Manager, Solutions Architecture

The Company

NorthMark Compute & Cloud (NMC²) is backed by dedicated leadership and investment, with a clear mission as it operates at the bleeding edge of technology. Its goal is to scale and enhance the high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud infrastructure that supports its clients' research, production, and delivery, enabling breakthroughs that shape the industries of tomorrow. Its engineers build critical infrastructure to eliminate friction in scientific research, simulations, analysis, and decision-making, accelerating discovery and driving faster innovation.

The Position

As the Manager of HPC Solutions Architecture, you will oversee a team of domain-specialist architects spanning compute, storage, security, Kubernetes, networking, and systems integration. This team engages directly with customers to design and deliver high-performance computing (HPC) solutions that are secure, scalable, resilient, and optimized for workload-specific needs. You will guide your team through the entire customer lifecycle - from early engagement and requirements discovery, through solution design, proof-of-concepts, and deployment, to ongoing optimization and adoption. Your role will ensure that customers achieve measurable value at every stage while maintaining the flexibility to scale as their workloads evolve. In addition to managing delivery, you will serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner, building strong customer relationships and ensuring architectures align with both technical priorities and business objectives. You will also collaborate closely with product and engineering teams, turning field insights into reference architectures, reusable design patterns, and platform enhancements that strengthen the overall ecosystem. This role offers the opportunity to shape the strategic direction of HPC solutions, influence product innovation, and establish best practices that drive customer success, platform scalability, and architectural excellence.

Responsibilities :

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of Solutions Architects across compute, storage, Kubernetes, networking, security, and systems integration
• Act as the strategic link between customers, your team, and engineering, ensuring alignment between customer outcomes and platform evolution.
• Build and maintain trusted advisor relationships with customers, enabling them to maximize the value of HPC architectures.
• Oversee the creation of reference architectures and design blueprints to ensure repeatable, scalable solutions.
• Guide proof-of-concept initiatives, validating solution performance and accelerating customer confidence in adoption.
• Conduct technical design reviews and workload assessments, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, resilience, and cost-effectiveness.
• Recommend strategic design choices across compute, storage, networking, data pipelines, and security to align with customer-specific workloads.
• Act as a trusted partner to product and engineering, providing field insights that shape platform roadmaps and features.
• Encourage prototyping of new architectural approaches for emerging HPC and AI / ML workloads, translating innovation into production-ready solutions.
• Ensure the team maintains high-quality documentation, reusable patterns, and best practices for consistent delivery.
• Stay current with emerging technologies (GPUs, accelerators, interconnects, distributed storage, orchestration frameworks) and guide clients in adoption.
• Represent the organization at client workshops, technical deep-dives, and industry events, occasionally requiring travel.
• Champion a culture of customer success, technical excellence, and continuous improvement across the Solutions Architecture team.

Requirements :

Preferred :