Sr. Network Engineer

At Penguin Solutions (Nasdaq: PENG) - The AI Factory Platform Company - we’re building a team of innovators who thrive on collaboration, creativity, and the opportunity to help shape the future of AI. As part of the AI technology revolution, our teams design, build, deploy, and manage AI factories for enterprises, sovereign AI initiatives, and neocloud providers worldwide.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Penguin Solutions operates globally through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations. For nearly three decades, we have operated at the intersection of memory and AI/HPC infrastructure. That engineering expertise positions us to power the next generation of AI workloads, from training to inference and agentic AI at scale.

Penguin Solutions brings together differentiated infrastructure software, advanced memory, compute systems, end-to-end services, and industry-leading partner solutions in a full-stack AI factory platform designed to help customers deploy and scale AI workloads with speed and precision.

At Penguin Solutions, we value ideas over hierarchy and believe in servant leadership, where leaders enable teams to do their best work. We empower employees to take ownership, drive innovation, and grow through challenging work, continuous learning, and exposure to advanced AI tools and technologies. With flexibility where it matters and a strong focus on outcomes, Penguin Solutions is a place to do your best work, grow your career, and make a meaningful impact.

Penguin Solutions is seeking a knowledgeable and industrious Senior Network Engineer to join the Managed Services team and apply their technical skills in a fast-paced and complex environment. Working knowledge of network and server hardware and the desire to participate in projects at a large-scale data center is central to this role. This position will work to resolve and diagnose network issues at scale, escalate issues, and work with engineering teams. Additionally, this role will support rack lifecycle processes with a focus on helping build out and support cloud scale network and storage environments. Solid communication skills are a requirement for this role. This person should enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where adaptability and flexibility will be key to their success. Penguin supports HPC environments where performance is critical.

Responsibilities

• Develop network configurations and architectures, both project-based and roadmap aligned.
• Design, enhance and maintain both InfiniBand and Ethernet networks.
• Validate the network infrastructure with Solutions Architects and other field engineers for solutions to customers’ needs.
• Lead and perform on-going maintenance and upgrades to network equipment.
• Maintain meticulous documentation for internal and external build instructions - such as configuration examples, guidance on technical details, and best practices.
• Coordinate with vendors and other related organizations for problem resolution.
• Interact with internal and external teams and operate across organizations as needed.
• Engage in learning and researching new technologies and developments.
• Support a Linux-based, high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) environment, featuring a wide range of technologies.
• Document processes, procedures, and all work performed.
• Develop automation and other tools to improve operations.
• Participate in growing Penguin Computing's technical capabilities through knowledge-sharing and team activities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise scale networks.
• In-depth knowledge of data center environments, servers, and network equipment.
• Extensive experience in installing, monitoring, and maintaining data center network equipment.
• Exceptional ability to work as part of a team, be an escalation point for technical support, and resolve problems.
• Ability to keep up with advancements in data center infrastructure and technologies.

• Proven experience with both InfiniBand (NVIDIA) and Ethernet (Cumulus/Arista/ Juniper) networks.

• Proficiency in documenting network processes.
• Participation in weekly on-call rotation.
• Willingness to respond to network and server errors after hours.

• Ability to speak English and communicate clearly and effectively with team members and clients.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in managing RDMA and/or RoCE environments.
• Hands-on experience configuring and supporting large scale Ethernet and InfiniBand networks.
• Demonstrated practice with low-latency, high-bandwidth networking performance optimization.
• Experience with VXLAN and EVPN architectures and routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF.
• Knowledge of HPC communication libraries such as NCCL, UCX and MPI and GPU networking capabilities such as NVLink and NVSwitch.
• Familiarity with UFM or OpenSM network management software.

Location

Hybrid - South Korea (3 days in office)