Senior AI Infrastructure & Kubernetes Architect

F5; Bend (OR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 in Bend, Oregon seeks a Solutions Architect – BNK to lead AI infrastructure architecture for enterprise Kubernetes, high-performance networking, and GPU-enabled workloads.

You will partner with a Principal Account Executive to qualify opportunities, drive technical win strategies, and align BNK solutions to executive business cases with hyper-scale Neocloud and AI-native customers.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in Solutions Architecture, Solutions Engineering, or related roles.
• Deep, hands-on Kubernetes, containers, CNIs, and scalable networking.
• Experience designing massive-scale cloud infrastructure (HPC or AI data centers).
• Advanced understanding of L2-7 networking and hardware offload (DPUs/SmartNICs).
• Proven ability to engage and influence senior technical stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and consultative problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture strategy and design for enterprise Kubernetes, networking, and AI workload ingress/egress.
• Co-lead the sales team, qualifying opportunities and mapping BNK capabilities to business cases.
• Act as a trusted advisor to CTOs and platform leaders at hyper-scale customers.
• Conduct deep-dive discovery, architecture workshops, and PoCs in high-throughput environments.
• Master the AI stack with advanced networking and GPU utilization optimization.
• Develop reusable AI Factory reference architectures and playbooks.
• Bridge customer needs to F5 Product and Engineering.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud-native networking

HPC / AI data centers

BGP / EVPN / VXLAN

NVIDIA BlueField DPUs

DOCA

DPUs / SmartNICs

Executive stakeholder engagement

Technical leadership

Tools

NVIDIA DOCA

Multus

SmartNICs

Job description

F5 in Bend, Oregon seeks a Solutions Architect – BNK to lead AI infrastructure architecture for enterprise Kubernetes, high-performance networking, and GPU-enabled workloads.

You will partner with a Principal Account Executive to qualify opportunities, drive technical win strategies, and align BNK solutions to executive business cases with hyper-scale Neocloud and AI-native customers.