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AI/HPC Network Consultant
Location: Home-based (UK)
Contract until 31/12/2026
Help Design the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure
We are seeking an experienced AI/HPC Network Consultant to design and validate cutting-edge, NVIDIA-based AI infrastructure solutions. Working across large-scale GPU deployments, you'll provide expertise in high-performance networking, physical connectivity, architecture assurance and bill-of-materials optimisation.
This role is ideal for a networking consultant or architect with strong experience in AI/HPC fabrics, InfiniBand, RoCEv2, Spectrum-X Ethernet and modern data centre networking.
What You'll Do
- Design NVIDIA AI/HPC platforms including GB300, B300, DGX, HGX and NVL72 environments.
- Develop high and low-level designs for InfiniBand and Spectrum-X networking fabrics.
- Provide technical expertise across RoCEv2, VXLAN EVPN, leaf-spine architectures, congestion management and multi-plane fabrics.
- Create, review and optimise Bills of Material covering switches, optics, cabling, adapters and related infrastructure.
- Support customer workshops, technical discovery activities and architecture governance reviews.
- Identify cost and implementation efficiencies while ensuring alignment to NVIDIA reference architectures.
- Work closely with customers, vendors, pre-sales and delivery teams to ensure designs are practical, scalable and commercially sound.
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What We're Looking For
- Proven experience in data centre networking, AI infrastructure, HPC environments or low-latency fabric design.
- Strong knowledge of InfiniBand, RoCEv2, Spectrum-X Ethernet, VXLAN EVPN, BGP and leaf-spine architectures.
- Experience designing and validating physical connectivity, structured cabling and high-density data centre environments.
- Understanding of optics and cabling technologies including MMF, SMF, DAC, AEC/ACC, MPO/MTP and QSFP/OSFP form factors.
- Excellent customer-facing communication and technical documentation skills.
- NVIDIA, Cisco, Juniper, Arista or equivalent certifications are desirable
- Experience with liquid-cooled environments, AI storage platforms or network automation tools
- Consultancy, professional services or pre-sales architecture experience.
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