SOLUTION ARCHITECT

Atos; Les Clayes-sous-Bois; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Bull is seeking a Senior High-Performance Storage Architect to join our SDA team in shaping scalable, multi-petabyte HPC/AI storage solutions. You will lead architecture, sizing, and vendor collaboration to deliver innovative, high‑performance storage infrastructures for major tenders and strategic partners.

You will work with compute, networking, and solution architects, producing sizing studies and design recommendations, while defending proposals in executive settings and staying ahead of

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Equivalent professional experience will also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, sizing, and technical validation of storage solutions for HPC and AI opportunities.
• Design large-scale distributed storage infrastructures capable of supporting demanding scientific and AI workloads.
• Evaluate and select the most appropriate technologies from Bull's strategic ecosystem of storage partners.
• Define storage architectures leveraging parallel filesystems, flash technologies, and NVMe-over-Fabrics solutions.
• Optimize end-to-end I/O performance through advanced technologies such as GPUDirect Storage and NVMe-oF.
• Collaborate with compute, networking, and solution architects to ensure overall platform coherence and performance.
• Produce technical sizing studies, architecture documentation, and solution design recommendations.
• Contribute to technical proposal development and support commercial competitiveness.
• Participate in customer workshops, technical discussions, and architecture reviews.
• Defend proposed solutions during oral presentations with C-level executives, research institutions, government agencies, and defense organizations.
• Maintain strong relationships with strategic technology partners and monitor market innovations.

Skills

High-performance storage design

HPC/AI storage

Executive stakeholder communication

Autonomy and ownership

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field

Tools

Lustre

IBM Storage Scale (GPFS)

VAST Data

WEKA

NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF)

Linux

Job description

About Us

Bull is a story. One with a century of European innovation and a working environment where experts design powerful, sustainable, and sovereign digital solutions, enabling states and industries to retain full control over their data and their AI.

Bull is also thousands of engineers, researchers and passionate tech people shaping the future of high‑performance computing, AI, and quantum technologies. Every day, our teams push the boundaries of what is technologically possible – from next‑generation HPC architectures to exascale supercomputers – supported by world‑class R&D, more than 1,600 patents, and unique end‑to‑end capabilities spanning hardware design, software engineering, data science and quantum research. We are a people‑centric, innovation‑driven company, where collaboration spans Europe, the Americas and India. We share a common vision of a responsible and sustainable innovation that delivers concrete impact for our customers.

Who Are We / Context

Bull, is a recognized leader in High-Performance Computing (HPC), Artificial Intelligence, and mission‑critical digital infrastructures. We design and deliver some of the world’s most advanced computing environments supporting scientific research, industrial innovation, sovereign programs, and AI at scale.

Senior High‑Performance Storage Architect

As part of our continued growth, we are looking for a Senior High‑Performance Storage Architect to join our Solution, Design & Architecture (SDA) team. This strategic role will focus on the design, sizing, and integration of large‑scale storage infrastructures supporting HPC and AI projects. Working at the heart of our pre‑sales organization, you will be responsible for defining innovative storage architectures for major international tenders and collaborating with leading technology partners to build competitive, high‑performance solutions.

Your Mission

• As the ultimate storage expert within the HPC pre‑sales organization, you will take ownership of all storage‑related topics throughout the bid lifecycle.
• You will design scalable, resilient, and cost‑efficient storage solutions capable of supporting multi‑petabyte HPC and AI environments while ensuring optimal performance and eliminating data access bottlenecks.
• You will work closely with internal compute and networking architects as well as strategic technology partners to deliver winning technical proposals and defend storage architectures during executive‑level customer presentations.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, sizing, and technical validation of storage solutions for HPC and AI opportunities.
• Design large‑scale distributed storage infrastructures capable of supporting demanding scientific and AI workloads.
• Evaluate and select the most appropriate technologies from Bull's strategic ecosystem of storage partners.
• Define storage architectures leveraging parallel filesystems, flash technologies, and NVMe‑over‑Fabrics solutions.
• Optimize end‑to‑end I/O performance through advanced technologies such as GPUDirect Storage and NVMe‑oF.
• Collaborate with compute, networking, and solution architects to ensure overall platform coherence and performance. Produce technical sizing studies, architecture documentation, and solution design recommendations.
• Contribute to technical proposal development and support commercial competitiveness.
• Participate in customer workshops, technical discussions, and architecture reviews.
• Defend proposed solutions during oral presentations with C‑level executives, research institutions, government agencies, and defense organizations.
• Maintain strong relationships with strategic technology partners and monitor market innovations.

Required Skills And Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Equivalent professional experience will also be considered.

Profile

• Extensive experience in designing, sizing, administering, or architecting high‑performance storage infrastructures.
• Proven background supporting complex HPC, AI, or large‑scale enterprise infrastructure projects.
• Strong ability to translate business and technical requirements into scalable storage architectures.
• Comfortable engaging with executive stakeholders, partners, and technical experts.

Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in distributed high‑performance storage environments.
• Deep knowledge of HPC parallel filesystems such as Lustre, IBM Storage Scale (GPFS).
• Experience with modern AI‑oriented storage platforms such as VAST Data, WEKA, and equivalent technologies.
• Strong understanding of storage hardware architectures, including storage controllers, server architectures, high‑density disk systems, flash/NVMe technologies, and expertise with NVMe‑over‑Fabrics (NVMe‑oF).
• Advanced Linux administration and performance tuning skills.
• Knowledge of low‑latency networking technologies, InfiniBand, and high‑speed Ethernet.
• Experience performing storage sizing, performance analysis, and capacity planning.

Preferred

• Knowledge of GPUDirect Storage technologies.
• Experience supporting large government, research, or defense projects.
• Exposure to hybrid HPC/AI infrastructures.
• Understanding of procurement and tendering processes for large‑scale technology programs.

Soft Skills

• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong communication and presentation capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively in international and multidisciplinary teams.
• Customer‑focused mindset with strong stakeholder management abilities.
• High level of autonomy and ownership.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

Languages

• Fluent English (written and spoken).
• Professional French (written and spoken).

Security Clearance Eligibility

Must be eligible to obtain national security clearances up to Secret / Top Secret level, subject to applicable regulations.

Environment

Location: Les Clayes‑sous‑Bois (France), Angers (France), or other Bull/Eviden strategic locations depending on project requirements. Travel Requirements: Occasional travel within France and internationally. Remote Work: Hybrid model, according to company policy and project requirements. Start Date: As soon as possible. Indicative Compensation Range: Competitive package based on experience, skills, and location.

Join us

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