Distinguished Lead Infrastructure Enterprise Architecture

GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC.; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. is seeking a Distinguished Member of Staff for Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture to serve as the company’s foremost technical authority for infrastructure architecture.

The role focuses on defining enterprise strategy, target-state designs across data centers, cloud, and edge, and guiding modernization while balancing risk and cost. The position requires 15+ years in leadership roles, deep domain expertise, and the ability to translate complex technology decisions

Qualifications

• 15+ years of enterprise infrastructure architecture, engineering, or technology leadership in large-scale environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise infrastructure architecture strategy, standards, reference architectures, and roadmaps across hybrid infrastructure domains.

Skills

Enterprise infrastructure architecture

Leadership

Communication

Executive governance

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Engineering

TOGAF certification

Tools

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Observability

Automation

Job description

The Distinguished Member of Staff (DMTS) – Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture is the company's foremost technical authority for infrastructure architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise infrastructure architecture strategy, standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps across hybrid infrastructure domains.
• Set target-state architecture for colocation, data center, compute, storage, backup, disaster recovery, virtualization, Kubernetes, and edge platforms.
• Lead architectural reviews for major infrastructure investments, platform decisions, modernization initiatives, lifecycle plans, and risk mitigation programs.
• Establish workload placement principles across public cloud, private cloud, colocation, and on-premises environments, balancing cost, resilience, performance, security, and operational complexity.
• Drive architecture governance, decision frameworks, and technology standards that improve consistency across regions, manufacturing sites, and business units.
• Identify and reduce infrastructure-related risks, technical debt, vendor concentration exposure, scalability constraints, and resiliency gaps.
• Partner with cybersecurity and operations teams to embed Zero Trust, segmentation, secure connectivity, observability, automation, and compliance requirements into infrastructure patterns.
• Evaluate emerging technologies such as AIOps, autonomous operations, software-defined infrastructure, platform engineering, Infrastructure as Code, and edge computing, and guide practical adoption.
• Mentor architects and senior engineers, develop reusable guidance, and represent the organization as a recognized thought leader in enterprise infrastructure architecture.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent senior technical experience may be considered.
• 15+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure architecture, engineering, or technology leadership roles within large-scale, mission-critical environments.
• Deep expertise across multiple infrastructure domains, including storage, compute, virtualization, resiliency, disaster recovery, and automation.
• Proven ability to define enterprise-wide technology strategies, architecture standards, target-state models, and multi-year roadmaps.
• Strong experience leading architecture governance, executive-level technology decisions, and cross-functional alignment across IT, security, operations, and business stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical architecture into clear business impact, decision options, and investment recommendations.

Preferred Qualifications

• TOGAF certification or equivalent enterprise architecture experience.
• Experience with Kubernetes, platform engineering, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and automation at enterprise scale.
• Experience supporting highly regulated, manufacturing, semiconductor, or other 24x7 mission-critical environments.
• Demonstrated industry influence through publications, patents, conference speaking, standards participation, or enterprise-wide innovation leadership.

Expected Salary Range

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

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