About the Role
This is a senior thought leadership position for an architect who has earned credibility across both the technology domain and the boardroom. You will shape WWT's AI Factory strategy across Australia & New Zealand, guide customers through their most complex AI adoption challenges, and build the intellectual foundation that makes WWT's HPA Practice irreplaceable.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior subject matter authority for AI Factory design, accelerated infrastructure, and workload-optimized architecture across WWT's Enterprise, GSP, Public Sector — Australia & New Zealand customer base.
- Translate deep technical architecture into AI business outcomes — connecting infrastructure decisions to financial impact, competitive advantage, risk posture, and operational resilience.
- Develop original intellectual property: reference architectures, point-of-view papers, design frameworks, and advisory content that differentiates WWT's AI Practice in the market.
- Engage executive and C-suite stakeholders as a trusted advisor, helping organizations understand how AI Factory investment maps to business model transformation.
- Assist in developing new ways of working leveraging Generative AI and modern Agentic frameworks to advance the GS&A team's speed and efficiency.
- Architect end-to-end AI Factory environments — spanning GPU compute, high-performance networking, intelligent storage, and workload management — from model training to inference at scale.
- Lead HLD, BOM, and LLD for complex AI infrastructure engagements incorporating the full NVIDIA ecosystem.
- Design vendor-neutral AI Factory solutions across NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel accelerated platforms, aligned to customer workload economics.
- Assist in the design of high-performance network fabrics — InfiniBand and high-speed Ethernet — and develop architectures spanning bare-metal, containerized, and virtualized environments across the full AI compute stack.
- Architect and advise on AI workload orchestration including NVIDIA BCM, Run:ai, Slurm, and emerging platforms such as Armada, Apolo, Rafay, and ClearML.
- Guide customers on MLOps strategy — from data pipeline design through model training, validation, deployment, and lifecycle management — ensuring infrastructure decisions support the data science teams that consume them.
- Size and design compute environments based on model type, parameter count, precision requirements, and inference SLA targets, translating data science requirements into infrastructure specifications.
- Lead security-first architecture engagements — designing AI Factories with zero-trust frameworks, model access controls, data provenance, and supply chain integrity for regulated industries and federal customers.
- Advise on securing multi-tenant GPU clusters, protecting training data and model weights, and establishing observability and audit trails for AI-driven business processes.
- Partner with regional field architects, sales, and professional services to translate HPA and AI Factory capabilities into customer-ready solutions, workshops, and advisory offerings.
- Develop and deliver technical enablement content — briefings, training, roadshows, and hands-on ATC labs — that builds the field organization's ability to position and sell AI Factory solutions.
- Cultivate executive-level relationships with WWT's most strategic HPA partners — NVIDIA, AMD, Cisco, HPE, Dell, and others — ensuring early access to roadmaps, engineering resources, and co-sell opportunities.
- Drive partner product announcement strategies and roadmap communication that keeps WWT's field teams and customers ahead of the technology curve.
- Achieve and maintain OEM certifications across the HPA ecosystem, ensuring WWT retains elite partner status and early roadmap engagement.
- Navigate the distinct dynamics of the ANZ market — including federal and state government AI initiatives, sovereign data requirements, and the region's growing hyperscaler and enterprise AI demand — translating WWT's global HPA capabilities into ANZ-specific solutions, go-to-market strategies, and partner engagements.
Requirements
- 10 or more years of progressive experience in solutions architecture, technology advisory, or technical leadership, with a track record of designing and delivering complex, high-stakes infrastructure solutions.
- Hands-on fluency with the NVIDIA accelerated computing ecosystem: GPU platform selection and sizing, NVAIE licensing, Mission Control, NIM microservices, Dynamo inference, Run:ai workload management, and NCP reference architectures.
- Working expertise with AMD Instinct platforms and the ability to provide vendor-objective workload economics analysis; deep understanding of AI Factory design patterns including InfiniBand/RoCE networking, parallel file systems, NVMe-oF storage, and GPU-dense power and cooling.
- Ability to architect across the full stack: Linux OS, Red Hat OpenShift AI, Kubernetes-native environments, and AI workload management/MLOps tooling across on-premises and hybrid environments.
- Working knowledge of data center networking, security fabric, and high-speed interconnect design.
- Demonstrated ability to connect technology architecture to business outcomes — quantifying value, communicating risk, and influencing investment decisions at the executive level.
- Experience engaging C-suite stakeholders with the discipline to speak to both the technical and financial dimensions of major infrastructure investments.
- Track record of driving business development through technical credibility — generating pipeline, advancing strategic accounts, and differentiating WWT in competitive situations.
- Recognized internally and/or externally as a subject matter authority with evidence of intellectual contributions: publications, speaking engagements, or reference architectures that have shaped industry thinking.
- Ability to mentor architects across the team, and to bridge collaboratively across WWT's AI, security, networking, storage, and professional services practices.
- Advanced practitioner credentials: NVIDIA NCP, DCA, or equivalent; cloud AI certifications or other recognized industry credentials.
- Experience in regulated or federal markets with working knowledge of NIST, FedRAMP, or CMMC frameworks as applied to AI and HPC environments.
- Familiarity with facilities-level AI infrastructure: power density, liquid cooling, rack architecture, and data center readiness for GPU-dense deployments.
- Python scripting in the context of infrastructure automation or MLOps; experience presenting at GTC, NVIDIA AI Summit, SC (Supercomputing), or equivalent forums.
Skills
- AI Factory design
- Accelerated infrastructure
- Workload-optimized architecture
- NVIDIA accelerated computing ecosystem
- GPU platform selection and sizing
- NVAIE licensing
- Mission Control
- NIM microservices
- Dynamo inference
- Run:ai workload management
- NCP reference architectures
- AMD Instinct platforms
- Vendor-objective workload economics analysis
- AI Factory design patterns
- InfiniBand/RoCE networking
- Parallel file systems
- NVMe-oF storage
- GPU-dense power and cooling
- Linux OS
- Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Kubernetes-native environments
- AI workload management
- MLOps tooling
- On-premises environments
- Hybrid environments
- Data center networking
- Security fabric
- High-speed interconnect design
- Generative AI
- Agentic frameworks
- HLD
- BOM
- LLD
- NVIDIA DGX Hopper
- NVIDIA Blackwell
- NVIDIA HGX
- NVIDIA MGX
- NVIDIA OVX
- NVIDIA L40S
- NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000
- NVIDIA NVAIE
- NVIDIA NIM
- NVIDIA Dynamo
- NVIDIA Run:ai
- NVIDIA Blueprints
- NVIDIA NCP
- AMD accelerated platforms
- Intel accelerated platforms
- High-performance network fabrics
- InfiniBand
- High-speed Ethernet
- Bare-metal environments
- Containerized environments
- Virtualized environments
- AI compute stack
- NVIDIA BCM
- Slurm
- Armada
- Apolo
- Rafay
- ClearML
- Data pipeline design
- Model training
- Model validation
- Model deployment
- Model lifecycle management
- Data science requirements
- Infrastructure specifications
- Zero-trust frameworks
- Model access controls
- Data provenance
- Supply chain integrity
- Regulated industries
- Federal customers
- Multi-tenant GPU clusters
- Training data protection
- Model weights protection
- Observability
- Audit trails
- AI-driven business processes
- Field enablement
- Partner enablement
- Ecosystem enablement
- Customer-ready solutions
- Workshops
- Advisory offerings
- Technical enablement content
- Briefings
- Training
- Roadshows
- ATC labs
- Field organization positioning
- Field organization selling
- Strategic partner relationships
- Roadmap access
- Engineering resources
- Co-sell opportunities
- Partner product announcement strategies
- Roadmap communication
- OEM certifications
- Elite partner status
- ANZ market dynamics
- Federal AI initiatives
- State government AI initiatives
- Sovereign data requirements
- Hyperscaler AI demand
- Enterprise AI demand
- ANZ-specific solutions
- ANZ go-to-market strategies
- ANZ partner engagements
- Business acumen
- Communication
- Leadership
- Business outcomes quantification
- Risk communication
- Executive influence
- C-suite stakeholder engagement
- Technical dimension communication
- Financial dimension communication
- Business development
- Technical credibility
- Pipeline generation
- Strategic account advancement
- Competitive differentiation
- Subject matter authority
- Intellectual contributions
- Publications
- Speaking engagements
- Industry thinking shaping
- Architect mentoring
- Cross-practice collaboration
- AI practice collaboration
- Security practice collaboration
- Networking practice collaboration
- Storage practice collaboration
- Professional services practice collaboration
- NVIDIA NCP
- NVIDIA DCA
- Cloud AI certifications
- Regulated markets experience
- Federal markets experience
- NIST frameworks
- FedRAMP frameworks
- CMMC frameworks
- HPC environments
- Facilities-level AI infrastructure
- Power density
- Liquid cooling
- Rack architecture
- Data center readiness
- Python scripting
- Infrastructure automation
- GTC presentations
- NVIDIA AI Summit presentations
- SC (Supercomputing) presentations
Location
- Australia & New Zealand
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- Principal Architect pathway
Benefits
- Health and Wellbeing: Combined Health Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
- Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Bereavement
About the Company
- Founded in 1990, WWT is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution.
- We combine the power of strategy, execution, and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organizations around the globe.
- Through our Advanced Technology Center — a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions — WWT helps clients conceptualize, test, and validate innovative technology solutions, then deploys them at scale through our global warehousing, distribution, and integration capabilities.
- With over 12,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations worldwide, our culture — built on core values and established leadership philosophies — has been recognized 14 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation, and inclusivity.
Equal Opportunity
- We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication.
- Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for All!
