HPC Data Center Operational Lead

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage data center site teams across multiple HPC facilities, including recruiting, mentoring, and conducting performance reviews.
• Develop and enforce operational standards for power, cooling, cabling, and hardware lifecycles.
• Design and own preventative maintenance programs to minimize unplanned downtime.
• Serve as a subject matter authority on critical facility systems, including air and liquid cooling architectures.
• Own the end-to-end monitoring strategy and lead critical incident response and root cause analysis.
• Manage hardware break-fix functions for servers, GPUs, network equipment, and storage.
• Oversee inventory, spares management, capacity planning, and vendor relationships.
• Integrate AI tools into daily workflows to automate processes, analyze telemetry, and accelerate decision-making.

Requirements

• 7+ years of data center operations experience.
• 3+ years of team leadership experience in 24/7 critical infrastructure environments.
• In-depth knowledge of power distribution, redundancy architectures, and cooling technologies (air and liquid).
• Deep technical expertise in server hardware (GPUs, multi-socket platforms) and network switch hardware (Arista, Cisco).
• Strong proficiency in Linux systems, including OS-level troubleshooting and diagnostics.
• Solid understanding of networking protocols (L2/L3, BGP, OSPF, LACP, ECMP).
• Ability to travel regularly to various HPC data center sites.
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools in a professional setting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments.
• Programming or scripting experience, specifically with Python.
• Knowledge of industry standards such as ASHRAE and TIA-942.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field.

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Paid vacation and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness Programs

About the Company

Jump Trading Group is a global technology and trading firm that empowers exceptional talent in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science. We design, develop, and deploy cutting-edge technologies that power some of the most demanding computational workloads in the industry.