Consulting Systems Engineer/Architect - AI Networking

World Wide Technology; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness program

Profit sharing

Life and disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

World Wide Technology is seeking a Consulting Systems Engineer/Architect to lead AI/HPC networking initiatives for Australian and New Zealand clients. You will engage in pre-sales, understand customer priorities, and design tailored IT infrastructure solutions with a strong emphasis on AI, HPC, and data center readiness.

You will collaborate with OEMs like NVIDIA, Cisco, and Arista, and advise on architecture, power, cooling, cabling and DC layouts.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years in technology integrators, OEMs or senior client roles.
• Architectural and technical experience across Compute, Storage, Infrastructure, Data Center, End User.
• Deep knowledge in AI infra domains and current migration strategies.

Responsibilities

• Engage in technical pre-sales engineering for AI/HPC networking solutions.
• Understand client priorities with sales to tailor IT infra solutions.
• Lead development and quality of pre-sales technology deliverables across AI/HPC domains.
• Participate in requirements and scoping workshops with customers and partners.
• Build relationships with OEMs and regional services partners like NVIDIA, Cisco, Arista.
• Act as trusted advisor on architecture and data center feasibility for AI/HPC clusters.
• Develop and maintain relationships with customer technical management and teams.
• Identify services opportunities and propose solutions within the WWT portfolio.

Skills

Networking expertise

AI/HPC networking

Pre-sales engineering

Stakeholder engagement

Solution architecture

Client relationship management

Presentation skills

Technology strategy

Cloud & data center trends

Education

Industry certifications (CCDE, CCIE, CISSP, MCSE, AWS, Azure, GCP)

Tools

Kubernetes

Containers

Cloud-native services

TOGAF/UAM

Networking hardware (NVIDIA, Cisco, Arista)

Job description

Why WWT?

At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.

Why WWT?

At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.

Founded in 1990, World Wide Technology (WWT) is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. With more than $30 billion in annual revenue, WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for large public and private organizations. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.

With over 15,000 employees and more than 55 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 13 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all. With this culture at its foundation, WWT bridges the gap between business and technology to make a new world happen for its customers, partners and communities.

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!

What will you be doing?

As Consulting Systems Engineer/Architect, you will be at the forefront of providing exceptional technical support to our Australian clients, ensuring they receive tailored solutions that meet and exceed their requirements. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in supporting WWT’s largest Enterprise customers across Australia and New Zealand.

Essential Functions:

• Engage in Technical Pre-Sales Engineering: Leverage your technical expertise to understand client challenges and position solutions that not only meet but surpass customer requirements, with a focus on AI/High Performance Networking technologies.
• Deep Client Understanding: Work closely with clients and the WWT Sales team to gain a profound understanding of customer technical priorities, challenges, and initiatives that can be translated into tailored IT infra solutions.
• Deliver High-Quality Pre-Sales Solutions: Take responsibility for the development and quality of pre-sales technology solution deliverables across AI / High Performance Networking domains
• Requirements and Scoping Workshops: Actively participate in requirements and scoping workshops with customers, delivery partners, and Sales. Advise customers on network architecture considerations for AI / HPC
• Build Relationships: Develop and foster strong relationships with strategic original equipment manufacturers (OEMs, e.g., NVIDIA, Cisco, Arista) and key services partners local to your region and territory.
• Trusted Advisor: Act as a trusted advisor for the customer Engineering team, offering guidance on architecture, Assess data center feasibility including power, cooling, cabling and DC layout for AI/HPC clusters
• Strong Client Relationships: Develop and maintain robust relationships with customer technical management and teams.
• Identifies services opportunities and works with team to propose solutions and engagements across the WWT portfolio.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

10-15 years of industry experience in technology integrators, technology OEMs or client-side senior roles. Architectural and technical experience with Compute, Storage, Infrastructure, Data Center, and End User Experience solutions. Good understanding of current trends and migration strategies. Deep Skills and Knowledge as a Subject Matter Expert in AI infra domains

Professional or expert level Industry Certifications such as CCDE, CCIE, CISSP, MCSE, AWS, Azure, GCP, etc. Experience in consulting with Fortune 500 IT leadership on deployment of technology solutions. Ideally working with clients in a digital transformation and operating model design and deployment. Architectural training and/or experience in common methodologies including TOGAF, UAM, etc.

Familiarity with Big Data, AI, automation, end user experience and service management technologies along with cloud technologies including containers, Kubernetes, cloud-native services, storage, networking, and commercial models at a high level.

Strong presentation skills and understanding of business impact of technology decisions. Motivated to win in selling situations by solving client issues. Passion for learning, with focus on constant expansion of technical knowledge.

Experience/Background Desired:

• Strong networking knowledge, especially NVIDIA and Cisco AI / HPC Networking
• Solid understanding of AI high-performance networking, and experience in designing networks that support >1000 GPUs
• High-level understanding of data center fit-out, including cabling
• HPC experience is a plus
• 5+ years of experience in engineering and Solution Architecture in Enterprise domains.

The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Combined Health Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Bereavement

We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WTT remains a great place to work for All!