Principal Architect – HPC & AI (NVidia Ecosystem)

World Wide Technology, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 215,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Profit Sharing

401k Matching

Dental & Vision

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discounts

Job summary

World Wide Technology, Inc. is seeking a Principal Architect to lead HPC and AI platform architecture for GPU-accelerated deployments. This role combines hands-on design with customer-facing advisory responsibilities in a hybrid work model.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in HPC/Data Center Architecture, strong NVIDIA ecosystem knowledge, and experience with storage and orchestration tools to drive scalable, cost-efficient AI solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Experience architecting large-scale HPC or AI platforms.
• Strong knowledge of AI, HPC, storage, and GPU orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture of GPU-accelerated HPC and AI platforms.
• Provide hands-on architectural design, implementation, and optimization.
• Coordinate with compute, networking, and storage teams for scalable deployments.
• Mentor engineers and drive architectural standards and best practices.

Skills

HPC architecture

GPU-accelerated compute

AI infrastructure design

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

MS/PhD in relevant field

Tools

NVIDIA Base Command Manager

Slurm

Kubernetes

Run:AI

Lustre

VAST Data

NetApp

WEKA

DDN

Job description

#26-3565

Remote - Nationwide, United States

Remote - Nationwide , United States

Eligible Work Locations

Why WWT

AtWorld WideTechnology, we work together to make a new world happen.Our important workbenefitsour clients and partners as much as itdoes forour people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through its world-class culture, generousbenefits,and by deliveringcutting-edgetechnology solutions for our clients.

Founded in 1990, WWT is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. WWT combines the power of strategy,execution,and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organizations around the globe. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize,test andvalidateinnovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing,distributionand integration capabilities.

With over 14,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 14 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all.

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams?JoinWWT today!

What is the Solutions Consulting & Engineering Team and why join?

Solutions Consulting & Engineering is an organization that is customer-focused and solutions-led. We deliver end-to-end and emerging solutions to drive customer satisfaction and increase profitability and growth. Our world-class management consulting, delivery excellence, and engineering brilliance enable our success. We embody the OneWWT mindset by bringing the right talent at the right time from anywhere within WWT to solve our customer’s problems. Our goal is to bring together business acumen with full-stack technical know-how to develop innovative solutions for our clients’ most complex challenges.

Overview

The Principal Architect leads HPC AI focused Professional Services delivery engagements and cross functional technical teams on customer programs or projects. They are responsible for technical communications with WWT Engineers, Architects, and the customer for AI-driven projects. The Principal Architect may participate in several Customer projects concurrently, integrating AI solutions with enterprise IT systems.

Role Summary

The Principal Architect will be at the epicenter of the AI revolution, working with the most advanced hardware on the planet. Whether you're helping a research facility unlock new scientific breakthroughs or an enterprise to build its first private AI cloud, your fingerprints will be on the infrastructure that defines the next decade of technology.

The right person for the job is a senior individual contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing large-scale High-Performance Computing and AI platforms centered on the NVIDIA data center ecosystem. This role operates in a hybrid capacity, combining hands-on technical architecture with selective customer-facing advisory responsibilities.

The architect serves as a technical authority across GPU-accelerated compute, high-performance networking, and modern parallel storage platforms, influencing architectural standards and delivery outcomes while ensuring successful, on-time, and on-budget customer deployments without escalations.

This is a remote work from home position, with an average travel expectation of approximately 10%, and a willingness for additional travel during peak project phases or critical customer engagements.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture and Design

• Lead the end-to-end architecture of GPU-accelerated HPC and AI platforms, including greenfield AI factory designs and optimization of existing HPC environments.
• Architect integrated solutions spanning C ompute, N etworking, and S torage using NVIDIA HGX and DGX platforms, Grace CPU architectures, Spectrum-X networking, and high-performance parallel storage systems .
• Design storage architectures optimized for AI training, inference, and HPC workloads, balancing performance, scalability, resiliency, and cost.
• Define reference architectures, design patterns, and best practices for repeatable and supportable customer deployments.

Platform Implementation and Optimization

• Provide hands-on technical leadership during implementation phases, including cluster bring-up, performance tuning, and workload optimization .
• Architect and integrate workload orchestration and scheduling platforms using NVIDIA Base Command Manager, Slurm , Kubernetes and Run:AI .
• Optimize end-to-end data pipelines, including GPU utilization , storage throughput, metadata performance, and job scheduling efficiency.
• Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks across C ompute, N etworking, and S torage .
• Design and validate high-performance storage solutions using modern parallel and scale-out storage platforms.
• Demonstrate hands-on experience with at least one of the following storage technologies
• VAST Data
• WEKA
• DDN
• Lustre
• Netapp
• Architect storage solutions that support demanding AI and HPC workloads, including high-throughput training pipelines, checkpointing, and large-scale shared datasets.
• Collaborate with compute and networking design to ensure balanced, bottleneck-free architectures.

Technical Authority and Advisory

• Act as a senior technical authority for HPC and AI architecture across internal teams and customer engagements.
• Participate selectively in customer-facing discussions to validate architecture and delivery plans, with a primary focus on design integrity and execution rather than pre-sales.
• Influence platform standards, architectural direction, and technical decision-making through expertise and demonstrated execution.

Delivery Excellence

• Identify technical risks early across C ompute, N etworking, S torage, and orchestration layers, and drive mitigation strategies.
• Partner with the PMO counterpart to resolve Risks and Issues upon identification and to ensure production-ready, supportable platforms.
• Ensure staff, contractors, and partners adhere to WWT best practices and templates for AI solution delivery.
• Review deployment documents, technical assessments, and other outputs to ensure consistency and accuracy, aligning with AI and "One Voice" standards.

Required Technical Expertise

Core Mastery Areas

• Expert level with deep architectural knowledge of NVIDIA data center platforms, including HGX and DGX platforms .
• GPU-accelerated compute architecture for AI and HPC workloads.
• High-performance networking architectures , especially with Spectrum-X.
• Large-scale AI factory and HPC platform design.

Storage Expertise

• Hands-on architectural experience with high-performance parallel or scale-out storage systems.
• Deep understanding of storage performance characteristics relevant to AI and HPC workloads, including bandwidth, IOPS, latency, and metadata scaling.
• Proven experience integrating storage platforms such as VAST Data, Netapp , WEKA, DDN, or Lustre into GPU-accelerated environments.
• NVIDIA Base Command Manager (BCM) for cluster lifecycle management and operations.
• Slurm for HPC workload scheduling and resource management.
• Run:AI for GPU orchestration and multi-tenant AI workload optimization.
• Kubernetes administration including deploying and managing GPU-accelerated AI and HPC workloads.
• Linux systems administration in large-scale, performance-sensitive environments.
• Containerized AI workflows and their interaction with schedulers and storage systems.

Additional Experience

• Experience optimizing existing HPC or AI platforms for performance, utilization , and cost efficiency.
• Prior experience with multi-site, air-gapped, or regulated environments is beneficial but not required .
• E xperience with liquid cooling, power/cooling des i gn, and data center integration strongly preferred.

Leadership & Influence

• Senior individual contributor role with influence through technical authority rather than people management.
• Ability to mentor engineers and architects through design reviews, architectural guidance, and technical leadership.
• Comfortable operating autonomously in complex, high-impact technical environments.

Documentation & Repeatability Expectations

• D evelop and maintain high quality architectural documentation, including design blueprints, configuration guides, deployment validation reports, and operational runbooks.
• Ensure all technical artifacts meet WWT’sOne Voicestandards for clarity, completeness, and technical accuracy, enabling consistent delivery across teams.
• Createreusable templates, reference architectures, and standardized design patternsthat accelerate future projects and improve delivery quality.
• Drive a culture of documentation discipline, ensuring thatevery deployment is reproducible, supportable, and aligned with architectural intent.

Educational/Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical fieldor equivalent hands-on experiencearchitecting large scale HPC or AI systems. on experiencearchitecting large scale HPC or AI systems.
• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in relevant fields is a plus butnot required .
• Experience : 10+ years in HPC, Data Center Architecture, and/or Systems Engineering.
• Bare Metal Focus : A fundamental preference for, and understanding of, on-premises hardware constraints (power, cooling, cabling).
• Proven experience as a Senior , or Lead Architect or equivalent experience in AI projects.

Certain states and localities require employers to post a reasonable estimate of salary range. A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position is $215,000.00 to $245,000.00 annually. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including shift, location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs. The range for this position in other geographic locations may differ. Certain positions may also be eligible for variable incentive compensation, such as bonuses or commissions, that is not included in thebasepay.

The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Health, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO and Sick Leave (starting at20 daysper year) & Holidays (10 per year), Parental Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement
• Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWTremainsa great placeto work for All!

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