Principal Architect — GPU Platform & Orchestration
Apetan Consulting LLC · Plano, TX · 5 days ago
On-siteArt & CreativeFull-time
Requirements
- 7+ years platform engineering experience
- 4+ years Kubernetes in production
- OpenShift experience valued
- Demonstrated GPU workload orchestration: GPU Operator, MIG, device plugin, GPU scheduling policy on real multi-node clusters
- Real multi-tenancy design experience: isolation, quota, RBAC, network segmentation, and understanding of failure modes
- Batch or HPC scheduling background (Slurm, LSF, PBS) or gang scheduling on Kubernetes
- Strong IaC and GitOps: Terraform, Helm, Argo CD or Flux, Ansible
- Experience leading distributed or offshore engineering teams through written standards rather than direct supervision
- Customer-facing credibility: ability to whiteboard a design for a CTO and defend it under challenge
Preferred Qualifications
- NVIDIA AI Enterprise experience
- Run:ai or equivalent GPU orchestration
- Consulting or professional-services background
- Internal developer platform / service catalog experience
- CKA or CKS certification