Data Center Networking Solutions Architect

2100 NVIDIA USA; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 124,000 - 196,000; Full time

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Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA Infrastructure Specialists Solutions Architecture team seeks a seasoned Network Architect to design, develop and deploy cutting-edge data center networks under the Plan, Design & Implement framework. You will guide Ethernet, routing, and fabric architectures for web2.0, cloud, HPC AI, and enterprise datacenters.

Responsibilities include designing scalable fabric architectures (CLOS/spine-leaf), automating network operations, and delivering lab-validated configurations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or equivalent with 5+ years of networking experience.
• Expertise in TCP/IP, switching, routing, and data center architectures.
• Strong hands-on design experience with data center fabrics (CLOS, spine-leaf).
• Proficiency in BGP, VXLAN, EVPN for design and troubleshooting (2+ years).
• Advanced network troubleshooting using packet analysis tools (2+ years).
• Strong Linux administration and hardware knowledge (2+ years).
• 1+ years of direct customer-facing experience in requirements gathering and deployment.
• Proficiency in network automation using Ansible, Salt, and Python (1+ years).
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide Ethernet and routing expertise during project delivery to design, architect, configure and test solutions.
• Collaborate in multi-functional teams for server builds, accelerated computing workloads, and GPU-enabled AI apps.
• Craft and evaluate DevOps automation scripts for network operations and architectures.
• Implement network configuration and validation tasks for data centers.
• Create methods of procedure and deployment documents for projects.
• Validate network architectures and configs in labs to ensure readiness.
• Create network automation scripts and tailor them using AI tools for customers.
• Engage with customers to gather requirements and design optimal solutions.
• Use software tools and AI for monitoring and validation of network performance.
• Produce project handover documents for customers.
• Travel onsite up to 20% to customer data centers for initial configuration.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

BGP

VXLAN

EVPN

Linux admin

Python scripting

Ansible

Salt

Kubernetes

Docker

AI tools usage

Customer-facing

Network automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Grafana

Prometheus

Datadog

Git

NVIDIA Air

GNS3

EVE-NG

Python

Ansible

Salt

Job description

NVIDIA Infrastructure Specialists Solutions Architecture team seeks a seasoned Network Architect to design, develop and deploy cutting-edge data center networks under the Plan, Design & Implement framework. You will guide Ethernet, routing, and fabric architectures for web2.0, cloud, HPC AI, and enterprise datacenters.

Responsibilities include designing scalable fabric architectures (CLOS/spine-leaf), automating network operations, and delivering lab-validated configurations.