{"id":4114400,"url":"https://alion.io/job/verda-data-center-operations-manager-4","title":"Data Center Operations Manager","company":{"id":1932675,"name":"Verda","domain":"verda.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/verda-com","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":null},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Madrid, Spain"],"countries":["ES"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-05T06:02:50Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-05","last_verified_at":"2026-11-12T10:47:24Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":7,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":7},"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.\nWe 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.\nJoin Verda while it’s still being built - not once it’s finished.\nWhy Verda\nCash and equity compensation along with local benefits.\n\n40+ nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team.\n\nA real chance to make an impact and work alongside world class engineers, researchers, and partners across the global AI ecosystem.\n\nPracticalities\nWork mode: On-site in Madrid, Spain\n\nLevel: Manager\n\nEmployment type: Full-time and permanent\n\nAbout the role\nVerda 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.\nYour responsibilities\nLead, support and develop a shift-based team of Data Center Technicians.\n\nOrganise shift coverage, workload, priorities, handovers and daily operational activities.\n\nTake ownership of Verda’s hardware lifecycle, including receiving, inventory, deployment, break/fix, replacement, relocation, RMAs and decommissioning.\n\nEnsure rack-and-stack, component replacement, copper and fibre cabling, and link-level troubleshooting are completed safely and to a high standard.\n\nCoordinate cluster deployments, capacity expansions, hardware refreshes and other on-site projects.\n\nLead the on-site response to hardware and connectivity incidents, ensuring clear documentation, escalation and communication.\n\nBuild and improve operating procedures, runbooks, safety practices and escalation paths.\n\nMaintain accurate records covering assets, inventory, incidents, maintenance activities and completed work.\n\nRecruit, onboard, coach and performance-manage technicians as the operation grows.\n\nMonitor the provider’s communication regarding power, cooling, security and facility-related events, and assess the potential impact on Verda’s infrastructure.\n\nEscalate service, safety or operational concerns to the colocation provider and relevant Verda stakeholders.\n\nParticipate in an on-call rotation and provide leadership during urgent incidents outside normal working hours when required.\n\nYour key competencies\nWe are looking for an operationally strong people manager who understands physical data-center work and can lead a team in a fast-moving environment.\nHands-on experience in data-center operations or a comparable critical-infrastructure environment.\n\nExperience leading shift-based technical teams, with strong knowledge of server hardware, rack-and-stack, component replacement and structured cabling.\n\nWorking knowledge of copper and fibre installation, optics and link-level troubleshooting.\n\nExperience managing hardware deployments, incidents, inventory and operational priorities.\n\nStrong operational judgement, including knowing when to stop work, document the situation and escalate.\n\nComfortable operating in an ambiguous, fast-evolving environment, with the ability to establish clear processes across a broad scope of work.\n\nStrong people-management skills, including coaching, performance management, recruitment and team development.\n\nClear communication and stakeholder-management skills, with professional fluency in English - our internal working language and the language of daily contact with colleagues in Finland.\n\nNice to have\nExperience operating high-density GPU infrastructure or hands-on exposure to enterprise GPU platforms based on NVIDIA Ampere, Hopper or Blackwell generations.\n\nExperience with liquid cooling, including direct-to-chip liquid cooling loops.\n\nExperience leading cluster deployments, data-hall expansions or large hardware refresh projects.\n\nExperience establishing a new site, building a technician team or creating operational procedures from the ground up.\n\nExperience working across both large, structured organisations and fast-growing or less-defined environments.\n\nFamiliarity with colocation service agreements, provider escalation procedures and operational performance reviews.\n\nWhat's next\nWe're building fast and this role needs the right person behind it. There's no artificial deadline, but when we find who we're looking for, we move. If this sounds like your next move, apply now.\nPlease submit your application through our Careers page. 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