<div><strong>Job Description</strong><br/><br/><strong>Principal Engineer, Solutions Architecture - Networking </strong><br/><br/><strong>Dell Services</strong> is growing, and we are seeking seasoned network professionals with expertise in <strong>AI infrastructure planning, high-performance networking, data center fabrics, and enterprise network transformation</strong>. Dell provides a complete end-to-end suite of products, services, and support for modern IT environments, including AI factories, accelerated computing platforms, HPC environments, data center networks, campus networks, and cloud-integrated architectures.<br/><br/>The <strong>Global Professional Services</strong> Network team provides assessment, architecture, design, implementation, and consulting services for Dell's networking and AI infrastructure solutions. This Network Planning Engineer will develop and maintain deep expertise in AI-ready network architectures, including high-speed Ethernet fabrics, GPU interconnect technologies, data center networking, campus networking, security, and network automation.<br/><br/><strong>What you'll achieve:</strong><br/><br/>The primary purpose of this role is to work directly with customers to <strong>assess, design, plan, migrate, integrate, and optimize networking infrastructures that support AI workloads, accelerated computing platforms, and modern enterprise environments</strong>. The engineer will act as a trusted technical advisor for customers building or expanding AI capabilities, ensuring that networking architectures deliver the performance, scalability, resiliency, and operational simplicity required for next-generation AI and data-intensive workloads.<br/><br/>Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a <strong>Principal Engineer, Solutions Architecture - Networking </strong>on our <strong>Solutions Architecture</strong> team.<br/><br/><strong>Responsibilities</strong><br/><br/><strong>You will:</strong><br/><br/><strong>AI Infrastructure Planning & Consulting</strong><br/><ul><li>Lead customer engagements focused on AI-ready infrastructure planning and network architecture.</li><li>Design scalable AI networking solutions supporting GPU clusters, AI factories, machine learning platforms, and large-scale training/inference environments.</li><li>Develop network architectures supporting high-performance east-west traffic patterns common in AI and HPC environments.</li><li>Advise customers on network designs for accelerated computing environments utilizing Dell and NVIDIA technologies.</li><li>Identify infrastructure bottlenecks and recommend improvements to maximize GPU utilization and AI workload performance.</li><li>Serve as the networking lead during AI infrastructure assessments, workshops, proofs-of-concept, and production deployments.</li></ul><br/><br/><strong>Pre-Sales Support - as needed</strong><br/><ul><li>Support Solution Architects and account teams as the technical Services SME for networking and AI infrastructure opportunities.</li><li>Participate in customer discovery sessions, architecture workshops, and executive technical briefings.</li><li>Contribute to services statements of work, project scope definitions, implementation strategies, and risk assessments.</li><li>Provide technical guidance regarding AI networking best practices</li></ul><br/><br/><strong>Implementation Planning, Migration, and Deployment</strong><br/><ul><li>Analyze customer environments and gather technical requirements.</li><li>Understand, design, propose, and communicate architecture requirements to all stakeholders.</li><li>Provide remote design, configuration, validation, and on-site deployment support.</li><li>Develop deployment workbooks, migration plans, validation procedures, and implementation documentation.</li><li>Ensure delivery resources fully understand customer-specific implementation and migration requirements.</li><li>Act as the first line of technical escalation for assigned customer engagements.</li><li>Lead major network deployments, AI fabric implementations, and migration projects.</li><li>Design and validate high-speed Ethernet fabrics supporting GPU-accelerated workloads.</li><li>Create network validation plans, performance testing procedures, and scalability assessments.</li><li>Travel as required to conduct workshops, assessments, architecture reviews, and deployment activities.</li></ul><br/><br/><strong>Operational Responsibilities</strong><br/><ul><li>Execute engagements according to established delivery methodologies and project governance processes.</li><li>Serve as a technical leader on complex enterprise and AI infrastructure projects.</li><li>Coordinate activities across architecture, implementation, and support teams.</li><li>Assume project leadership responsibilities as needed, maintaining accountability for successful customer outcomes.</li><li>Support operational handoff activities to customer and Dell support organizations.</li></ul><br/><br/><strong>Teamwork and Knowledge Management</strong><br/><ul><li>Collaborate closely with Dell engineering, product management, support teams, and strategic technology partners.</li><li>Provide mentorship and technical leadership to team members.</li><li>Develop reusable best practices, deployment methodologies, reference architectures, and technical collateral.</li><li>Maintain expert-level knowledge of Dell networking, AI infrastructure, and ecosystem technologies.</li><li>Participate in internal enablement initiatives and knowledge-sharing programs.</li></ul><br/><br/><strong>Qualifications</strong><br/><br/><strong>Take the first step towards your dream career</strong><br/><br/>Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here's what we are looking for with this role:<br/><br/><strong>Essential Requirements</strong><br/><br/>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field preferred. Equivalent experience will be considered.<br/><ul><li><strong>Work Experience </strong>Minimum of 7 years of experience in enterprise networking, consulting services, professional services, or infrastructure deployment.</li><li>Experience designing and implementing large-scale data center networks.</li><li>Experience supporting AI, HPC, GPU, or accelerated computing environments strongly preferred.</li><li>Experience leading customer-facing architecture, planning, and consulting engagements.</li><li>Experience with network automation, observability, and infrastructure-as-code methodologies preferred.</li><li>Excellent written, verbal, presentation, consulting, and executive communication skills as well as ability to lead customer workshops and architecture discussions and strong documentation and technical writing capabilities</li></ul><br/><strong>AI Networking Skills & Knowledge</strong><br/><br/><strong>Required</strong><br/><ul><li>AI infrastructure architecture and planning.</li><li>GPU cluster networking concepts.</li><li>High-performance Ethernet fabrics.</li><li>AI factory and accelerated computing infrastructure design.</li><li>Network performance optimization for AI workloads.</li><li>Scalable data center architecture design.</li></ul><br/><br/><strong>Preferred</strong><br/><ul><li>NVIDIA Spectrum networking platforms.</li><li>NVIDIA AI Factory architectures.</li><li>RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE).</li><li>GPUDirect technologies.</li><li>HPC networking architectures.</li><li>Large-scale AI training cluster deployments.</li><li>Network observability for AI environments.</li></ul><br/><br/><strong>Work Schedule</strong><br/><br/>Dependable attendance is required. Must be flexible with planned and emergency travel requirements, including occasional after-hours and weekend activities. Must possess a valid passport or be able to obtain one within 60 days of hire.<br/><br/><strong>Travel</strong><br/><br/>Up to <strong>50%</strong><br/><br/><strong>Compensation</strong><br/>Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The Toral Compensation range for this position is:<br/><br/>Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Nevada, Virginia: USD USD 142,800 - USD 184,800<br/>Washington: Total Compensation Range: USD USD 157,000 - USD 203,300<br/><br/><strong>Benefits and Perks of working at Dell Technologies</strong><br/><br/>Your life. Your health. Supported by your benefits. You can explore the overall benefits experience that<br/>awaits you as a Dell Technologies team member - right now at MyWellatDell.com<br/><br/></div>