Solution Architect (Storage)

Computacenter North America • nationwide call

nationwide

220275-en_US

About the role

Own the architecture of high-performance storage and data platforms supporting AI training, inference, RAG, checkpointing, and large-scale data pipelines, ensuring data can be delivered to GPU infrastructure at the required performance and scale. This role is a customer-facing technical leader supporting the sales organization throughout discovery, solution development, technical validation, and transition to deployment. The architect works as part of the broader AI infrastructure architecture team and collaborates closely with the other specialist domains to deliver an integrated end-to-end solution.

What you'll be doing

• Lead technical discovery and storage architecture for strategic AI Data Center opportunities.
• Design high-performance storage architectures for AI training, inference, checkpointing, RAG, and data-intensive workloads.
• Architect parallel and scale-out file systems, object storage, block storage, local NVMe, and data movement solutions based on workload requirements.
• Translate customer requirements into capacity, throughput, IOPS, latency, metadata, resiliency, and bandwidth-per-GPU targets.
• Size storage platforms based on GPU cluster scale, workload characteristics, dataset growth, checkpoint behavior, and performance requirements.
• Design compute-to-storage connectivity and collaborate on storage network architecture, RDMA, Ethernet/InfiniBand, and data-path optimization.
• Develop storage reference architectures, BOMs, sizing models, performance assumptions, and technical standards.
• Evaluate AI-focused storage platforms, technology roadmaps, interoperability, data services, and lifecycle requirements.
• Lead storage benchmarking, validation, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and production readiness activities.
• Partner with GPU / Compute and Network Solution Architects to eliminate data-path bottlenecks and optimize end-to-end cluster performance.
• Support RFQs/RFPs, proposals, customer workshops, proofs of concept, technical presentations, and architecture reviews.
• Work with Services Architecture, integration, OEMs, Professional Services, and delivery teams to ensure storage solutions can be deployed and operated at scale.

What you have

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise storage, high-performance storage, distributed systems, HPC, solution architecture, or related technical roles.
• Deep expertise in high-performance storage, distributed storage, HPC storage, or AI data platforms.
• Strong knowledge of parallel file systems, scale-out NAS, object storage, block storage, NVMe, caching, metadata, and data movement.
• Experience translating workload requirements into capacity and performance sizing across throughput, IOPS, latency, metadata, and resiliency.
• Experience supporting AI/ML, HPC, hyperscale, cloud, or other data-intensive infrastructure environments.
• Understanding of storage networking, RDMA, Ethernet/InfiniBand, and the interaction between storage, GPU compute, and network fabrics.
• Strong performance engineering and troubleshooting skills across storage systems and end-to-end data paths.
• Strong customer-facing architecture, documentation, workshop, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work across customers, OEMs, compute/network architects, Professional Services, integration, and delivery teams.
• VAST Data, WEKA, DDN, Pure Storage, Dell, NetApp or comparable high-performance storage platforms
• Lustre, IBM Storage Scale/GPFS, Ceph or other distributed/parallel storage technologies
• AI training, inference, checkpointing, RAG, and large-scale data pipeline architectures
• NVMe and high-performance storage networking
• Storage benchmarking, performance modeling, telemetry, and optimization
• AI CSP, hyperscale, NCP / neocloud, HPC, or large cloud infrastructure environments
• Technical Architecture – Brings deep domain expertise and translates customer requirements into scalable, supportable solutions.
• AI Infrastructure Knowledge – Understands how GPU / Compute, Network, and Storage operate together as an integrated AI platform.
• Design for Scale – Creates standardized architectures that can support large, rapidly expanding AI Data Center programs.
• Customer Engagement – Leads discovery, technical workshops, architecture reviews, and solution discussions with customer stakeholders.
• Performance & Troubleshooting – Uses data and technical analysis to identify bottlenecks, validate designs, and resolve complex infrastructure issues.
• Cross-Functional Leadership – Connects customers, OEMs, sales, engineering, Professional Services, integration, and delivery teams.
• Design-to-Delivery Thinking – Ensures technical architectures can be sourced, integrated, deployed, validated, and operated at scale.
• Quality, scalability, and technical accuracy of solution architectures
• Speed from customer requirements to validated technical design
• Successful technical support of AI Data Center pipeline and strategic pursuits
• Accuracy of sizing, BOMs, reference designs, and technical requirements
• Successful integration with the other AI infrastructure architecture domains
• Reduction in design changes, deployment issues, and performance bottlenecks
• Successful transition from solution architecture into production deployment
• Customer and OEM confidence in the technical solution
• Development and adoption of repeatable reference architectures and standards

Why you should choose us

Freedom & trust

At Computacenter, you can really thrive by having the autonomy to do the right thing, for the long-term benefit of your customers in our unique can-do culture. Our Sales professionals are trusted with high- profile customers and manage large-scale, complex projects.

Your work. Your time

Our culture means that you’re free to decide how best to manage your time and workload. All that matters is that you’re delivering your best for our customers and that you pursue a healthy work/life balance.

Celebrating success

Our two-day annual Group Kick-off event is an international sales conference like no other! It’s a great opportunity to network with your peers from Europe, Asia, and beyond. Learn, be inspired, and help celebrate the success of your team and your colleagues.

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organization that doesn’t hide behind hierarchy. We communicate regularly, openly, and directly. For us, it’s about being straightforward, delivering, and doing the right thing. Essentially, we’re people dealing with people!

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work; that’s why we see and value you as the individual you are. We take a genuine interest in you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity, and promote inclusion within our industry.

Personal development

We offer unlimited opportunities for your personal growth and development with a structure that offers clear paths for progression. Our people have advanced to become some of the most successful leaders across the global industry – and we’re proud of this.

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset, and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program, a ‘Be well’ app (powered by Humanoo), Mental Health First Aiders, wellbeing webinars, wellness fairs, and much more.

Tuition reimbursement

Interested in continuing your formal education or pursuing various certifications? Computacenter provides up to $5,250 in tuition reimbursement for full time employees. We value continuing education, and this assistance includes tuition, books, registration fees, and more.

Parental leave

If you’re expanding your family, you can utilize our parental leave program that provides twelve weeks of 100% paid leave for birthing parents, and two weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents. Grow your family with peace of mind as you grow professionally with us.

We’re a place where you can belong

At Computacenter, people matter. We value what makes you, you, and believe everyone should feel comfortable being themselves at work. Here, you’ll be recognised for your contribution, supported to grow, and welcomed into a vibrant, collaborative culture where you can experience a genuine sense of belonging - because when you thrive, we thrive.

You’ll see this reflected in our recruitment process too. We aim to provide fair access to opportunities and an inclusive, barrier‑free experience. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values and bring the skills and experience we need.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme. If you opt in and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you’ll be guaranteed an interview, and we’re happy to support any reasonable adjustments. Please let us know when you apply.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years. Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.

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