Principal AI Network Architect

4 weeks ago

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OverviewMicrosoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft's expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft's "Intelligent Cloud" mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for passionate engineers to help achieve that mission. As Microsoft's cloud business grows, the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume, with high quality and lowest cost is paramount. The Cloud Hardware Systems Engineering (CHSE) team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for seasoned engineers with a dedicated passion for customer-focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure. We are looking for a Principal AI Network Architect to join the team.ResponsibilitiesTechnology Leadership - Spearhead architectural definition and innovation for next-generation GPU and AI accelerator platforms, with a focus on ultra-high bandwidth, low-latency backend networks. Drive system-level integration across compute, storage, and interconnect domains to support scalable AI training workloads.Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with silicon, firmware, and datacenter engineering teams to co-design infrastructure that meets performance, reliability, and deployment goals. Influence platform decisions across rack, chassis, and pod-level implementations.Technology Partnerships - Cultivate deep technical relationships with silicon vendors, optics suppliers, and switch fabric providers to co-develop differentiated solutions. Represent Microsoft in joint architecture forums and technical workshops.Architectural Clarity - Evaluate and articulate tradeoffs across electrical, mechanical, thermal, and signal integrity domains. Frame decisions in terms of TCO, performance, scalability, and deployment risk. Lead design reviews and contribute to PRDs and system specifications.Industry Influence - Shape the direction of hyperscale AI infrastructure by engaging with standards bodies (e.g., IEEE 802.3), influencing component roadmaps, and driving adoption of novel interconnect protocols and topologies. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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