VP Network Engineering
Storm4
About the job
⚡Role: VP Network Engineering
💼 Industry: AI Infrastructure / Data Centers / High Performance Computing
🌎Location: United States (Remote + Significant Travel)
💰 Salary: Highly Competitive Base + Executive Bonus
⚡ Company Overview:
A high-growth infrastructure platform is seeking a VP of Network Engineering to lead the strategy, architecture, and scale-up of its next-generation network environment.
This is a rare opportunity to join during a period of significant expansion and help shape the technical foundation of a rapidly evolving compute platform. The successful candidate will provide leadership across network architecture, infrastructure strategy, reliability, technology roadmap, and organizational growth while partnering closely with executive stakeholders and cross-functional engineering teams.
⚡ Position Summary:
Reporting directly to executive leadership, the VP of Network Engineering will define and execute the network architecture strategy underpinning large-scale AI compute environments, GPU clusters, and next-generation data center infrastructure. This individual will serve as the technical authority for network fabrics, scalability, reliability, vendor strategy, and operational readiness while helping build and scale a world-class network engineering organization.
⚡ Key Responsibilities:
- Architect and scale GPU cluster fabrics supporting AI, HPC, and accelerated computing workloads.
- Lead network architecture across AI data centers, including Ethernet AI fabrics, RDMA, RoCE, InfiniBand, storage networks, management networks, and customer connectivity.
- Define scalable, high-performance network designs using spine-leaf architectures, EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, IPv6, and 400G/800G networking technologies.
- Evaluate network architectures supporting NVIDIA, AMD, and next-generation accelerated compute platforms.
- Act as the executive technical authority for network architecture reviews, design decisions, deployment standards, and operational readiness.
⚡ Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in network engineering, AI infrastructure, HPC networking, cloud networking, or hyperscale data center environments.
- Experience designing, deploying, or operating large-scale GPU clusters, AI infrastructure, hyperscale cloud networks, or mission-critical data center environments.
- Strong expertise in RDMA, RoCE, InfiniBand, Ethernet AI fabrics, EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, IPv6, spine-leaf architectures, and high-performance networking.
- Experience supporting NVIDIA, Mellanox, AMD GPU platforms, GPU fabrics, AI clusters, or accelerated compute infrastructure.
- Proven ability to operate as both an executive leader and hands-on technical architect.
- Experience leading vendor evaluations, network platform selection, infrastructure standards, and commercial decision-making.
- Demonstrated success building teams, operating models, automation frameworks, and engineering organizations from the ground up.
- Strong executive presence with the ability to influence both senior business leaders and highly technical engineering teams.
⚡ Ideal Background:
- Senior AI infrastructure, hyperscale networking, cloud infrastructure, or HPC engineering leader operating at executive level.
- Experience architecting and scaling GPU fabrics, AI cluster networking, or large-scale cloud network environments.
- Background within hyperscale cloud, AI infrastructure, accelerated computing, digital infrastructure, or mission-critical environments.
- Proven ability to bridge executive strategy with hands-on technical leadership.
- Experience scaling engineering organizations, operational processes, infrastructure platforms, and network architecture functions.
- Strong commercial and vendor management experience with the ability to influence multi-million-dollar infrastructure decisions.
⚡ What’s Attractive About This Opportunity?
- Executive-level visibility and direct partnership with senior leadership
- Opportunity to shape the future direction of a rapidly expanding infrastructure platform
- Significant influence over technology strategy, architecture, and organizational development
- Greenfield and transformation-focused initiatives with long-term impact
- Exposure to next-generation infrastructure challenges and emerging technologies
- Career-defining opportunity to build and scale a world-class engineering function
📧 Interested?
For a confidential discussion, please apply directly or contact martina.costantini@storm4.com . Company details will be shared with qualified candidates during the interview process.
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