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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Architect / Solution Design Engineer - **Company:** GF U.S. Inc. - **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $147,000.0 - $268,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, JIRA, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Collaborative Software, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), DevOps, Electronic Design Automation, Github, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Perforce, Windows PowerShell, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Software Engineering, SonarQube, YAML, Cloud Platform System, High Performance Computing, Istio, Gitlab, Cloudformation, Containerization, Kubernetes, Github Enterprise, Hashicorp, AWS Fargate, Route53, Cloudwatch, Restful APIs, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, Artifactory - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://globalfoundries.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Santa-Clara/Cloud-Architect---Solution-Design-Engineer_JR-2605177 ## About the Role * 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, Education and Experience - BS, MS or PhD + 12 years of experience or other equitable years of experience, AWS Platform Services * Amazon EKS * EC2 * ECS/Fargate * S3 * Route53 * CloudFront * RDS * EFS * FSx * IAM * Lambda * Systems Manager * CloudWatch * Organizations * Control Tower Platform Engineering * Kubernetes * Docker * Helm * GitOps * GitHub * GitLab * Perforce * Service Mesh Infrastructure as Code * Terraform * CloudFormation * Ansible CI/CD & Developer Platforms * GitHub Enterprise * GitLab * Cursor * Jenkins * Artifactory * JIRA * SonarQube * Backstage * HashiCorp Vault Programming & Automation * Python * Bash/Shell * PowerShell * YAML * REST APIs * Travel - Up to 10% * Fluency in English Language - written & verbal Preferred Qualifications: 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. ## Description The 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. 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. The 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. 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