Senior HPC Backbone & Peering Architect

NorthMark Strategies LLC; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch stipend

Employer-paid medical insurance

Dental and vision coverage

Parental leave (16 weeks)

401(k) match

Flexible employee-paid benefits

Paid time off 25 days + 12 holidays

Job summary

NorthMark Strategies LLC seeks an experienced Backbone & Peering Network Architect to own the design of a scalable HPC data center backbone, WAN connectivity, and cloud service provider on-ramps. You’ll define standards, ensure security, and enable multi-tenant, high-bandwidth connectivity for demanding workloads.

The role requires 7+ years in large-scale data center networks, expertise in leaf-spine fabrics, EVPN/VXLAN, and strong communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of experience in large-scale data center network design or architecture.
• Deep expertise in data center fabrics (leaf-spine, Clos, EVPN, VXLAN).
• Experience with WAN, peering, and interconnect strategies.
• Familiarity with HPC workloads and high-bandwidth, low-latency requirements.
• Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of the data center backbone interconnect (DCI), ensuring scalability, redundancy, and performance.
• Design and publish reference architectures for WAN connectivity, cloud service provider interconnects, and backbone extensions.
• Define architectural standards for routing, traffic engineering, failover, and telemetry across backbone networks.
• Align backbone design with capacity planning forecasts and long-term business growth.
• Collaborate with Solutions Architects to align network design with workload patterns.
• Ensure network security, compliance, and observability are embedded in architecture.
• Develop multi-tenant secure networking patterns to support customer isolation and SLA adherence.
• Contribute to digital twin models with network capacity and topology simulations.

Skills

Data center networking

Leaf-spine fabrics

EVPN VXLAN

WAN & peering strategies

HPC workloads

Security & observability

Leadership & project management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/EE

Tools

EVPN

VXLAN

Job description

NorthMark Strategies LLC seeks an experienced Backbone & Peering Network Architect to own the design of a scalable HPC data center backbone, WAN connectivity, and cloud service provider on-ramps. You’ll define standards, ensure security, and enable multi-tenant, high-bandwidth connectivity for demanding workloads.

The role requires 7+ years in large-scale data center networks, expertise in leaf-spine fabrics, EVPN/VXLAN, and strong communication with stakeholders.