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title: "Head of Data Center Design"
company: "OnHires"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/onhires"
url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/onhires-head-of-data-center-design-8c4e7df0-af07-43ba-abed-685bbf22dc11"
apply_url: "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/onhires/d57eb4fa-a209-46ca-b8b6-652d5803a454"
workplace: remote
location: "Ukraine"
remote_scope: "Ukraine"
employment_type: full-time
seniority: vp
role: devops-infrastructure
region: europe
date_posted: 2026-08-25T08:09:58.715Z
first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-15T16:21:15.123Z
---

# Head of Data Center Design

**OnHires** · Ukraine

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## About OnHires

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## About the role

### Head of Data Center Design

#### About the role

We are hiring a **Head of Data Center Design** for our client — a company building a **large-scale AI data center** (with a planned capacity of **300 MW**) in Poland, on a site currently undergoing active reconstruction into modern technological infrastructure. The first phase, with a capacity of 50 MW, is planned to go live this year.

#### Role description

The Head of Data Center Design owns the **overall technical design and architecture** of the company's data centers, from initial site feasibility through approved engineering drawings. This role defines the technical vision — **modular POD architecture, cooling strategy (including DLC), power topology**, and reliability targets — and ensures that every design decision, from equipment selection to construction execution, stays aligned with that vision and meets company requirements. This is a **hands-on technical authority role** — the person must personally own decisions on power, cooling/DLC, and overall critical-infrastructure architecture, not just manage the design process.

#### Responsibilities

- Own the overall technical design and architecture of the data centers

- Define and maintain the Basis of Design: modular POD architecture, cooling strategy, power topology, fire suppression, networking

- Set design standards for IT deployment (rack layout, containerization, CDU placement)

- Lead design reviews and approve engineering drawings across disciplines (electrical, mechanical, structural, fire, networking)

- Own PUE, capacity, and reliability targets at the design stage

- Coordinate with equipment and technology partners on specs and integration requirements

- Work with implementation teams to ensure construction execution matches approved design intent

- Evaluate and approve design changes for technical impact (cooling, power, capacity, redundancy)

- Lead site selection technical criteria and feasibility studies (power availability, grid connection, cooling options)

#### Required experience

- 5+ years of experience in hyperscale/modern data center design, with direct, current or recent ownership of multidisciplinary DC design across mechanical, cooling/DLC, and high-density GPU infrastructure — 3+ years in a design leadership role

- Demonstrated ownership of Basis of Design documentation for large-scale, modern data center facilities

- Strong hands-on technical expertise in power topology and cooling strategy, including DLC — this must be personal technical authority, not delegated/coordinated through others

- Experience with high-density GPU/HPC compute environments and modular/POD-based deployment architectures

- Track record of leading multidisciplinary design reviews and approving engineering drawings across trades

- English proficiency sufficient for international technical documentation and stakeholder communication

#### Nice to Have

- Tier III/IV certification (Uptime Institute), or direct experience with certification processes

- Experience with NVIDIA GB200/GB300 or equivalent high-density GPU cluster infrastructure

- Background spanning both design and construction execution phases

- Experience with EU regulatory frameworks for power, environmental, and building compliance

- Fire suppression and structural loading design experience (beyond coordination level)

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