Senior Ethernet Architect — Data Center AI (Equity)

NVIDIA; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 287,500; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a senior Infrastructure Specialists Solutions Architect to lead the design, development, and deployment of cutting-edge data center networks for strategic customers under the PDI framework.

You will apply advanced networking skills (BGP, VXLAN, EVPN, spine-leaf, CLOS) in collaboration with engineering and marketing to refine product strategy and deliver scalable, validated solutions. Expect travel up to 25% and close customer interaction.

Qualifications

• 10+ years networking fundamentals incl TCP/IP, Switching, Routing, data center architecture
• 5+ years designing/building network fabrics for scalable data centers (CLOS, spine-leaf)
• Expert BGP, VXLAN, EVPN with 5+ years; strong Ethernet/TCP/IP experience (10+ years)
• 8+ years advanced network troubleshooting with packet sniffers
• 6+ years Linux administration incl kernel drivers and PCIe
• 6+ years HPC network storage experience; lab validation
• 6+ years direct customer-facing requirements gathering, analysis, deployment
• 3+ years network automation using Ansible, Salt, Python

Responsibilities

• Provide Ethernet and routing expertise to design, architect, configure and test networking solutions
• Collaborate in multi-functional teams for server infra, HPC workloads, and GPU AI apps
• Craft and evaluate DevOps automation scripts for network operations and architectures
• Implement tasks related to network configuration and validation for data centers
• Create Procedures and deployment documents
• Validate network architectures and configs in the lab
• Create network automation scripts tailored to customers using AI tools
• Engage with customers to gather requirements for optimal solutions
• Use tools to validate and monitor network performance
• Create project handover documents for customers
• Travel onsite to customer data centers for initial configuration

Skills

TCP/IP

Switching

Routing

Data center architecture

BGP

VXLAN

EVPN

Linux administration

Ansible

Salt

Python scripting

Kubernetes

Docker

Grafana

Prometheus

Datadog

Network automation

GNS3

EVE-NG

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/Math/Physics

Tools

Ansible

Salt

Python

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a senior Infrastructure Specialists Solutions Architect to lead the design, development, and deployment of cutting-edge data center networks for strategic customers under the PDI framework.

You will apply advanced networking skills (BGP, VXLAN, EVPN, spine-leaf, CLOS) in collaboration with engineering and marketing to refine product strategy and deliver scalable, validated solutions. Expect travel up to 25% and close customer interaction.