Senior Solutions Architect - Enterprise AI

Details

We are looking for a Senior Solution Network Architect to support the Enterprise Products team. This role requires passion and expertise in networking, compute hardware, storage, and cloud-native software to design scalable datacenter implementations for enterprise-grade AI systems. The role focuses on translating high-level goals into detailed specifications for platforms and datacenter architectures, developing and validating reference cluster designs, and building on-prem, cloud-ready solutions that interoperate across cloud service providers to enable hybrid enterprise AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own the creation of scalable datacenter solutions for enterprise AI/ML systems
• Craft detailed requirements for pioneering infrastructure patterns and datacenter-wide architectures
• Create and validate cluster designs, optimizing them for enterprise facilities
• Collaborate closely with experts in compute, software, and storage to drive innovation
• Lead multi-disciplinary projects addressing high-level goals and complex challenges
• Engineer on-premises cloud-native solutions that integrate with diverse cloud providers
• Serve as a pivotal subject-matter expert for compute and hardware architecture
• Demonstrate multidisciplinary understanding of Ethernet, InfiniBand, data center LAN, WAN, WiFi, and software-defined networks
• Conduct TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) analysis to optimize datacenter efficiency and cost-effectiveness

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 8-10+ years of hardware or infrastructure architecture experience
• Expertise in architecting cluster designs for on-prem cloud-native platforms
• Domain proficiency in advanced networking with emphasis on scalability, portability, security, and resilience
• Ability to evaluate diverse networks and research their behavior under varied workloads
• Deep understanding of cloud-native architecture concepts and practices for high availability, scalability, resilience, performance, and security in the compute domain
• Knowledge and application of networking patterns at chassis, rack, cluster, and data center levels when designing reference architectures
• Strong written and oral communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
• Technical leadership in designing clusters with emphasis on networking setup, network management solutions, network-specific security, and remote access technologies
• System-level thinking with a comprehensive grasp of network design and its impact on cluster reference designs

Ways to stand out

• Relevant vendor networking certifications (Cisco, Arista Cloud Engineer (ACE), Juniper Networks)
• Broader infrastructure expertise across compute, storage, platform sizing, and infrastructure cost reduction
• Demonstrated TCO analysis skills focused on datacenter architectures

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range by level:
  • Level 4: 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD
  • Level 5: 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD
• You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. (See NVIDIA benefits page for details.)

Additional details

• Location: Santa Clara, CA, United States
• Employment type: Full time
• Applications accepted at least until September 21, 2025

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.