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With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com.\nSummary of Role:\nThe Cloud Architect / Solution Design Engineer is responsible for designing, architecting, and advancing cloud-based platforms and engineering solutions supporting GlobalFoundries' worldwide Design Engineering, Software Engineering, and R&D organizations.\nThis 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.\nThe ideal candidate has extensive experience designing large-scale enterprise cloud environments, modern application platforms, DevOps ecosystems, CI/CD services, and cloud-native infrastructure supporting software development, EDA workloads, and engineering collaboration platforms.\nThe Cloud Architect will partner with Design Engineering, Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Operations teams to deliver secure, scalable, highly available, and automated solutions that accelerate product development and engineering productivity\nLocation: Dallas, TX or Santa Clara, CA\nReports To: Sr. Director, Design Engineering IT\nEssential Responsibilities:\nThe successful candidate will have:\n10+ years of enterprise IT experience\n5+ years designing large-scale AWS cloud solutions\nExperience supporting organizations with 5,000+ users\nExperience enabling global software engineering teams\nDeep expertise with Kubernetes and container platforms\nStrong Infrastructure-as-Code and automation experience\nExperience designing platforms rather than simply administering them\nAbility to translate business and engineering requirements into scalable reference architectures\nExperience operating in highly regulated and security-conscious environments\nOther Responsibilities:\nPerform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs. \nOther duties as assigned by manager. \nRequired Qualifications:\nEducation and Experience - BS, MS or PhD + 12 years of experience or other equitable years of experience\nSkills\nAWS Platform Services\nAmazon EKS\nEC2\nECS/Fargate\nS3\nRoute53\nCloudFront\nRDS\nEFS\nFSx\nIAM\nLambda\nSystems Manager\nCloudWatch\nOrganizations\nControl Tower\nPlatform Engineering\nKubernetes\nDocker\nHelm\nGitOps\nGitHub\nGitLab\nPerforce\nService Mesh\nInfrastructure as Code\nTerraform\nCloudFormation\nAnsible\nCI/CD & Developer Platforms\nGitHub Enterprise\nGitLab\nCursor\nJenkins\nArtifactory\nJIRA\nSonarQube\nBackstage\nHashiCorp Vault\nProgramming & Automation\nPython\nBash/Shell\nPowerShell\nYAML\nREST APIs\nTravel - Up to 10%\nFluency in English Language - written & verbal \nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience - strong preference for candidates with experience in one or more of the following:\nSemiconductor industry\nDesign Engineering organizations\nElectronic Design Automation (EDA)\nHigh Performance Computing (HPC)\nSoftware Product Development\nCloud Engineering Platforms\nLarge-scale R&D environments\nGlobal manufacturing organizations\nProject management skills - i.e., the ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity. \nStrong written and verbal communication skills. \nStrong planning & organizational skills.\nExpected Salary Range\n$147,000.00 - $268,000.00The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.\nIf you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at  let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.\nAn offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.\nGlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. 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