System Architect – Platform Engineering

Texas Instruments•Dallas, TX

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a highly experienced System Architect – Platform Engineering to define and drive the architecture of core platform systems that power enterprise-scale applications across hybrid environments (on-prem data centers and public cloud). This role focuses on end-to-end system design, ensuring seamless integration across compute, storage, networking, and platform services, while delivering scalable, reliable, and high-performance infrastructure. The ideal candidate will combine deep systems engineering expertise with architectural leadership, enabling the development of a unified, cloud-like platform.

Requirements

Highly experienced System Architect – Platform Engineering
Deep systems engineering expertise
Architectural leadership

Responsibilities

Define and lead end-to-end system architecture for enterprise platform engineering, including compute, storage, networking, and platform services
Design scalable and resilient platform systems across hybrid environments (on-prem + AWS/Azure/GCP)
Architect and standardize core platform components, including: Kubernetes-based platforms (OpenShift, SUSE Rancher), Infrastructure services (compute, storage, networking integration), API-driven and self-service platform capabilities
Drive architecture for high-performance systems, including HPC and GPU-based workloads
Ensure tight integration between: Infrastructure layers (network, compute, storage), Platform layers (Kubernetes, APIs, developer services)
Define system-level design standards, reference architectures, and best practices
Collaborate with network, platform, SRE, and application teams to ensure cohesive architecture across the stack
Design for high availability, scalability, fault tolerance, and performance optimization
Guide modernization efforts, transforming legacy systems into modular, distributed platform architectures
Evaluate and adopt new technologies aligned with long-term platform strategy