux and Platform teams on production infrastructure.
• Improve engineering standards, tooling and operational processes across sites.
• Own regional priorities and coordinate vendors, colocation partners and global engineering teams.

What we're looking for

• Strong data center / physical infrastructure experience.
• Experience delivering complex infrastructure projects end-to-end.
• Solid knowledge of server hardware, racks, structured cabling, fibre/copper, networking, power and cooling.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers.
• Strong technical judgement and a willingness to get into the detail.
• Comfortable in environments where performance, resilience and reliability are critical.

Are you ready for a new challenge? We'd love to hear from you.

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