{"id":1847077,"url":"https://alion.io/job/computacenter-solution-architect-fiber","title":"Solution Architect (Fiber)","company":{"id":1226,"name":"Computacenter","domain":"computacenter.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/computacenter","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"Solutions","role_family":"Solutions","seniority":"staff","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":[],"countries":[],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":{"min":170000,"max":200000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":200000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"HPC","optional":false},{"name":"InfiniBand","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-01T02:01:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-01","last_verified_at":"2026-10-05T00:14:34Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":4,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":4},"description":"About the role\nThe 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.\nAnnual compensation: $170K - $200K + bonus\nWhat you'll be doing\nLead technical discovery and architecture for fiber and structured cabling solutions supporting AI data center programs.\nTranslate customer compute, network, rack, and deployment requirements into physical layer designs, standards, BOMs, and implementation requirements.\nDesign high-density fiber architectures supporting GPU clusters, Ethernet and InfiniBand fabrics, storage networks, and data center interconnects.\nDevelop rack-to-rack, row, zone, meet-me-room, backbone, horizontal, and cross-connect cabling architectures.\nDefine fiber types, connectorization, polarity, patching, labeling, pathway, containment, and cable management standards.\nDevelop and validate cable matrices, port maps, connectivity schedules, rack elevations, drawings, BOMs, and installation documentation.\nPartner with OEMs and infrastructure manufacturers to validate interoperability, standards, product selection, and technical roadmaps.\nSupport estimating, proposals, statements of work, RFQs/RFPs, technical presentations, and customer design reviews.\nWork with Professional Services and field delivery teams to ensure designs are constructible, scalable, testable, and repeatable across large deployments.\nSupport design-to-delivery handoff, installation standards, QA/QC requirements, testing, certification, documentation, and closeout.\nIdentify opportunities to standardize and automate fiber design, documentation, BOM creation, and deployment methodologies.\nWhat you have\n5+ years of experience designing fiber, structured cabling, or physical network infrastructure in data center environments.\nStrong 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.\nStrong knowledge of single-mode and multimode fiber, MPO/MTP and LC connectivity, polarity methods, transceivers/optics, patching architectures, and high-density fiber management.\nExperience supporting large-scale data centers, hyperscale environments, AI infrastructure, HPC, cloud providers, NCPs, or major colocation/data center operators is strongly preferred.\nAbility to interpret network designs, rack elevations, port maps, equipment layouts, construction drawings, and customer technical standards.\nExperience creating or validating BOMs, cable matrices, connectivity schedules, design packages, test requirements, and as-built documentation.\nKnowledge of structured cabling standards, installation practices, testing/certification, labeling, pathways, and data center QA/QC processes.\nExperience working with major networking OEMs, optics providers, fiber manufacturers, and structured cabling partners.\nStrong customer-facing communication, technical presentation, documentation, and design-review skills.\nAbility to collaborate across sales, architecture, engineering, Professional Services, project management, operations, field delivery, and partner organizations.\nAbility to operate in fast-moving environments where designs and deployment requirements evolve rapidly.\nAI infrastructure and large GPU clusters\n400G, 800G, and emerging high-speed data center connectivity\nHigh-performance Ethernet and InfiniBand fabrics\nHyperscale or cloud data center fiber architecture\nHigh-density rack and row-level connectivity\nLarge-scale fiber installation and patching programs\nPre-terminated and modular fiber solutions\nOffsite fiber preparation, kitting, labeling, and pre-integration\nFiber testing, certification, troubleshooting, and remediation\nAutomated cable matrices, BOMs, port mapping, and design documentation\nMulti-site deployment standards and repeatable data center design methodologies\nFiber Architecture - Deep understanding of high-density data center fiber design and physical connectivity.\nAI Infrastructure Knowledge - Understands how GPU compute, networking, storage, and rack architectures drive physical layer requirements.\nDesign at Scale - Creates repeatable architectures capable of supporting thousands of racks and very large connection counts.\nTechnical Accuracy - Maintains rigorous attention to port mapping, polarity, labeling, testing, documentation, and quality.\nCustomer Engagement - Can lead technical discovery, design workshops, and customer architecture reviews.\nDesign-to-Delivery Thinking - Develops solutions that can be efficiently sourced, pre-built, installed, tested, and operated.\nCross-Functional Collaboration - Connects customer requirements with sales, engineering, sourcing, partners, and field delivery.\nQuality and accuracy of fiber and structured cabling designs\nSpeed from customer requirements to executable solution architecture\nDesign standardization and repeatability across AI Data Center programs\nReduction of field changes, rework, and connectivity defects\nSuccessful technical support of pipeline and customer pursuits\nAccuracy of BOMs, cable matrices, port maps, and design documentation\nSuccessful transition from solution architecture into deployment\nCustomer satisfaction and technical credibility\nThe ideal candidate is a hands-on data center fiber architect who understands how to turn complex AI infrastructure and network requirements into highly accurate, scalable physical connectivity solutions. They should be comfortable working from GPU and network architecture down to the rack, port, optic, fiber, connector, pathway, and patching level. This individual should combine strong technical depth with practical deployment experience-someone who can design for scale while understanding how the solution will actually be sourced, staged, installed, tested, documented, and supported in a high-velocity AI Data Center environment.\nWhat you can expect\nThere’s so much more to enjoy about being at Computacenter than just having a rewarding career. In addition to offering competitive compensation plans and long-term career opportunities, we provide an attractive mix of benefit plans to contribute to your good health, future financial security, and peace of mind.\nAbout us\nComputacenter is a leading independent technology partner, trusted by large corporate and public sector organizations. We help our world-renowned customers to source, transform, and manage their IT infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling users and their business. We’re a public company quoted on the London FTSE 250 (CCC.L) and employ over 21,000 people worldwide. 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