Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. A high-growth infrastructure platform is seeking a Vice President of Network Engineering to lead the strategy, architecture, and scale-up of its next-generation network environment. The role will define network architecture for large-scale AI compute environments, GPU clusters, and data center infrastructure while overseeing reliability, vendor strategy, operational readiness, and the growth of a world-class network engineering organization.
Responsibilities
- Architect and scale GPU cluster fabrics supporting AI, HPC, and accelerated computing workloads
- Lead network architecture across AI data centers, including Ethernet AI fabrics, RDMA, RoCE, InfiniBand, storage networks, management networks, and customer connectivity
- Define scalable, high-performance network designs using spine-leaf architectures, EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, IPv6, and 400G/800G networking technologies
- Evaluate network architectures supporting NVIDIA, AMD, and next-generation accelerated compute platforms
- Act as the executive technical authority for network architecture reviews, design decisions, deployment standards, and operational readiness
Skills
- 12+ years of experience in network engineering, AI infrastructure, HPC networking, cloud networking, or hyperscale data center environments
- Experience designing, deploying, or operating large-scale GPU clusters, AI infrastructure, hyperscale cloud networks, or mission-critical data center environments
- Strong expertise in RDMA, RoCE, InfiniBand, Ethernet AI fabrics, EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, IPv6, spine-leaf architectures, and high-performance networking
- Experience supporting NVIDIA, Mellanox, AMD GPU platforms, GPU fabrics, AI clusters, or accelerated compute infrastructure
- Proven ability to operate as both an executive leader and hands-on technical architect
- Experience leading vendor evaluations, network platform selection, infrastructure standards, and commercial decision-making
- Demonstrated success building teams, operating models, automation frameworks, and engineering organizations from the ground up
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence both senior business leaders and highly technical engineering teams
- Senior AI infrastructure, hyperscale networking, cloud infrastructure, or HPC engineering leader operating at executive level
- Experience architecting and scaling GPU fabrics, AI cluster networking, or large-scale cloud network environments
- Background within hyperscale cloud, AI infrastructure, accelerated computing, digital infrastructure, or mission-critical environments
- Proven ability to bridge executive strategy with hands-on technical leadership
- Experience scaling engineering organizations, operational processes, infrastructure platforms, and network architecture functions
- Strong commercial and vendor management experience with the ability to influence multi-million-dollar infrastructure decisions
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement with significant travel
- Executive-level visibility and direct partnership with senior leadership
- Opportunity to shape the future direction of a rapidly expanding infrastructure platform
- Significant influence over technology strategy, architecture, and organizational development
- Greenfield and transformation-focused initiatives with long-term impact
- Exposure to next-generation infrastructure challenges and emerging technologies
- Career-defining opportunity to build and scale a world-class engineering function
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