Lead RDMA Network Architect – AI Cloud

Ll Oefentherapie; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ll Oefentherapie is seeking an expert Network Architect to lead the design, deployment, and operation of large-scale RDMA/RoCE network fabrics across OCI AI, GPU, and HPC infrastructure in a US-based setting. You will drive scalable designs, validate configurations, and guide cross-functional teams in performance and reliability initiatives.

You will mentor engineers, develop automation pipelines, and own test strategies, change reviews, and deployment readiness for high-performance networks,

Qualifications

• Experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting large-scale RDMA/RoCE, cloud, data center, or high-performance networks.
• Knowledge of RDMA, RoCE, Ethernet fabrics, congestion control, QoS, and AI/GPU networking.
• Expertise in routing and switching technologies, including BGP, OSPF, EVPN-VXLAN, and data center networking.
• Experience with network automation using Python, Ansible, APIs, or similar technologies.
• Experience with network telemetry, observability, monitoring, performance analysis, and incident management.
• Experience supporting hyperscale cloud, AI/GPU, HPC, or large-scale distributed infrastructure.
• Ability to lead complex technical initiatives and collaborate across engineering, operations, customers, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, validation, and lifecycle management of large-scale RDMA/RoCE network fabrics supporting OCI AI, GPU, and HPC infrastructure.
• Translate network architectures into scalable designs and deployment plans, ensuring performance, reliability, and operational readiness across OCI’s global cloud environment.
• Serve as technical lead for complex network initiatives spanning RDMA/RoCE fabrics, data center networking, automation, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Develop automation frameworks, tools, scripts, and infrastructure pipelines to improve network deployment, testing, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Design test strategies and lead pre-production validation, network change reviews, and deployment readiness for high-performance network fabrics.
• Build and enhance telemetry, monitoring, dashboards, and alerting to identify network health, congestion, performance, and reliability issues.
• Lead incident response, complex troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions for network issues impacting OCI AI and GPU workloads.
• Analyze network performance and capacity, including latency, throughput, packet loss, and congestion, to drive scalable improvements.
• Partner across OCI Network Engineering, SRE, AI Infrastructure, Data Center Operations, product teams, and vendors to deliver reliable network solutions.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to network architecture, engineering standards, operational tooling, and continuous improvement.

Job description

Ll Oefentherapie is seeking an expert Network Architect to lead the design, deployment, and operation of large-scale RDMA/RoCE network fabrics across OCI AI, GPU, and HPC infrastructure in a US-based setting. You will drive scalable designs, validate configurations, and guide cross-functional teams in performance and reliability initiatives.

You will mentor engineers, develop automation pipelines, and own test strategies, change reviews, and deployment readiness for high-performance networks,