Principal Architect - AI Infrastructure / HPC / Data Centre

ACT NOW: Opportunity to join a market leading System Integrator delivering Multi-Billion-Dollar AI Data Centre Upgrade Programs. Work with the New and Emerging technology such as NVIDIA in an Org organisation at the forefront of delivering AI Data Centre Upgrade Programs, Delivering GPUs at scale.

We have (12-Month Contract - Extend) Principal Architect- AI Infrastructure roleavailable in Melbourne.

You will provide technical authority and architecture governance across large-scale enterprise AI infrastructure programs.

This is a senior Design Authority role covering the complete HPC, Compute–Network–Storage architecture. You will ensure these domains operate as one integrated, scalable and commercially viable AI infrastructure platform.

This is not a hands-on engineering role. You will lead through architecture, governance, technical decision-making and senior customer engagement, supported by specialist Domain Architects and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and govern AI infrastructure reference architectures / Gold Standards.
• Provide technical authority across Compute, Network and Storage.
• Lead Architecture Review Boards and approve architectural deviations.
• Review HLDs, LLDs, BoMs, SOWs and technical delivery plans.
• Act as Design Authority for major AI infrastructure engagements.
• Lead and mentor Domain Architects and technical delivery teams.
• Govern technical risks, dependencies, acceptance criteria and delivery quality.
• Work directly with senior customer stakeholders and technical Design Authorities.
• Support pre-sales, solution development, proposals and commercial discussions.

Technical Environment:
Strong knowledge across AI/HPC infrastructure, with depth in at least one domain and credible breadth across the others:

• NVIDIA SuperPOD / BasePOD / DGX / HGX / MGX / NVL72
• InfiniBand / Spectrum-X / Ethernet / RDMA
• VAST / WEKA / DDN / Pure
• NVIDIA Cloud Provider and Cisco AI Factory
• Private and public cloud environments
• Kubernetes / OpenShift
• Ansible / Python / Terraform

Experience Required:

• Principal / Lead Architect-level experience in AI, HPC, infrastructure or data centre environments.
• Strong understanding of the interaction between Compute, Network and Storage.
• Experience acting as a Design Authority or leading architecture governance.
• Experience delivering complex, multi-disciplinary technology programs.
• Strong customer-facing consulting and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercial awareness across BoM, SOW, TCO and infrastructure delivery.
• Experience leading and mentoring senior technical teams.

This is a great opportunity - To apply, please submit your CV via the portal by clicking the APPLY NOW button below.

You can also contact Charlie directly at: [email protected]
Charlie Molino [0450 253 077](tel:0450 253 077)
Northbridge IT Recruitment

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