Senior Data Center Backbone Architect for HPC/AI (Hybrid)

GTN Technical Staffing; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

GTN Technical Staffing is seeking an experienced Network Architect to lead the design and architecture of large-scale data center backbone networks, WAN connectivity, cloud interconnects, and customer peering environments supporting high-performance computing and AI infrastructure.

The role focuses on scalable, secure, and resilient architectures that support high-bandwidth, low-latency workloads across data center, cloud, carrier, and customer environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing large-scale data center, backbone, or carrier networks.
• Deep expertise in data center networking including EVPN, VXLAN, and BGP.
• Strong experience with WAN connectivity, carrier interconnects, internet peering, transit.
• Understanding of routing policy, traffic engineering, redundancy, and capacity planning.
• Able to communicate complex network concepts to engineering teams and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and evolution of large-scale data center backbone and data center interconnect (DCI).
• Design scalable, available networks supporting HPC/AI workloads.
• Develop reference architectures for WAN, cloud interconnects, and backbone expansion.
• Define standards for routing, traffic engineering, redundancy, telemetry, and observability.
• Design secure multi-tenant architectures with customer isolation and SLA adherence.
• Collaborate with Solutions Architects and infrastructure teams to align designs.
• Ensure security, segmentation, compliance, monitoring, and operational visibility across architectures.
• Evaluate emerging networking technologies for scalability, resiliency, and efficiency.

Skills

Communication

Documentation

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Electrical/Network Engineering or related field

Tools

EVPN

VXLAN

BGP

WAN Architecture

Internet Peering

Interconnect Strategies

Job description

GTN Technical Staffing is seeking an experienced Network Architect to lead the design and architecture of large-scale data center backbone networks, WAN connectivity, cloud interconnects, and customer peering environments supporting high-performance computing and AI infrastructure.

The role focuses on scalable, secure, and resilient architectures that support high-bandwidth, low-latency workloads across data center, cloud, carrier, and customer environments.