# Network Architect

**Company:** [Cerebras Systems](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cerebras-systems)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Experience:** 15+ years
**Skills:** Juniper, Arista, Cisco, Sonic, Vxlan, Evpn, Roce, BGP, Dcqcn, Pfc, Streaming Telemetry, Python, Go
**Posted:** 2025-11-13

> Design and architect front-end network fabrics for AI/ML and HPC clusters, lead cross-functional projects, and resolve performance issues in large-scale datacenter environments. Requires 8+ years of large-scale network design experience and deep expertise with networking platforms and protocols.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and architect front-end network fabrics for AI/ML and HPC systems.
- Identify and resolve performance and efficiency bottlenecks, ensuring high resource utilization, low latency, and high-throughput communication.
- Lead cross-functional technical projects spanning multiple teams and integrating diverse software and hardware components to deliver advanced networking technologies.
- Foster clear and effective communication across teams and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with vendors and industry partners to shape network hardware and feature roadmaps.
- Represent Cerebras in industry forums and technical communities.
- Serve as the central point of contact for network reliability issues.

## Requirements
- Ph.D. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering + 10 years industry experience or Master’s in CS or EE + 15 years industry experience.
- 8+ years of experience in large scale network designs in datacenter and cloud environments.
- Extensive experience debugging networking issues in large distributed systems environment with multiple networking platforms and protocols.
- Experience of managing and leading multi-phase and multi-team projects.
- Networking platforms like Juniper, Arista, Cisco, Open box architectures (Sonic, FOBSS).
- Networking protocols like VXLAN, EVPN, RoCE, BGP, DCQCN, PFC, Streaming telemetry.
- Familiarity with automation languages like Python, or Go.
- Familiarity with Network visibility and management systems.
- Prior experience in hyperscalers or cloud service providers is strongly preferred.

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