Solutions Architect, Data Center Infrastructure - NVIS

About the role

NVIDIA is seeking a Solutions Architect in Data Center Infrastructure to join our Infrastructure Specialists team. The role involves leading planning and deployments of AI data centers including power/cooling systems, cabling and network provisioning and validation. The position focuses on data center audits, planning and deployment ensuring the integrity of NVIDIA platform infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other teams to plan and implement data center infrastructure solutions based on NVIDIA Datacenter reference architecture, including power distribution, cooling systems, network architecture, server hardware, and storage systems.
• Plan and manage deployment of NVIDIA's pioneering AI infrastructure solutions including highly complex rack-scale, liquid cooled compute and networking hardware systems, in a fluid and fast-paced environment.
• Conduct pre-deployment planning including reviewing cluster and data center architecture, plan network port mapping and fiber optic cabling BOM, identify potential risks, train vendors and find areas for improvement.
• Evaluate customers' and partners' infrastructure design proposals for consistency with industry standards and regulatory requirements. Provide feedback and recommendations to improve performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Perform testing, troubleshooting and validation of compute systems based on collaboration with product and engineering teams.
• As the NVIS Solutions Architect for Datacenter Infrastructure, act as the mentor providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the NVIS team's success in their respective roles.
• Establish and enforce quality assurance processes to verify that deployments meet established specifications and performance benchmarks. Conduct thorough bring-up, testing, and validation to validate the functionality and reliability of infrastructure components.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance data center infrastructure efficiency for NVIDIA data center reference architecture and deployment blueprint, resilience, and sustainability. Find opportunities to streamline processes, automate repetitive tasks, and leverage emerging technologies to optimize infrastructure operations.
• Collaborate and communicate across internal teams, external vendors, and customers to facilitate the seamless integration of data center infrastructure solutions. Serve as a domain expert and point of contact for infrastructure-related inquiries and blocking issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 3+ years of overall experience in enterprise and/or hyperscale data centers with continual infrastructure deployment experience, preferably for high density AI/HPC data centers.
• Working experience in data center operations, or infrastructure management roles, focusing on large-scale data center deployments.
• Strong technical knowledge and experience in the data center stack - power distribution, liquid cooling, servers, networking, storage and pre-deployment planning.
• Relevant certification – preferred.
• Demonstrated technical and project leadership under fluid situations, ability to adapt to unknowns and change.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, keen attention to detail, and a commitment to quality.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, capable of engaging with various collaborators like customers to enable productive discussions.
• Organization & Time Management – able to plan, schedule, and organize tasks related to the job to achieve goals within or ahead of established time frames.
• Willingness to travel (up to 40%).

Qualifications

• Linux system administration skills.
• Strong knowledge of whole data center Infrastructure stack.
• Flexible/agile and enjoys solving challenging problems.

Skills

• Technical knowledge and experience in the data center stack - power distribution, liquid cooling, servers, networking, storage and pre-deployment planning.
• Strong technical skills in data center infrastructure.
• Experience in data center operations and infrastructure management.
• Ability to adapt to unknowns and change.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Flexibility and agility in problem-solving.

Benefits

Base salary range: $124,000 - $195,500 for Level 3, and $148,000 - $235,750 for Level 4. Eligible for equity and benefits.

Pay

Base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

Schedule

Willingness to travel (up to 40%) is required.