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Sr. Cloud Architect

Supermicro, San Jose, California, United States, 95199

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Supermicro® is a top‑tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for data centers, cloud computing, enterprise IT, Hadoop/Big Data, hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. As the #5 fastest‑growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms, we offer many new positions to the technology community.

Job Summary We seek a Senior Cloud Architect to own full‑lifecycle delivery of the 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 clear communication across teams.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Lead architecture design for cloud‑based orchestration and provisioning solutions

Evaluate new technologies and rapidly develop proof‑of‑concepts that can become production‑ready products

Own end‑to‑end solution delivery for SCAC discovery, architecture, implementation, and production readiness

Create and socialize architectural artifacts (HLD/LLD, integration diagrams, data flows, ADRs)

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 as 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, and telemetry/logging with SCAC and external registries

Lead performance, scalability, modeling, and validation (concurrency limits, queue backoff, artifact caching)

Guide delivery execution from design to GA, including acceptance criteria, risk registers, exit gates, and sign‑offs for security, scale, and operability

Validate end‑to‑end solutions in reference labs and customer environments, ensuring upgrade/rollback readiness, versioning, and packing strategy

Qualifications

BS in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Architectural experience of 8+ years in a formal architect role, owning HLD and LLD with cross‑team design inputs

Strong Python coding, analysis, debugging, and problem‑solving skills

Hands‑on Linux development, Docker, containers, and experience with OpenShift or vanilla Kubernetes (controllers, operators, multi‑clusters)

Experience with Git‑based development, SQL or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL), and RESTful API design

Security fundamentals, zero‑trust principles, image signing, and SBOM basics in vulnerability management

Experience architecting end‑to‑end solutions and system‑management frameworks for private cloud‑based offerings

Excellent communication and documentation skills

Salary Range $180,000 – $200,000. The salary offered will depend on location, level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees in this role. Additional compensation may include bonuses and equity award programs.

EEO Statement Supermicro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status.

Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type Full‑time

Job Function Engineering and Information Technology

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