[Hiring] Network Deployment Lead @NexGen Cloud

Role Description

NexGen Cloud's GPU deployment pipeline already has a Senior Deployment Lead covering the general on-site build — racking, cabling, containment, and handover into production. What's missing is the network-specific layer: getting switches deployed and configured, bringing external connectivity into a site through local carriers and fibre operators, and standing up the firewall perimeter. A GPU site can't go live or start billing until that's done.

You'll own that network layer directly, working alongside the Senior Deployment Lead rather than duplicating their remit — each of you owning a distinct piece of the same site builds. This is a role for someone who wants to be the named on-site contact for operators and contractors, with no layer above running that relationship on their behalf.

What You'll Be Doing

• Deploy and configure network switches as part of each data-centre build, working hands-on on-site rather than handing off to a separate implementation team.
• Establish external connectivity for each site by working directly with local network operators and fibre providers to bring circuits live.
• Run point on carrier and fibre provider relationships end-to-end, rather than consuming connectivity someone else has arranged.
• Deploy and configure firewalls as the site's network security perimeter, as part of the live build rather than policy authoring alone.
• Own the on-site relationship for network deployment work — the day-to-day point of contact for operators, fibre providers, and any network-focused contractors.
• Coordinate with the Senior Deployment Lead and Data Centre Operations so the network layer lands in step with the wider build.

Qualifications

• Hands-on data-centre network deployment experience — physically installing and configuring switches on site; design-only network architecture experience is not sufficient on its own.
• Direct experience establishing carrier or fibre connectivity — you've actually run point with local network operators or ISPs to get a circuit live, not just consumed connectivity someone else arranged.
• Firewall deployment and configuration experience as part of a live build, not policy authoring alone.
• Comfortable being the named on-site contact for external operators and contractors, without a layer above running that relationship.

Requirements

• Background as a network deployment engineer or lead at a neo-cloud or hyperscale data-centre operator (Nice to Have).
• Field engineering experience at an ISP or fibre network operator delivering last-mile or site connectivity (Nice to Have).
• Experience in a colo or enterprise data-centre network operations team handling switch and firewall installs (Nice to Have).

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual discretionary bonus scheme.
• Employee wellbeing benefits.
• 25 days of holiday, plus public holidays.
• Remote-first working, with the travel and flexibility this role requires.
• Real ownership and autonomy — a distinct layer of the build that's genuinely yours.
• The opportunity to make a visible, meaningful impact as we scale.
• Clear career progression and growth opportunities in a fast-growing company.
• A collaborative, international culture built on trust, transparency, and ownership.
• The chance to help shape NexGen Cloud's team, culture, and future alongside ambitious, mission-driven colleagues.