Cloud Architect​/Solution Design Engineer

About Global Foundries

Global Foundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, Global Foundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit

The Cloud Architect / Solution Design Engineer is responsible for designing, architecting, and advancing cloud-based platforms and engineering solutions supporting Global Foundries' worldwide Design Engineering, Software Engineering, and R&D organizations. This role will serve as a technical leader for AWS cloud architecture, platform engineering, automation, container orchestration, and developer enablement services used by a global engineering community exceeding 5,000 users across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Dallas, TX or Santa Clara, CA

Sr. Director, Design Engineering IT

• 10+ years of enterprise IT experience
• 5+ years designing large-scale AWS cloud solutions
• Experience supporting organizations with 5,000+ users
• Experience enabling global software engineering teams
• Deep expertise with Kubernetes and container platforms
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code and automation experience
• Experience designing platforms rather than simply administering them
• Ability to translate business and engineering requirements into scalable reference architectures
• Experience operating in highly regulated and security-conscious environments

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
• Other duties as assigned by manager.

• Education and Experience – BS, MS or PhD + 12 years of experience or other equitable years of experience
• Skills AWS Platform Services Amazon EKS EC2 ECS/Fargate S3 Route
  53 Cloud Front RDS EFS FSx IAM Lambda Systems Manager Cloud Watch Organizations Control Tower Platform Engineering Kubernetes Docker Helm Git Ops Git Hub Git Lab Perforce Service Mesh Infrastructure as Code Terraform Cloud Formation Ansible CI/CD & Developer Platforms Git Hub Enterprise Git Lab Cursor Jenkins Artifactory JIRA Sonar Qube Backstage Hashi Corp Vault Programming & Automation Python Bash/Shell Power Shell YAML REST APIs
• Travel - Up to 10% Fluency in English Language – written & verbal

• Experience - strong preference for candidates with experience in one or more of the following:
  Semiconductor industry Design Engineering organizations Electronic Design Automation (EDA) High Performance Computing (HPC) Software Product Development Cloud Engineering Platforms Large-scale R&D environments Global manufacturing organizations Project management skills - i.e., the ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Strong planning & organizational skills.

$ - $ The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

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