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Backbone and Peering Architect

Dallas, TXFull-time2026-09-04 → 2026-11-13
Based in United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Design and reference architecture for HPC data center backbone, WAN connectivity, cloud service provider on-ramps, and customer peering to ensure secure, scalable, and reliable connectivity.

Role type

Senior Network Architect (Data Center & Peering)

Builds

High-performance computing (HPC) data center infrastructure and network connectivity solutions

Domain

High-performance computing (HPC) and cloud infrastructure

Required skills

Data center fabric design (leaf-spine, Clos, EVPN, VXLAN), WAN and peering strategy, routing and traffic engineering, capacity planning, multi-tenant network security, digital twin modeling, HPC workload support

Preferred skills

GPU-accelerated environment experience, AI/ML workload support, infrastructure monitoring, simulation models

Technologies

EVPN, VXLAN, Clos, leaf-spine, WAN, DCI

Responsibilities

Own architecture of data center backbone interconnect (DCI), design reference architectures for WAN and cloud interconnects, define architectural standards for routing and failover, align design with capacity planning, collaborate on workload alignment, ensure security and observability, develop multi-tenant networking patterns

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC