Senior HPC-AI Cluster Architect (Equity)

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 334,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced HPC-AI Engineer to join the Networking Clusters Solutions Infrastructure team. You will design, implement, and maintain large-scale HPC/AI clusters with monitoring and automation, work with Linux/Windows networking, and develop deployment pipelines for cutting-edge AI workloads.

Responsibilities include tuning, scheduling, and automating compute workflows, plus collaboration with researchers and customers to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in HPC/AI infrastructure.
• Experience with job scheduling/workloads and orchestration tools such as Slurm, Kubernetes.
• Excellent knowledge of Windows and Linux networking and internals, firewalls, and common protocols.
• Experience with storage solutions (Lustre, GPFS, Weka.io) and emerging technologies.
• Python programming and Bash scripting.
• Familiarity with automation/configuration tools (Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet/Chef).
• Deep knowledge of Networking Protocols (InfiniBand, Ethernet).
• Experience with virtualization (VMware/Hyper-V/KVM/Citrix).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain large-scale HPC/AI clusters with monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Manage Linux job/workload schedules and orchestration tools.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop tooling to automate deployment and management of large-scale infra.
• Deploy monitoring solutions for servers, network, and storage.
• Troubleshoot from bare metal to application level.
• Document standard methodologies for internal teams.
• Support R&D activities and engage in POCs/POVs for improvements.

Skills

HPC/AI systems design

Linux

Job scheduling (Slurm, K8s)

Networking (InfiniBand, Ethernet)

Python

Shell scripting

CI/CD (Jenkins, Ansible)

Virtualization (VMware/Hyper-V/KVM)

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible

Kubernetes

Puppet/Chef

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced HPC-AI Engineer to join the Networking Clusters Solutions Infrastructure team. You will design, implement, and maintain large-scale HPC/AI clusters with monitoring and automation, work with Linux/Windows networking, and develop deployment pipelines for cutting-edge AI workloads.

Responsibilities include tuning, scheduling, and automating compute workflows, plus collaboration with researchers and customers to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions.