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NVIDIA

Solutions Architect, Data Center Buildouts

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onsite senior full-time Santa Clara

First indexed 18 May 2026

Description

Join NVIDIA as a Solution Architect on the Infrastructure Specialists team. As a key member of our team, you will help redefine deep learning, data analytics, and power data centers worldwide using NVIDIA products. Collaborate on building the world's largest and fastest AI Factories and supercomputers.

In this role, your main focus will be to support customers in the areas of planning, design, construction, and deployment of large scale AI factories. You will be a part of the team building capabilities to design, construct and deliver large AI factories based on NVIDIA's reference designs. This includes architectural systems, power distribution, cooling systems, integration of telemetry and control systems, and all other physical infrastructure.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Collaborating with product and engineering teams to understand NVIDIA’s reference architectures for data center infrastructure including power distribution, cooling systems, controls and monitoring, and network/cabling architecture.
  • Supporting customers and partners in quickly implementing this architecture into advanced and reliable data center designs.
  • Collaborating across the org to build processes, partner relationships and workflows to deliver and deploy large AI factories at speed of light (SOL).
  • Reviewing and appraising customers' and partners' infrastructure design plans, verifying their compliance with NVIDIA reference architecture, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
  • Ensuring alignment with our customers and partners on reference architecture, guidelines and processes to make their deployments successful.
  • Assessing the operational efficiency, reliability, and readiness of data center infrastructure components before deploying AI/HPC clusters.
  • Developing and implementing comprehensive audit plans and conducting pre-deployment audits to identify potential issues, risks, and areas for improvement.
  • Partnering and vendor ecosystem: Developing and sustaining a strong ecosystem of manufacturers, service providers and partners as needed, to ensure customers can deploy NVIDIA solutions rapidly and reliably as well as be the key liaison for customers and partners on matters of data center infrastructure.
  • Acting as the NVIS mentor providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the team's success in their respective roles.
  • Implementing and making quality assurance processes to ensure that deployments meet established specifications and performance benchmarks.
  • Driving continuous improvement initiatives to improve data center infrastructure reliability, resilience, and sustainability.

You will be a key liaison for customers and partners on matters of data center infrastructure, and will work closely with internal teams, external vendors, and customers to facilitate the flawless integration of data center infrastructure solutions.

We are looking for an expert professional with a background in multiple aspects of infrastructure delivery, preferably of hyperscale data centers. The ideal candidate will have at least 12 years of experience, preferably in sophisticated, high-density AI/HPC data centers.

The successful candidate will have:

  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong technical knowledge and experience in data center systems and processes- power distribution, liquid cooling, rack/server chassis, and cabling.
  • Proven technical and project leadership under fluid situations, and ability to adapt to change.
  • Strong communication at both ground execution as well as executive levels, internally and with customers.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication and decision-making skills, keen attention to detail, and a dedication to quality.
  • Strong record of excellent partnership and putting the mission's success first.
  • Coordination & Time Management – proficient at planning, scheduling, and coordinating tasks related to the job to accomplish objectives within or ahead of designated time frames.
  • Able to travel (25%).
  • Experience in hyperscale data center deployment, operations process, safety, and security measures.
  • Solid understanding of the whole data center Infrastructure stack.
  • Outstanding social skills.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.