Director, AI Networking & HPC Fabrics

Iren Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Incentive programs

Job summary

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider delivering data centers and GPU clusters. The Sydney-based Director, AI Networking will set engineering standards for networks behind AI clusters, own routing and traffic policy, and lead response for incidents across the global estate.

This hands-on leadership role involves mentoring engineers, driving network-as-code initiatives, and shaping the AI networking direction while collaborating with architecture and vendors to translate designs into

Qualifications

• Senior or principal engineer with leadership experience in large data centre or cloud networks.
• Expert-level MPLS and traffic engineering, including segment routing, with deep BGP/OSPF/IS-IS knowledge.
• Ability to configure, test and troubleshoot large-scale HPC and AI networks end-to-end.
• Deep experience with Cisco, Juniper and Arista platforms.
• Software engineering experience: Python or Go, network automation, and applying AI to operations.
• Familiarity with NVIDIA Spectrum networking and GPU platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Set and enforce engineering standards for configuration, naming, change control and operational practice across every site, including AI and GPU fabrics.
• Own BGP and traffic engineering policy across backbone and edge.
• Lead major incident responses with root-cause analysis and durable fixes.
• Review and approve high-risk changes and new AI cluster builds before go-live.
• Drive monitoring, alerting, runbooks, and post-incident learning.

Job description

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider delivering data centers and GPU clusters. The Sydney-based Director, AI Networking will set engineering standards for networks behind AI clusters, own routing and traffic policy, and lead response for incidents across the global estate.

This hands-on leadership role involves mentoring engineers, driving network-as-code initiatives, and shaping the AI networking direction while collaborating with architecture and vendors to translate designs into