Data Center Solutions Architect

AMD - Austin, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Austin, TX

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Data Center Solutions Architect at AMD is responsible for setting and driving the future systems level vision and technical requirements for the Data Center Solutions Group (DSG). This role involves collaboration with a team of seasoned system engineers to influence AMD's leading SOCs and ensure that products meet the evolving needs of the market. The architect will engage with internal stakeholders, customers, and strategic partners to inform and influence product development, focusing on workload and application-level strategies.

Responsibilities

• Drive workload and application-level strategies internally and with industry partners / ecosystem.
• Partner with SoC design teams to provide a unified and clear platform/system level vision to influence AMD's SoC roadmap.
• Drive reference platform requirements and collaborate with engineering on balancing internal/external execution.
• Represent AMD's datacenter system level vision in industry consortiums, events, and strategic partnerships.
• Work with OEMs, end customers, ISV/IHV partners to drive workload and use case plans that facilitate joint roadmap definition.

Requirements

• Broad and deep system technology background.
• Experience developing, influencing, and collaborating on strategy.
• Ability to translate workload/application trends to system and SOC implications across the entire HW and SW stack.
• Ability to translate highly technical concepts into actionable plans.
• Ability to drive hands-on proof of concepts to collect data and facts.
• Exceptional communication skills to address multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Skill in analyzing tradeoffs and making analytical, fact-based recommendations.
• Ability to guide product definition using credible insights from interactions with end customers, ISVs/IHVs, and strategic partners.
• Ability to build relationships with strategic customers and partners.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in modern application development and profiling.
• Familiarity with AI, HPC, HCI, Big data, Database, Cloud, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS.
• Knowledge of K8S, Cloud native, AI frameworks, HPC stacks, OpenSource.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages, scripting, tools, and compilers.
• Understanding of operating systems, device drivers, and virtualization.

Benefits

• Base pay dependent on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
• Eligibility for annual bonus or sales incentive.
• Opportunity to own shares of AMD stock through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan with discounts.
• Competitive benefits package.