Senior MDC Architect

About the Role AMD's Software and Solutions Team seeks a Senior MDC Architect to define and drive the technical architecture for next-generation data center solutions built on AMD technologies. This role requires deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure, cloud and data center architectures, workload optimization, and end-to-end solution design across compute, storage, networking, virtualization, and AI-enabled environments. You will translate customer requirements into scalable architectures and influence product direction while collaborating with customers, OEMs, cloud providers, ISVs, open-source communities, and AMD engineering teams.

What You'll Do

• Define reference architectures and technical solutions for enterprise and cloud deployments built on AMD data center platforms, driving end-to-end solution architecture across compute, networking, storage, virtualization, orchestration, and software infrastructure.
• Collaborate with customers, OEMs, cloud providers, ISVs, and open-source communities to understand workload requirements and develop optimized solution designs, providing technical leadership for strategic customer engagements, proof-of-concepts, and complex deployment initiatives.
• Partner with silicon architecture, software engineering, product management, and ecosystem teams to influence future platform capabilities and product roadmaps.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities that strengthen AMD's data center portfolio.
• Develop architectural best practices, deployment guidance, and reference designs that accelerate customer adoption, and mentor engineering teams and solution architects by promoting architectural consistency, technical excellence, and best practices.
• Analyze system performance, scalability, and reliability to recommend architectural improvements and optimization strategies.
• Represent AMD as a technical expert during customer engagements, industry conferences, standards organizations, and technical forums

What We're Looking For

• Extensive experience designing enterprise, cloud, or hyperscale infrastructure solutions, including collaboration with OEMs, cloud service providers, ISVs, and enterprise customers on large-scale deployments.
• Deep understanding of x86 server architecture, virtualization technologies, Linux operating systems, containers, and Kubernetes, plus experience with cloud-native architectures and distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of networking, storage, security, and infrastructure automation technologies.
• Familiarity with performance engineering, workload characterization, and solution optimization for enterprise applications.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical strategy across cross-functional engineering organizations, with excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Academic credentials: MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, with significant industry experience in enterprise architecture, cloud infrastructure, systems engineering, or data center technologies.
• This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Nice to Have

• Experience presenting to executive customers and participating in industry conferences, standards organizations, and technical forums.
• Familiarity with AMD data center platforms and related ecosystem technologies.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: USD 204,000 - 306,000 per year.
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