Solution Architect (Fiber) (Telecommuter, US)

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About the role The Solution Architect – Fiber & Structured Cabling, AI Data Center is a customer-facing technical role responsible for designing and architecting high-density fiber and structured cabling solutions for large-scale AI data center environments. The role works closely with customers, Solution Specialists, Account Executives, engineering, Professional Services, OEMs, manufacturers, and delivery teams to translate AI infrastructure requirements into scalable, repeatable, and executable physical connectivity designs. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in data center fiber infrastructure and understands the unique density, speed, scale, quality, and deployment requirements associated with GPU clusters, high-performance networks, and hyperscale AI environments. What you'll be doing Lead technical discovery and architecture for fiber and structured cabling solutions supporting AI data center programs. Translate customer compute, network, rack, and deployment requirements into physical layer designs, standards, BOMs, and implementation requirements. Design high-density fiber architectures supporting GPU clusters, Ethernet and InfiniBand fabrics, storage networks, and data center interconnects. Develop rack-to-rack, row, zone, meet-me-room, backbone, horizontal, and cross-connect cabling architectures. Define fiber types, connectorization, polarity, patching, labeling, pathway, containment, and cable management standards. Develop and validate cable matrices, port maps, connectivity schedules, rack elevations, drawings, BOMs, and installation documentation. Partner with OEMs and infrastructure manufacturers to validate interoperability, standards, product selection, and technical roadmaps. Support estimating, proposals, statements of work, RFQs/RFPs, technical presentations, and customer design reviews. Work with Professional Services and field delivery teams to ensure designs are constructible, scalable, testable, and repeatable across large deployments. Support design-to-delivery handoff, installation standards, QA/QC requirements, testing, certification, documentation, and closeout. Identify opportunities to standardize and automate fiber design, documentation, BOM creation, and deployment methodologies. What you have 5+ years of experience designing fiber, structured cabling, or physical network infrastructure in data center environments. Strong background in one or more AI Data Center connectivity areas, including high-density fiber architectures, GPU cluster connectivity, Ethernet/InfiniBand fabrics, structured cabling, data center interconnect, rack-level connectivity, and large-scale fiber deployment. Strong knowledge of single-mode and multimode fiber, MPO/MTP and LC connectivity, polarity methods, transceivers/optics, patching architectures, and high-density fiber management. Experience supporting large-scale data centers, hyperscale environments, AI infrastructure, HPC, cloud providers, NCPs, or major colocation/data center operators is strongly preferred. Ability to interpret network designs, rack elevations, port maps, equipment layouts, construction drawings, and customer technical standards. Experience creating or validating BOMs, cable matrices, connectivity schedules, design packages, test requirements, and as-built documentation. Knowledge of structured cabling standards, installation practices, testing/certification, labeling, pathways, and data center QA/QC processes. Experience working with major networking OEMs, optics providers, fiber manufacturers, and structured cabling partners. Strong customer-facing communication, technical presentation, documentation, and design-review skills. Ability to collaborate across sales, architecture, engineering, Professional Services, project management, operations, field delivery, and partner organizations. Ability to operate in fast-moving environments where designs and deployment requirements evolve rapidly. AI infrastructure and large GPU clusters 400G, 80

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