Sr. Cloud Architect

Super Micro Computer, Inc.•San Jose, CA

48d

About The Position

We seek a Senior Cloud Architect to own full-lifecycle delivery of SuperCloud Automation Center (SCAC) software orchestrator solutions. In this role, you will translate business and technical requirements into secure, scalable architectures; standardize patterns; identify and mitigate risks; and guide customers from discovery and POC through production. Success requires strong program management, deep infrastructure/cloud automation expertise, and crisp communication across teams.

Requirements

BS in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
Architectural experience 8 years in a formal architect role, solutions, systems, and software owning HLD and LLD with cross-team design inputs
Strong Python coding, analysis, debugging and problem solving
Hands on Linux development, Docker, Containers, plus experience with OpenShift or vanilla K8s with understanding controllers, operators, and multi-clusters
Experience in Git based development, SQL or NoSQL databases ( e.g. PostgreSQL), Restful API design.
Security fundamentals, zero-trust principles, image signing, and SBOM basics in vulnerability management
Experience in architecting end-to-end solutions, systems management framework for private cloud-based offerings
Excellent communication, documentation skills

Responsibilities

Leading architecture design for cloud-based orchestration and provisioning solutions
Evaluating new technologies and rapidly developing proof-of-concepts that can be taken to production ready products
Own end-to-end solution delivery for SCAC discovery, architecture, implementation, and production readiness
Create and socialize architectural artifacts in the form of HLD/LLD, integration diagrams, data flows, and ADR's
Design integration patterns across Supermicro Systems Management Software, Kubernetes, OpenShift, VMware, storage, network, and CI/CD
Identify and close design gaps and risks while proposing mitigation options with clear trade-offs and TCO impact
Establish and enforce standards in the form of reference architectures, golden paths, and IaC modules
Champion security-by-design with zero-trust principles, secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance guardrails
Define orchestration workflows for cluster bring-up, upgrades, patching, and teardown
Specify installer strategy and UX, including preflight checks, image registry, mirror configuration, repository layout, admin node, IP addressing, and hypervisor flags.
Formalize integration contracts, API contracts, API's with SCAC, telemetry, logging, and external registries
Lead performance, scalability, modeling, and validation to include, but not limited to, concurrency limits, queue backoff, and artifact caching
Guide delivery execution from design to GA, acceptance criteria, risk registers, exit gates, and sign-offs for security, scale, and operability
Validate the end-to-end solutions in reference labs and customer environments, ensuring upgrade and rollback readiness, and versioning and packing strategy