Senior Software and Cloud Architect

NVIDIA is looking for an experienced Senior SW & Cloud Architect who is passionate about technology and innovation, to join our SW Architecture group. The position includes researching and exploring new technologies , with a focus on defining the architecture of groundbreaking technologies in networking, security, virtualization and orchestration domains. You will play a vital role in ground breaking datacenter networking and security solutions. You will collaborate with various teams globally, including SW architects, R&D, product, solution architects and external customers.

NVIDIA Architecture group's world-class architects are designing the next generation of state-of-the-art architecture for our DPUs & NICs technologies. If you would love to be a part of defining that future of the cloud solution stack, orchestration, provisioning, network programmability and SDN, this role could be for you! This position offers a unique and exceptional opportunity to have a real impact in shaping the future of data-center technologies around the world. If this motivates and drives you, we'd love to hear from you!

What you will be doing:

• Leading architecture design for cloud-based orchestration & provisioning solutions

• Crafting state-of-the-art systems architecture for DPUs & NICs technologies

• Providing fast and creative solutions for complex problems

• Writing effective, clear and reliable architecture specification

• Evaluating new technologies, innovating & rapidly developing proof-of-concept prototypes that can then be developed into full-fledged products/solutions

• Working closely with various NVIDIA teams around the world including SW & HW architects, R&D, product, solution architects, application and field engineers and more

• Working with high-profile customers on advanced and future technologies and solutions

What we need to see:

• Degree (Masters or PhD) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

• 5+ years of proven experience as a Software Architect/System Architect and/or as Software developer

• Strong C coding and Python design, coding, analysis, debugging and problem solving.

• Hands-on Linux development, Docker, Containers, Kubernetes components & subsystems, Helm frameworks experience

• Kubernetes CRDs, Operators, system plugins and CNI plugin development

• Knowledge in provisioning systems such as Maas or Ironic

• Ability to work concurrently with multiple groups locally and abroad in the organization

• Excellent communication, documentation and presentation skills

Ways to stand out of a crowd:

• Background with data center technologies, network topologies and cloud

• Experience with OpenStack/OpenShift and/or Cloud APIs

• Experience with CNI Plugins (Calico, Flannel)

• Familiarity with different automation tools such as Ansible

• Experience with DPDK, OVS, OVN

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you.

The base salary range is 148,000 USD - 276,000 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.