Senior Solutions Architect, Ethernet Networking - Nvis

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · VA +5 · Remote

This role focuses on designing, architecting, and implementing data center networks, with a specific emphasis on Ethernet networking for HPC AI and enterprise datacenter domains. The responsibilities include providing network expertise, crafting automation scripts, validating network architectures, and interacting with customers. While AI tools are mentioned for network automation, the core function is network engineering, not AI model development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Providing Ethernet and routing expertise to customers during project delivery to design, architect, configure and test Ethernet networking solutions
  2. Work in multi-functional teams to provide Ethernet networking expertise to server infrastructure builds, accelerated computing workloads and GPU enabled AI applications
  3. Crafting and evaluating DevOps automation scripts for network operations, designing architectures, and developing switch fabric configurations.
  4. Implementing tasks related to network configuration and validation for data centers.
  5. Create Methods of Procedure and deployment documents

Skills

Required

  • Ethernet networking
  • TCP/IP
  • Switching
  • Routing
  • Data center architecture
  • CLOS architectures
  • Spine-leaf architectures
  • BGP
  • VxLAN
  • EVPN
  • Packet sniffers
  • Linux administration
  • Kernel drivers
  • PCIe devices
  • System-level diagnostics
  • Computer hardware architecture
  • High Performance Compute (HPC) network storage
  • Network requirement gathering
  • Analysis
  • Project planning
  • Deployment
  • Network automation
  • Ansible
  • Salt
  • Python scripting
  • Communication skills
  • Presentation skills

Nice to have

  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • NVIDIA Air
  • GNS3
  • EVE-NG
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
  • Datadog
  • Git
  • AI tools

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of expertise in networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, Switching, Routing, and data center architecture
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and building network fabrics for scalable data center compute clusters, including CLOS and spine-leaf architectures
  • Expert-level proficiency in BGP, VxLAN, and EVPN for network design and troubleshooting (5+ years), with strong overall Ethernet/TCP/IP switching and routing experience (10+ years)
  • Advanced network troubleshooting skills using packet sniffers and analysis tools (8+ years)
  • Strong Linux administration background including kernel drivers, PCIe devices, system-level diagnostics, and computer hardware architecture (6+ years)