White Space Solutions Architect

The Company

NorthMark Compute & Cloud (NMC²) is backed by dedicated leadership and investment, with a clear mission as it operates at the bleeding edge of technology. Its goal is to scale and enhance the high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud infrastructure that supports its clients' research, production, and delivery, enabling breakthroughs that shape the industries of tomorrow. Its engineers build critical infrastructure to eliminate friction in scientific research, simulations, analysis, and decision-making, accelerating discovery and driving faster innovation.  

The Position

We are seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to drive the design and delivery of scalable, resilient solutions within new data center halls. This role will bridge customer requirements, technology platforms, and infrastructure reference architectures to ensure the white space design aligns with business demand, HPC workloads, and emerging technology trends.

The ideal candidate will act as the glue between product, infrastructure, and operations teams, translating technical and business needs into integrated solutions that scale.  

Responsibilities:

• Own solution-level design and alignment across compute, storage, networking, and facilities systems within new data center builds.

• Partner with product teams, HPC customers, and operations to translate workload requirements into scalable data center white space solutions.

• Define reference architectures that incorporate compute/GPU density, storage ratios, and network integration strategies.

• Collaborate with infrastructure architects, digital architects, and network architects to deliver holistic designs.

• Create solution roadmaps that segment delivery into implementable phases while meeting near-term demand.

• Support proof-of-concept efforts and performance baseline testing to validate solution viability.

• Ensure designs meet compliance, resiliency, and sustainability requirements.

• Act as the customer-facing technical partner for complex solution discussions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

• 8+ years of experience in solution architecture, systems architecture, or large-scale infrastructure design.

• Strong background in HPC, cloud, or large-scale enterprise data center environments.

• Expertise in integrating compute, storage, and networking into cohesive solutions.

• Strong communication and cross-functional leadership skills.

• Experience with hyperscale or GPU-accelerated environments, supporting AI/ML workloads, infrastructure monitoring, or simulation models.

• Strong communicator with leadership and project management experience.

It is impossible to list every requirement for, or responsibility of, any position.  Similarly, we cannot identify all the skills a position may require since job responsibilities and the Company’s needs may change over time.  Therefore, the above job description is not comprehensive or exhaustive.  The Company reserves the right to adjust, add to or eliminate any aspect of the above description.  The Company also retains the right to require all employees to undertake additional or different job responsibilities when necessary to meet business needs.

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Benefits & Perks:

• Company-Paid Lunch Stipend: Lunch is provided via GrubHub

• Company-Paid Benefits: 100% Employer-Paid Medical in our High Deductible Health Plan, Dental and Vision benefits for employees and their families, 16 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Program, Life insurance, Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability

• 401(k): Company will match 100% of your contributions up to 6%

• Optional Employee-Paid Benefits: Medical insurance in our PPO plan and a variety of other benefits such as Health Savings Accounts (with Company Contribution!), Flexible Spending Accounts, Supplemental Life Insurance, Wellhub and more.

• Time Off:  25 days of Paid Time Off plus 12 company holidays

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