Domain Architect - Ai Compute - 12M Contract - Perm

Northbridge It Recruitment; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Northbridge It Recruitment seeks a Domain Architect – AI Compute to lead hands-on AI compute infrastructure across GPU-rich environments. You will own the compute layer in complex AI deployments, spanning architecture, provisioning, automation and Day 2 operations for enterprise clients.

You will work with NVIDIA GPU HPC stacks, Slurm/Run/Kueue, and InfiniBand, delivering scalable GPU solutions and technical leadership in a fast-paced, market-leading AI infrastructure team.

Qualifications

• Hands-on architecture and delivery role with strong NVIDIA GPU, HPC and Linux expertise.
• Design and deliver GPU compute environments at scale across enterprise AI workloads.
• Lead provisioning and automation for high-performance compute clusters.
• Provide technical leadership to clients, including scoping and pre-sales activities.

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 Volcano.
• Implement GPU monitoring with NVIDIA DCGM and validate performance using NCCL, HPCG and HPL.
• Optimize Linux environments for AI/HPC workloads and perform kernel/driver 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 solution design and pre-sales.

Tools

NVIDIA GPU

NVIDIA Base Command Manager

BCM

Slurm

NVIDIA DCGM

Kubernetes/OpenShift

InfiniBand/RoCEv2

CUDA

cuDNN

NCCL

Python

Ansible

Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL)

HPC

GPU/AI infrastructure

Job description

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 Compute roles 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.
• 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.
• 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.