Domain Architect - AI Compute - 12M CONTRACT - PERM

Northbridge IT Recruitment Propr; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Northbridge IT Recruitment Propr is seeking a Domain Architect for AI Compute in Melbourne. This hands-on role will own the compute layer across complex AI infrastructure deployments, including design and delivery of GPU-enabled data centre environments.

You will drive architecture, cluster provisioning, automation and performance optimisations, working with HPC teams and enterprise clients on high-end AI platforms.

Qualifications

• Extensive HPC architecture and engineering experience.
• Strong compute/data centre experience for GPUs and AI infra.
• Hands-on with NVIDIA GPU/AI infrastructure and HPC environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver NVIDIA SuperPOD, BasePOD, NVL72, HGX, MGX and Cisco AI Factory environments.
• Lead bare-metal GPU cluster provisioning using NVIDIA BCM and Zero Touch Provisioning.
• Configure and optimise Slurm, NVIDIA Run, Kueue and/or Volcano.
• Implement GPU monitoring with NVIDIA DCGM and validate performance with NCCL, HPCG and related benchmarks.
• Optimise Linux environments for high-performance AI/HPC workloads via kernel/driver/system tuning.
• Develop infrastructure automation using Python and Ansible.
• Integrate compute environments with InfiniBand/RoCEv2, storage and enterprise platforms.
• Provide technical leadership to clients and support design, scoping and pre-sales.

Skills

HPC Architecture

NVIDIA GPU

Linux

Python

Ansible

Slurm

NCCL

Kueue

Tools

NVIDIA Base Command Manager (BCM)

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Job description

Domain Architect - AI Compute - 12M CONTRACT - PERM

Permanent, Contract

1d ago , from Northbridge IT Recruitment Propr

ACT NOW: Opportunity to join a market leading System Integrator delivering Multi-Billion-Dollar AI Data Centre Upgrade Programs. Work with the New and Emerging technology such as NVIDIA in an Org organisation at the forefront of delivering AI Data Centre Upgrade Programs, Delivering GPUs at scale.

We have a (12-Month Contract - Permanent)Domain Architect – AI Computeroles available.

You will join a specialist team delivering high-performance GPU and AI infrastructure for enterprise clients.

This is a hands-on architecture and delivery role requiring strong NVIDIA GPU, HPC and Linux expertise.

You will own the Compute layer across complex AI infrastructure deployments, working across architecture, cluster provisioning, automation, performance optimisation and Day 2 operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver NVIDIA SuperPOD, BasePOD, NVL72, HGX, MGX and Cisco AI Factory environments.
• Lead bare-metal GPU cluster provisioning using NVIDIA Base Command Manager (BCM) and Zero Touch Provisioning.
• Configure and optimise Slurm, NVIDIA Run, Kueue and/or Volcano.
• Implement GPU monitoring using NVIDIA DCGM and validate performance using NCCL, HPL and HPCG.
• Optimise Linux environments for high-performance AI/HPC workloads, including kernel, driver and system tuning.
• Develop infrastructure automation using Python and Ansible.
• Integrate compute environments with InfiniBand/RoCEv2, storage, identity and enterprise platforms.
• Provide technical leadership to clients and support solution design, scoping and pre-sales activities.

Essential Experience:

• Strong HPC Architecture & Engineering Experience
• Strong Experience in Data Centre - Compute
• Strong hands-on experience with NVIDIA GPU/AI infrastructure and HPC environments.
• Deep knowledge of NVIDIA Hopper, Grace Hopper, Blackwell and Grace Blackwell platforms.
• Experience with NVL72, NVSwitch, CUDA, cuDNN and NCCL.
• Advanced Linux systems engineering skills across Ubuntu and/or RHEL.
• Strong Python and Ansible automation experience.
• Understanding of GPU/PCIe/NUMA topology and high-performance compute architectures.

Desirable Experience:

• NVIDIA BCM/Mission Control, Slurm, Run, Kubernetes/OpenShift, InfiniBand NDR/HDR, RoCEv2, Rafay, KubeFlow, OpenShift AI, liquid cooling and AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI.
• Experience within a System Integrator, MSP, hyperscaler or specialist AI infrastructure environment is highly regarded.

Additional information

• Deliver HPC, GPU and AI infrastructure for AI Data Centre Environments
• Strong HPC Architecture & Engineering Exp, NVIDIA GPU, HPC and Linux Eng Exp
• Melbourne, 12M Contract - Perm. Attractive Daily Rates, Opportunity for Learning