Data Center Operations Manager (AI Cloud)

Location: On-site in Riga, Latvia

Salary: €38,000–€46,000 gross annually

Company

hirify.global is building a full-stack AI cloud spanning data centers, hardware, and a cloud platform for AI teams.

What you will do

• Lead, support, and develop a shift-based team of data-center technicians.
• Organize shift coverage, priorities, handovers, and daily site operations.
• Own the complete hardware lifecycle, including receiving, inventory, deployment, break/fix, replacement, relocation, RMAs, and decommissioning.
• Coordinate rack-and-stack work, component replacement, copper and fiber cabling, link-level troubleshooting, cluster deployments, capacity expansions, and hardware refreshes.
• Lead on-site responses to hardware and connectivity incidents while maintaining documentation, escalation paths, runbooks, and safety practices.
• Manage facility-provider communications and recruit, onboard, coach, and performance-manage technicians as the operation grows.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in data-center operations or a comparable critical-infrastructure environment.
• Experience leading shift-based technical teams and working with server hardware, rack-and-stack, component replacement, and structured cabling.
• Working knowledge of copper and fiber installation, optics, and link-level troubleshooting.
• Experience managing hardware deployments, incidents, inventory, and operational priorities.
• Strong people-management, operational judgment, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Professional fluency in English and fluency in Latvian are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with high-density GPU infrastructure or NVIDIA Ampere, Hopper, or Blackwell platforms.
• Experience with liquid cooling, including direct-to-chip cooling loops.
• Experience leading cluster deployments, data-hall expansions, or large hardware refreshes.
• Experience establishing new sites, building technician teams, or creating procedures from the ground up.
• Familiarity with colocation agreements, provider escalations, and operational performance reviews.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, permanent employment with cash and equity compensation.
• Local benefits and an on-site role in Riga.
• Work alongside engineers, researchers, and partners across the global AI ecosystem.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide leadership during urgent incidents when required.
• Work in a fast-growing environment with opportunities to shape the site and technician team.