Designworkstalent

Data Center Network Engineer

Bellevue

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 hours ago

Cloud PlatformsPlatform EngineeringAgentic AICybersecurityNetwork SecurityCiscoBGP/OSPFNetwork Engineering

About the role

Backed by significant long-term investment, the company combines the speed, ownership, and innovation of a startup with the stability and resources of an established parent organization.
This is a greenfield opportunity to define the network architecture supporting GPU clusters, tenant isolation, security, and high-performance connectivity across next-generation AI infrastructure.
This is a highly visible Principal-level individual contributor role offering significant technical ownership and influence over the long-term networking strategy of the organization.

Design, build, automate, and operate data center networking supporting large-scale GPU clusters, AI workloads, and multi-tenant cloud services.
Develop secure tenant isolation architectures that ensure performance, scalability, and security across customer environments.
Design resilient, highly available network architectures across compute, storage, and infrastructure services.
Partner closely with hardware, infrastructure, virtualization, and platform engineering teams to optimize networking for AI training and inference workloads.
Build infrastructure automation to simplify deployment, configuration management, monitoring, and operational excellence.
Design and build the networking foundation powering one of the industry's most advanced AI infrastructure platforms.
Own architecture decisions spanning data center networking, tenant isolation, security, and high-performance connectivity.
Collaborate with exceptional engineers solving some of the industry's most complex challenges in hyperscale networking and AI infrastructure.

Significant experience designing, deploying, and operating large-scale data center networks within hyperscale cloud, AI infrastructure, HPC, or enterprise environments.
Deep expertise across multiple enterprise networking platforms, with demonstrated experience supporting at least two major vendors such as Arista, Juniper, HPE, Cisco, or equivalent technologies.
Strong understanding of multi-tenant networking, segmentation, tenant isolation, and network security architecture.
Experience designing highly available, scalable, and automated networking solutions supporting mission-critical production environments.
Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, early-stage environment where architecture, standards, and processes are being built from the ground up.
U.S. work authorization is required. Visa sponsorship is not currently available.

Experience supporting GPU clusters, AI infrastructure, high-performance computing (HPC), or large-scale distributed compute environments.
Experience with high-bandwidth, low-latency networking technologies such as InfiniBand, RoCE, RDMA, or equivalent fabrics supporting AI workloads.
Familiarity with EVPN/VXLAN, Spine-Leaf architectures, BGP, Clos networking, and modern software-defined networking principles.
Experience with network observability, telemetry, and automation frameworks.
Competitive base pay for Bellevue market
These awards are allocated based on individual performance
Approximately three days per week in the office.
U.S. work authorization is required.

Competitive base pay for Bellevue market
Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus, and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance

U.S. based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, employees also receive per calendar year, paid holidays.
Enjoy the autonomy and technical ownership of a startup environment backed by substantial long-term investment and a bold vision for the future of AI.

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