Senior Principal Engineer - AI Senior Networking Solutions Architect

Dell; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 500,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer - AI Networking Solutions Architect in Abu Dhabi. The role involves designing, deploying, and supporting large-scale AI network infrastructure solutions for our clients, collaborating with Dell consultants, engineering teams, and client stakeholders to ensure technical excellence and customer satisfaction.

You will lead deployments, influence architecture, and deliver comprehensive documentation while acting as a trusted technical advisor

Qualifications

• Five or more years of IT/Networking experience in data centre environments.
• Proven design and deployment of large-scale AI network infrastructures.
• Strong networking knowledge across IP switching, routing, and DC technologies (L3).
• Experience with NVIDIA networking tech including InfiniBand and Ethernet.
• Familiarity with Cisco/Juniper or other vendor equipment.

Responsibilities

• Lead deployment and integration of AI network infrastructure solutions using NVIDIA and other technologies.
• Coordinate the activities of solution team members to meet contract obligations and SLAs.
• Identify issues early and drive resolution to avoid customer impact.
• Maintain clear communications with partners and cross-functional teams to maximise customer experience.
• Collaborate with clients to assess requirements and deliver customized infrastructure solutions.
• Tackle ambiguous, cross-organisational problems with unclear solutions.
• Influence architecture, strategy, and engineering practices across programs.
• Develop architecture diagrams, deployment guides, and operational procedures.

Skills

Networking concepts

BGP eVPN

Technical leadership

Customer engagement

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

NVIDIA InfiniBand

NVIDIA Cumulus OS

SONiC

Ethernet tech

Job description

Job description

Senior Principal Engineer - AI Senior Networking Solutions Architect

Dell Technologies customers rely on our products and services to drive progress. So we take the service we provide extremely seriously. Service Delivery is all about making sure our technical solutions help clients fulfil their priorities, challenges and initiatives. As trusted advisors, we build in-depth knowledge of what each client wants to achieve. Then we make sure the services delivered by Dell Technologies deliver on all our promises.

We invite you to join our Services Solutions Architecture team as a Senior Principal Engineer - AI Networking Solutions Architect, where you will have the opportunity to excel professionally and make a significant contribution to the advancement of high-performance AI infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

As a member of the services delivery team, you will collaborate with Dell consultants, engineering teams, and client stakeholders to design, deploy, optimize, and support large-scale AI network infrastructure solutions, ensuring technical excellence and customer satisfaction throughout each phase of the engagement.

Responsibilities:

You will:

• Lead the deployment and integration of AI network infrastructure solutions utilizing NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel technologies.
• Coordinate the activities of technical solution team members to meet contract obligations, ensuring that full life cycle delivery costs are within the service level agreement.
• Proactively identify potential issues and drive resolution to avoid customer impact, facilitating continuous improvement.
• Build and sustain effective communications with all partners and cross-functional teams, maximizing the customer experience and relationships
• Collaborate with clients to assess technical requirements and deliver customized infrastructure solutions.
• Willing to tackles ambiguous, cross-organisational problems where the solutions are not yet clear.
• Influence architecture and strategy across multiple programs, products, or organisations.
• Able to influences senior technical leaders and business leadership
• Influence architecture and strategy across multiple programs, products, or organisations.
• Recognised as an authority whose influence extends beyond their immediate domain.
• Shapes broader standards, strategy, investment direction and engineering practices.
• Develop comprehensive documentation including architecture diagrams, deployment guides, technical designs, and operational procedures.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor throughout the customer engagement lifecycle.
• Maintain awareness of all service matters and manage customers during any escalations.

Essential Requirements

• Five or more years of working full-time as an IT professional in a Data Centre environment.
• Proven success in designing and deploying large-scaleAI network infrastructures.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of networking concepts: IP Switching and Routing, networking experience up to and including L3 BGP eVPN Data Centre technologies, Firewalls and Security products.
• Implementation of advanced networking solutions, including NVIDIA InfiniBand and Ethernet technologies.
• Demonstrated expertise in NVIDIA networking technologies: InfiniBand (Quantum), Ethernet (Spectrum-X), MLNX-OS, NVIDIA Cumulus OS, and Enterprise SONiC.
• Experience with one or more 3rd party networking vendor equipment, such as Cisco Networks, Juniper Networks, Palo Alto Networks and Extreme Networks.
• Capacity to manage multiple projects independently and deliver results within dynamic environments.
• Strong knowledge and experience with communications, wide and local area networking.
• Excellent written, verbal communication, interpersonal skills and most importantly soft skills when dealing with customers.
• Ability to source information from users, vendors and colleagues and deliver it to the required audience.
• Strong documentation and reporting skills to effectively document routine technical problems, and to summarize the problems for various clients, including business and technical clients.
• Strong ability to prioritize routine administrative tasks and to complete assigned duties within set deadline.
• Ability to perform systems analysis and information gathering.
• Possess a valid driver’s license

Desirable Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Experience with NVIDIA DGX and DGX SuperPOD platforms or similar GPU platforms
• Certifications in Networking.
• Experience with GENAI frameworks and related tools.
• Additional language skills