Principal Engineer, Solutions Architecture

Dell Technologies

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Work type
Remote
Location
IL
Salary
$142,800–$184,800 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 26, 2026

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Below market

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About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies is a US-based technology company that designs and sells PCs, servers, storage and networking hardware, along with related software and IT services. Its product lines include the XPS, Latitude and Alienware PCs and the PowerEdge server and PowerStore storage families.

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer, Solutions Architecture

The Principal Engineer, Solutions Architecture joins the Global Professional Services Network team to provide expert consulting for AI infrastructure and enterprise network transformation. This role involves assessing, designing, and optimizing networking infrastructures specifically for AI workloads, accelerated computing platforms, and high-performance computing environments. You will lead customer engagements to build scalable AI-ready architectures, including GPU clusters and AI factories, while managing migrations and production deployments. Key technical requirements include expertise in high-speed Ethernet fabrics, RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE), GPUDirect technologies, and NVIDIA Spectrum networking platforms. You will also utilize network automation, observability, and infrastructure-as-code methodologies. The work focuses on solving performance bottlenecks in data-intensive environments to ensure scalability and resiliency for next-generation machine learning training and inference workloads.

What you'll do

  • Design scalable AI networking solutions for GPU clusters, AI factories, and large-scale training environments.
  • Lead customer engagements to assess, plan, and migrate networking infrastructures for accelerated computing workloads.
  • Develop network architectures optimized for high-performance east-west traffic patterns in AI and HPC environments.
  • Create deployment workbooks, migration plans, and performance testing procedures for high-speed Ethernet fabrics.
  • Provide technical guidance and SME support for pre-sales discovery sessions and architecture workshops.
  • Act as the first line of technical escalation for complex enterprise networking and AI infrastructure projects.
  • Develop reusable reference architectures, deployment methodologies, and technical collateral for the team.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum of 7 years of experience in enterprise networking, consulting services, professional services, or infrastructure deployment.
  • Experience designing and implementing large-scale data center networks.
  • Experience leading customer-facing architecture, planning, and consulting engagements.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field (preferred).
  • Experience supporting AI, HPC, GPU, or accelerated computing environments (preferred).
  • Experience with network automation, observability, and infrastructure-as-code methodologies (preferred).
  • Proficiency in AI infrastructure architecture, GPU cluster networking, high-performance Ethernet fabrics, and scalable data center design.
  • Must possess a valid passport or be able to obtain one within 60 days of hire.

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