Lead AI Networking & Data Center Architect

Nokia; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company in Ottawa is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead the strategy and architecture of next-generation networking solutions for the AI era. You will focus on creating high-performance and secure system solutions for AI workloads in data centers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in HPC, routing architectures, and software/hardware co-design. This role demands visionary leadership and collaboration across R&D and the broader research community.

Qualifications

• Experience in software and hardware co-design for networking solutions.
• Demonstrated leadership across organizations and boundaries.
• Proven technical leadership in open-source communities.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design future generations of switches and networking platforms for AI.
• Collaborate to define strategic technology direction for networking solutions.
• Lead strategic direction in scalable and reliable networking.
• Analyze trends to provide product strategy for AI-centric networking.
• Engage with communities to drive industry solutions and standards.
• Benchmark and optimize HPC and AI application performance.

Skills

High availability designs

L2/L3 switching and routing system architectures

AI workload management

HPC

Technical leadership

Education

Graduate-level education in Engineering / Computer Science

Job description

A leading telecommunications company in Ottawa is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead the strategy and architecture of next-generation networking solutions for the AI era. You will focus on creating high-performance and secure system solutions for AI workloads in data centers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in HPC, routing architectures, and software/hardware co-design. This role demands visionary leadership and collaboration across R&D and the broader research community.