Senior AI Cluster Solutions Architect – Pre-Sales

Lenovo; North Carolina; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Lenovo is seeking a senior solutions architect to lead AI and HPC GPU cluster opportunities from pre-sales through RFP responses. You will design end-to-end cluster solutions, collaborate across engineering and supply chain, and deliver compelling technical demonstrations.

Required are extensive data center infra experience, Python scripting, and expertise in modern GPU server architectures. Occasional travel and continuous learning in GPU and networking are expected.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related engineering fields.
• 10+ years of experience in data center infrastructure, solution architecture, systems engineering, pre-sales engineering, or technical consulting.
• Familiarity with Python or other scripting language and automation tools, and infrastructure-as-code for solution validation or design support.
• Familiarity with datacenter networking, high-speed optical interconnections, transceiver and fiber form factors, and their interoperability models.
• Strong knowledge of high-performance networking for AI clusters (InfiniBand, RoCE) and related protocols.
• Knowledge of liquid cooling, CDU, high-density rack design, PDU, and modern AI data center power/cooling constraints.
• Experience with large-scale AI training and inference workloads (LLM pipelines, capacity planning).
• Willingness to travel up to 10% for customer meetings, technical workshops, partner engagements, and industry events.
• Willingness to continuously learn new GPU, networking, and data center technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical ownership of customer RFP/RFQ responses for AI and HPC GPU cluster opportunities and design AI cluster solutions.
• Analyze customer requirements and develop complete cluster solutions including compute, networking, storage, power, cooling, rack/datacenter layout, and management software.
• Design and deliver technical presentations, POC or demos that clearly articulate Lenovo’s competitiveness in customer use cases.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to junior RFP participants and sales engineers on solutions and architecture tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with internal engineering, deployment, hardware, networking, and supply chain teams to validate proposed solutions and ensure feasibility.
• Develop best practices, reusable templates, reference architectures, sizing guidelines, and RFP response content to improve proposal quality and response speed.
• Stay current on AI infrastructure trends, including GPU roadmap changes, high-speed networking, liquid cooling, cluster management, and AI software ecosystems.

Skills

Python scripting

Infrastructure-as-code

Datacenter networking

High-performance networking

Liquid cooling

Cluster management

GPU infrastructure

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering fields

MS or PhD in CS/CE/EE or related field

Tools

Linux

Slurm

Kubernetes

Docker

NVIDIA NICo

NVIDIA Mission Control

ROCm

Job description

Lenovo is seeking a senior solutions architect to lead AI and HPC GPU cluster opportunities from pre-sales through RFP responses. You will design end-to-end cluster solutions, collaborate across engineering and supply chain, and deliver compelling technical demonstrations.

Required are extensive data center infra experience, Python scripting, and expertise in modern GPU server architectures. Occasional travel and continuous learning in GPU and networking are expected.