[Hiring] Enterprise Architect for AI Cloud Infrastructure @Deutsche Telekom

Role Description

NVIDIA and Deutsche Telekom are jointly developing the world’s first industrial AI cloud for European manufacturers. This AI factory in Germany will host 10,000 GPUs across NVIDIA DGX B200 systems and RTX Pro Servers. Deutsche Telekom provides secure, sovereign and fast infrastructure, including data centers, operations, security, and AI solutions.

We are seeking an Enterprise Architect for Network Infrastructure at Industrial AI Cloud to design, build, automate network platform for automation and operation related network components such as Switches, Firewalls, Routers, Border Gateways as part of core environment of the Industrial AI Cloud. In this role you will:

• Design, provision and manage network components.
• Implement and fine-tune monitoring.
• Deploy additional components if necessary.
• Coordinate between multiple teams (such as Infrastructure, Platform) to deliver and continuously improve infrastructure services following ITIL processes.

Enterprise Architect considers and defines design to enable automated configuration management, release management, build, test and deployment activities. This is a customer-facing role, providing tailor-made solutions and implementations for the customer including consultancy.

Proprietary technologies used for managing above scope:

• InfiniBand
• Cumulus OS
• RoCE
• UFM
• FortiGate firewalls
• Cisco Border gateways

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Coordinate Operations together with Data Center, IaaS & PaaS layer.
• Coordinate and support network lifecycle activities (installs, upgrades, changes, firmware updates) and manage network interconnections and related documentation.
• Provision and maintain InfiniBand switches according to ITIL Standards.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts to orchestrate overall scope.
• Maintain network-based environments, apply patches, and manage firmware upgrades at scale.
• Follow and improve incident, problem, and change management workflows; document runbooks and standard operating procedures.
• Work closely with Platform Engineers and AI solution teams to ensure smooth deployments and operations.
• Manage High-Speed Fabric utilizing both InfiniBand and Ethernet / RoCE technologies.
• Build and develop concepts, processes and methods for automation, optimization, and standardization.
• Provide advice or information to all relevant employees or customers regarding technical aspects of products.
• Mentor and train co-workers to spread knowledge level and develop their skills.
• Act as key technical lead and solve and coordinate activities across related technologies/outside own team.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in network installation, maintenance, and operations.
• Knowledge of InfiniBand architecture, RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE), and low-latency, high-throughput networking for AI/HPC workloads.
• Understanding of Data Center Routing & Border Gateway Protocols, including Cisco or Juniper routers (e.g., CR‑8608, PTX10004) and BGP/OSPF routing.
• Solid Linux skills.
• Skilled in continuous monitoring, incident detection, and root-cause analysis for large-scale data center networks.
• Experience with Firewall & Security.
• Hands-on experience in Configuration & Lifecycle Management, including switch provisioning, firmware/OS upgrades, patch management, and configuration backups.
• 5+ years of experience in the design and delivery of systems based on IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.
• Experience with scripting in Python/Bash.
• Effective use of automation tools (Ansible, SaltStack, Terraform, Helm) for deployments.
• Proficient in automation using Git (GitHub, GitLab) and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD.
• Practical experience with Linux operating systems.
• Understanding of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) principles.
• Experience with monitoring and visualization tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.
• Speak English at B2 level; German is an advantage.