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# Principal Architect GPU Platform & Orchestration

- **Company:** VST Consulting, Inc
- **Location:** Plano, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, Network Control, Network Segmentation, Octopus Deploy, OpenShift, Role-Based Access Control, Ansible, AI Infrastructure, Kubernetes, Slurm, Terraform
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/696cf8d9-90a0-4c14-bfa1-e62c388c65bd

## About the Role

Rate: $/hr on 1099 Experience: 7+ Years Platform Engineering; 4+ Years Kubernetes in Production Interview Mode: Virtual Practice: AI Infrastructure / GPU-as-a-Service, 7+ years platform engineering, with 4+ on Kubernetes in production; OpenShift experience
valued.
Demonstrated GPU workload orchestration GPU Operator, MIG, device plugin, GPU
scheduling policy on real multi-node clusters.
Real multi-tenancy design experience: isolation, quota, RBAC, network segmentation, and
the failure modes each produces.
Batch or HPC scheduling background (Slurm, LSF, PBS) or gang scheduling on Kubernetes.
Strong IaC and GitOps: Terraform, Helm, Argo CD or Flux, Ansible.
Experience leading distributed or offshore engineering teams through written standards
rather than direct supervision.
Customer-facing credibility you can whiteboard a design for a CTO and defend it under
challenge.
Nice to have
NVIDIA AI Enterprise; Run:ai or equivalent GPU orchestration; consulting or professional-services
background; internal developer platform / service catalog experience; CKA or CKS.

## Description

We are building a GPU-as-a-Service and AI factory practice from the ground up, delivering multi
tenant GPU platforms for enterprise and industrial customers. This is the senior technical seat on
that platform. You will own the orchestration and multi-tenancy architecture that turns a GPU
cluster into a consumable service, set the standards our global delivery team builds against, and
serve as deputy to the practice lead in customer architecture engagements.
This is an architecture role. You will design, review, and defend and lead an offshore
engineering pod that executes.
What you ll do
Architect the GPUaaS control plane on Kubernetes and OpenShift: NVIDIA GPU Operator,
Network Operator, device plugin, MIG manager, node feature discovery.
Design multi-tenancy end to end MIG partitioning strategy, time-slicing tiers, namespace
and RBAC model, network policy, quotas, priority classes, and tenant onboarding.
Own GPU scheduling and allocation policy: gang scheduling (Kueue, Volcano), fair-share
and preemption, topology-aware placement, and Slurm integration where customers run
genuine batch HPC.
Define the service catalog instance shapes, self-service request flow, and GPU metering
for chargeback or showback from DCGM telemetry.
Build and own the reusable platform blueprint: reference architecture, Terraform and
Helm modules, GitOps patterns, and runbooks that every engagement starts from.
Technically lead an offshore delivery pod set standards, run design reviews, gate
deliverables before they reach a customer.
Partner with the practice lead on customer discovery, solution design, and technical
escalation; lead design sessions independently as the practice scales.


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