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IT Leadership

Provides strategic leadership and management for IT teams and technology operations.

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Head of ITHead of Corporate Engineering
33open jobs
13companies hiring
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Skills

What companies are looking for in this role.

$ skills --core

Leading and managing technical teams across multiple levels (L1, L2, L3 support engineers)

95%

Managing IT infrastructure support operations including hardware troubleshooting and resolution

92%

Establishing and enforcing key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level agreements (SLAs)

90%

Overseeing data center IT infrastructure maintenance and operations

88%

Leading incident management and acting as escalation point for critical production events

87%

Managing hardware asset lifecycle including procurement, deployment, and return merchandise authorization

85%

Directing regional IT operations strategy and establishing operational standards across multiple sites

83%

Planning and executing IT infrastructure projects including installation, upgrading, and system decommissioning

82%

Developing technical documentation and runbooks for hardware configuration and troubleshooting

78%
$ skills --emerging

Managing GPU cluster infrastructure and accelerated compute workload operations

85%

Driving root-cause analysis and converting recurring infrastructure failures into architectural improvements

72%

Implementing enterprise-grade support frameworks for bare-metal and specialized compute customers

68%

Leading advanced troubleshooting for Linux, firmware, and hardware-level infrastructure issues

65%

Designing and implementing cloud infrastructure provisioning and infrastructure-as-code practices

62%

Establishing problem management practices and formal incident command structures

60%
$ skills --soft

Coordinating cross-functional collaboration between data center operations, R&D engineering, and ODM partners

88%

Mentoring and developing technical team members to drive career progression and operational maturity

85%

Driving operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives across technical teams

83%

Building standardized processes and best practices across distributed regional teams

80%

Communicating technical strategy and operational goals to cross-functional business stakeholders

75%

Managing vendor relationships and external contractor coordination for technical support

72%

Balancing hands-on technical work with strategic leadership and process management

70%
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Technology

The tools and technologies that define this role.

$ tech --platform
GPU clustersvery high
Cloud infrastructure platformshigh
ERP systemsmoderate
Jiramoderate
Linuxmoderate
ServiceNowmoderate
Confluencelow
GitHublow
Kuberneteslow
$ tech --concept
Data center operationsvery high
Server hardwarevery high
Firmwarehigh
HPC (High-Performance Computing)high
Network infrastructurehigh
Rack infrastructurehigh
Identity and Access Managementmoderate
Infrastructure-as-Codemoderate
FedRAMPlow
PCI DSSlow
SOXlow
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Open Jobs

33 open IT Leadership jobs across 13 companies.

Cerebras Systems3d
IT SRE Team Lead
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India·Infrastructure & IT
Cerebras Systems3d
Head of IT
Sunnyvale, CA·Infrastructure & IT
Figma3d
Director, IT
San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States·Infrastructure & IT
OpenAI5d
Senior Manager, IT (Financial Risk Management)
San Francisco·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Data Center IT Manager
Kansas City, Missouri, United States·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Data Center IT Manager - Tulsa, OK
Oklahoma, United States·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Data Center IT Support Manager
Mäntsälä, Finland·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Regional Operational Director - Data Centers
United States·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Data Center IT Support Manager (Longcross)
London, United Kingdom·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Regional IT Operations Manager - Data Centers
Amsterdam, Netherlands·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Data Center IT Manager
Madrid, Spain·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Data Center IT Manager
Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, France·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Data Center IT Manager
Minnesota, United States·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Data Center IT Support Manager
Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, France·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Data Center IT Manager - Masmiya
Israel·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
L3 Support Team Lead
Amsterdam, Netherlands·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius1w
Data Center IT Manager
Mäntsälä, Finland·Infrastructure & IT
Nscale1w
Enterprise Architect (Systems integration)
London·Infrastructure & IT
Databricks2w
Head of Corporate Engineering
San Francisco, California·Infrastructure & IT
Nebius2w
IT Support Manager
Minnesota, United States·Infrastructure & IT