Senior Associate - Solution Architecture, Digital Realty Innovation Lab

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure alignment of technical solutions with data center space, power, and cooling capacities, incorporating sustainability and energy-efficiency goals.

Data Center Solutions Engineering

• Ensure alignment of technical solutions with data center space, power, and cooling capacities, incorporating sustainability and energy-efficiency goals.
• Collaborate with facilities and operations teams to optimize infrastructure deployments based on available rack space, power draw, thermal dynamics, and airflow efficiency.
• Contribute to the planning and provisioning of data center resources, ensuring support for both traditional workloads and AI-intensive environments.
• Evaluate emerging technologies for space, power, and cooling efficiency in next-gen data center deployments.

Compute, Storage & Networking

• Knowledge of infrastructure using hardware/software from vendors such as Dell, HPE, NVIDIA, Cisco, NetApp, and Juniper.
• Understanding of high-performance computing (HPC) and low-latency networking concepts.

Program Leadership

• Collaborate with customers, partners and Digital Realty Architects for the execution of R&D initiatives within DRIL, from concept through prototype and deployment.
• Define milestones, scope, risks, and deliverables for innovation programs involving AI and infrastructure modernization.
• Communicate progress and findings to stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as a technical consultant to internal stakeholders and enterprise clients, especially on AI workload infrastructure and resource planning.
• Create solution briefs, and presentations to showcase technology solutions hosted within DRIL.

Knowledge Sharing

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of reference architectures, design standards, and lab documentation to drive consistency and scalability.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field required.

Experience:

• 3-5+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure architecture, systems engineering, or solution architecture.
• Demonstrated understanding of data center operational constraints including power provisioning, rack planning, and cooling technologies.
• Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure design (e.g., NVIDIA GPUs, distributed compute, high-speed storage) is desirable.

Technical Expertise:

• Knowledge of enterprise networking (routing/switching, SDN) and compute systems (virtualized, bare metal, HCI).
• Knowledge with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid cloud strategies.
• Familiarity with HPC architectures and containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker) for AI workloads.

Certifications (Desirable):

• Relevant technical certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Cisco CCNP/CCIE, NVIDIA Certified, VMware VCP, or PMP.

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication and presentation skills across diverse audiences.
• Excellent organizational and time-management abilities.
• Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to technical problem-solving.

About DRIL:

The Digital Realty Innovation Lab (DRIL) is the center of innovation and experimentation within Digital Realty. DRIL brings together infrastructure architects, engineers, and technologists to prototype and implement next-generation solutions across AI, cloud, edge, and hybrid environments. Our team shapes the future of connected infrastructure with a focus on sustainability, performance, and scale.