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$57,800 - 97,000 yearly
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About GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. 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.
Job Summary
GlobalFoundries is seeking a Senior Lead, Enterprise Architecture to lead the design, deployment, and operation of large-scale Network Attached Storage (NAS) and high-performance computing (HPC) storage environments supporting semiconductor design and engineering workloads. This role is responsible for architecting resilient, secure, and high-performing storage platforms at global scale, partnering closely with engineering, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams to ensure availability, performance, and long-term scalability.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in enterprise NAS platforms, HPC storage architectures, data migration, disaster recovery, and storage security within complex semiconductor or R&D environments.
Essential Responsibilities
• Design, architect, and support large-scale NAS and NFS-based storage environments supporting HPC and semiconductor design workloads
• Lead global storage platforms spanning multiple data centers, supporting thousands of engineers and mission-critical design systems
• Own capacity planning, performance optimization, availability, and lifecycle management for enterprise storage infrastructure
• Architect and lead large-scale storage migrations and technology refresh initiatives with zero or minimal downtime
• Define and implement data protection, replication, and disaster recovery strategies for critical engineering data
• Lead storage security initiatives including ransomware protection, protocol auditing, and perimeter hardening
• Partner with network, security, compute, and application teams to ensure end-to-end performance and reliability
• Serve as technical lead for major vendor relationships, including architecture reviews, upgrades, and roadmap planning
• Develop storage standards, operational best practices, and automation strategies to improve efficiency and reduce risk
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers and regional support teams
• Support incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives across global environments
Other Responsibilities
• Evaluate emerging storage technologies and recommend solutions aligned with GlobalFoundries’ long-term strategy
• Support chargeback, reporting, and data lifecycle management initiatives
• Contribute to documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks
• Participate in on-call and escalation support for critical infrastructure services as needed
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise storage architecture and operations
• Extensive hands-on experience with large-scale NAS platforms such as Isilon, PowerScale, NetApp, or equivalent
• Strong expertise in NFS, SMB, Linux, and UNIX-based environments
• Proven experience supporting HPC or semiconductor design workloads at scale
• Demonstrated success leading large data migrations, platform refreshes, and global infrastructure initiatives
• Strong understanding of storage security, replication, backup alternatives, and disaster recovery strategies
• Ability to lead complex cross-functional projects in a global enterprise environment
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting semiconductor EDA or R&D environments
• Familiarity with HPC schedulers, data-intensive workloads, and performance tuning
• Experience with ransomware detection, NFS auditing, and storage security tooling
• Scripting or automation experience (Shell, Perl, or similar)
• Experience operating in highly regulated or high-availability environments
• Prior experience serving as a technical lead or architect within a large enterprise organization
If you want, I can also align the title exactly to GF leveling (Senior Lead vs Principal), tighten this for an external posting, or adjust language for Workday character limits.
Expected Salary Range
$57,800.00 - $97,000.00The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and 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.
An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.
GlobalFoundries 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. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory.
All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law
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