Position Title: Manager, Solution Architecture (DRIL)

Location: Singapore

Your role

This role is ideal for a professional with a blend of strategic architectural expertise and hands-on engineering experience across compute, storage, and networking—plus strong domain knowledge in AI infrastructure and data center space, power, and cooling.

The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of experience architecting complex infrastructure solutions, holds a Bachelor’s degree in related field, and thrives in environments that demand innovative thinking, excellent communication, and effective program/project management.

What you’ll do

Innovative Architecture & Infrastructure Design

Design and deliver enterprise-grade solutions that integrate hybrid/multi-cloud, AI-ready compute, and intelligent infrastructure platforms.
Develop blueprints for high-density, GPU-based workloads and emerging AI/ML infrastructure needs.
Ensure alignment of technical solutions with data center space, power, and cooling capacities, incorporating sustainability and energy-efficiency goals.

Compute, Storage & Networking Implementation

Architect and deploy robust infrastructure using hardware/software from vendors such as Dell, HPE, NVIDIA, Cisco, NetApp, and Juniper.
Apply knowledge of high-performance computing (HPC) and low-latency networking to AI/ML solution design.
Integrate automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, cloud-native orchestration) to streamline deployment and management.

Data Center Optimization

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.

Innovation Program Leadership

Lead the technical 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 executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Stakeholder Engagement & Evangelism

Serve as a technical consultant to internal stakeholders and enterprise clients, especially on AI workload infrastructure and resource planning.
Create technical whitepapers, solution briefs, and presentations to showcase innovative solutions.
Represent Digital Realty in external engagements, including workshops, industry forums, and conferences.

Knowledge Sharing

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

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field required.
3-5+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure architecture, systems engineering, or solution architecture.
Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure design (e.g., NVIDIA GPUs, distributed compute, high-speed storage).
Demonstrated understanding of data center operational constraints including power provisioning, rack planning, and cooling technologies.
Knowledge of enterprise networking (routing/switching, SDN), storage platforms (SAN/NAS), and compute systems (virtualized, bare metal, HCI).
Experience 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.
Relevant technical certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Cisco CCNP/CCIE, NVIDIA Certified, VMware VCP, or PMP.
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.

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.

Health and Safety

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Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Digital Realty is seeking a forward-thinking and technical Solutions Architect to join our Digital Realty Innovation Lab (DRIL) team. 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.