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SHI International Corp. · 4 days ago

Principal Architect - AI & Datacenter

United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$200K/yr - $750K/yr

15+ years exp

SHI International Corp. is a global provider of IT solutions and services, helping organizations transform through technology. The Principal Architect - AI & Datacenter serves as the senior-most technical advisor, leading AI infrastructure pursuits and guiding teams to deliver advanced compute solutions for clients.

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Responsibilities

Lead Complex AI Infrastructure Pursuits: Serve as the chief architect and trusted technical strategist for multimillion-dollar AI and datacenter modernization opportunities, ensuring performance, scalability, and security alignment with enterprise goals

Architect Advanced Compute Environments: Optimize end-to-end infrastructure—GPU clusters, fabric interconnects, and AI-optimized storage—for large model training and inference workloads across on-prem, edge, and cloud platforms

Drive Strategic Customer Engagement: Co-develop digital transformation roadmaps with executive clients, emphasizing AI-ready datacenter evolution, sustainable energy efficiency, and workload orchestration

Integrate Hybrid Cloud and AI Platforms: Design architectures leveraging NVIDIA DGX, HPE GreenLake, Dell APEX, or Red Hat OpenShift AI ecosystems to ensure seamless data mobility, workload elasticity, and cost-effective scaling

Lead Proof-of-Concept and Benchmarking: Direct technical validation for AI workloads, including multi-tenant GPU performance testing, model training simulations, and inferencing benchmark optimization

Influence Product and R&D Direction: Collaborate with infrastructure engineering, software development, and AI solution groups and OEM Partners to align field innovations with datacenter roadmap investments

Mentor Next-Generation Architects: Build AI competency frameworks, train presales engineers in AI workload modeling, and elevate organizational acumen for data-driven presales execution

Provide Thought Leadership: Attend SHI and Partner events as well as webinars providing relevant content in speaking roles. Attend partner meetings in an advisory capacity. Publish articles and blogs on SHI capabilities, industry innovations and trends

Qualification

AI architectureDatacenter designHybrid cloud integrationMLOps practicesGPU computingPythonTensorFlowPyTorchCloud architectureContainer orchestrationData fabric designCustomer-centric mindsetLeadershipStrategic thinkingProblem-solvingCommunicationInterpersonal skills

Required

Completed Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Data Science, or related field

15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, presales engineering, or datacenter solution design, including 5+ years dedicated to AI infrastructure or HPC systems

Strong understanding of AI frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Triton Inference Server) and MLOps integration across hybrid infrastructures

Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale AI/ML clusters, GPU cloud architectures, and fiber-connected computing fabrics

Advanced communication and executive-level advisory skills with the ability to articulate complex technical strategies in business value terms

Deep expertise in at least two domains: GPU/accelerator computing, Data fabric design, Container orchestration, Power-efficient datacenter design

Ability to travel 25%