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F5 is transforming how organizations deliver, secure, andoperatemodern applications and AI infrastructure. BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes (BNK) is F5's cloud-native platform for Kubernetes networking, application delivery, and security. As AI Factories rapidly scale across Neoclouds, AI-Native Platforms,Hyperscalers, and Foundation Model providers, F5 is building a specialized team of industry experts to shape the future of AI infrastructure.
The NVIDIAAI Infrastructure Global Architectserves as a senior technicalleader, industry strategist, and trusted advisor for customers building next-generation AI platforms. Operating at the intersection of AI infrastructure, networking, security, and business transformation,thisrole partners with strategic sales, product, engineering, andleadership teams to accelerate customer adoption of F5 solutions within NVIDIA-powered AI environments.
What You'll Do
Serve as the AI Infrastructure Thought Leader
Act as F5'sseniortechnical authority for NVIDIA-based AI Factories, GPU clouds, and large-scale AI infrastructure.
Providestrategic guidance to customers on AI platform architecture, scalability, networking, security, and operational excellence.
Influence customer technology roadmaps throughtechnicaladvisory engagements and architecture strategy sessions.
EngageSenior TechnicalStakeholders
Build trusted relationships withArchitects,platform engineeringleaders,infrastructureleaders, technical decision makers, and senior customer stakeholders
Translate complex technical challenges into measurable business outcomes, helping customersoptimizeAI investments and accelerate time-to-value.
Leadtechnicalworkshops and strategic discussions around AI infrastructure modernization.
DriveTechnical Strategy and Business Growth
Partner closely with Account Executives, Strategic Sales Leaders, and Alliance Teams to develop account strategies and technical win plans.
Support large, strategic opportunities by aligning F5 and NVIDIA technologies to customer initiatives.
Shape business cases thatdemonstratethe value of secure, scalable, high-performance AI infrastructure.
Architect AI Factory Solutions
Design andvalidatearchitectures for AI Factories, GPU-as-a-Service platforms, Kubernetes environments, and multi-tenant AI infrastructure.
Advise customers on networking, traffic management, ingress/egress, service delivery, security, and workload optimization for large-scale AI deployments.
DeveloparchitecturesleveragingNVIDIABlueFieldDPUs, DOCA, GPU networking, and cloud-native application delivery platforms.
Lead Industry and Ecosystem Engagement
Represent F5 at customer events,technicalbriefings, conferences, industry forums, and partner engagements.
Collaborate with NVIDIA field teams, alliance partners, and ecosystem stakeholders to create differentiated solutions and go-to-market strategies.
Serve as a visible thought leader throughwhitepapers, presentations, technical content, and industry discussions.
Influence Product and Engineering Direction
Act as the voice of the customer for AI and NVIDIA-related requirements.
Translate customer needs, competitive insights, and emerging market trends into actionable feedback for Product Management and Engineering.
Help shape future roadmap priorities for BNK and AI infrastructure solutions.
Develop Repeatable Solutions and Best Practices
Create AI Factory reference architectures, deployment models, technical playbooks, and operational frameworks.
Establish best practices for Kubernetes networking, AI workload delivery, and infrastructuresecurity atscale.
Mentor Solutions Architects and Technical Sales teams on NVIDIA ecosystem technologies and AI infrastructure trends.
Required Qualifications
12+ years of experience in Solutions Architecture, Technical Consulting, Systems Engineering, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Architecture, or related customer-facing technical leadership roles.
5+ years of experience working with cloud-scale infrastructure, AI/ML platforms, high-performance computing (HPC), or GPU-accelerated environments.
Demonstrated experience engagingsenior technical decision makersand customer stakeholders
Deepexpertisein Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures, container networking, and application delivery technologies.
Strong knowledge of data center networking, including Layer 2-7 technologies, BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, RDMA, and high-performance fabrics.
Experience designing solutions involving NVIDIA AI infrastructure,BlueFieldDPUs, GPU networking, DOCA, or related ecosystem technologies.
Proven ability to influence technical strategy across customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
Exceptional communication, presentation, andsenior stakeholderengagement skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working directly with NVIDIA,hyperscalers, AI-native platforms, or GPU cloud providers.
Familiarity with AI Factory architectures, large language model (LLM) deployment environments, and distributed AI training infrastructure.
Experience developingtechnicalbusiness cases and technology transformation strategies.
Public speaking experience at industry conferences, technical forums, orcustomerbriefings.
Knowledge of AI infrastructure security, multi-tenancy, workload isolation, and data sovereignty requirements.
Skills & Competencies
TechnicalLeadership
Strong technicalpresence with the ability to advise and influence senior business and technology leaders.
Ability to bridge strategic businessobjectiveswith complex technology solutions.
AI Infrastructure Expertise
Deep understanding of AI Factory architecture, GPU infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and cloud-native networking.
Expertisein large-scale AI workload delivery and infrastructure optimization.
Strategic Consulting
Ability toidentifycustomer challenges, define technology strategies, and build transformation roadmaps.
Strong consultative and outcome-focused approach.
Ecosystem Influence
Ability to collaborate effectively across customers, partners, alliances, sales, product management, and engineering teams.
Strong understanding of the NVIDIA ecosystem and emerging AI infrastructure trends.
Technical Excellence
Ability to simplify and communicatehighly complexarchitectural concepts to bothbusinessand technical audiences.
Proven success driving technical validation, architecture design, and strategic technology adoption.
Why F5?
As the NVIDIAAI Infrastructure Global Architect, you will help shape the future of AI infrastructure and GPU cloud computing. You will work directly with the world's largest AI innovators,hyperscalers, Neocloud providers, and enterprise AI leaders while influencing the intersection of AI, networking, security, and cloud-native infrastructure. This is a unique opportunity to serve as both a strategic advisor and technicalvisionaryhelping build the next generation of AIFactories atglobal scale.
Key Differentiator of this Role:Beyond traditional Solutions Architecture responsibilities, theNVIDIA AI InfrastructureGlobal Architectserves as F5'sseniorAI infrastructure expert, industry evangelist, strategic advisor, and NVIDIA ecosystem leader.
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is: $290,300.00 - $435,500.00
F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.
You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
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Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com
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