Company Description

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that. Our technology helped people put a man on the moon.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world. From energizing the most competitive gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Binge-watch any shows, use social media or shop online lately? You’ll find Western Digital supporting the storage infrastructure behind many of these platforms. And, that flash memory card that captures and preserves your most precious moments? That’s us, too.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices and platforms for business and consumers alike. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk® and WD® brands.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

Job Description

Western Digital’s High Performance Computing team is currently seeking a strong Sr. Principal Cloud Architect to provide technical strategy to facilitate consistent cloud service delivery. This team has the mission to help deliver well-architected, innovative cloud solutions that are secure, high-performing, resilient and efficient. In this role, you will utilize your strategic, technical, and operational experience to drive cloud strategy, governance and architecture. You will take an active role in the evaluation, operations, development, automation, and release of new and existing cloud-related solutions for the ASIC development teams.

We are looking for a deep technical leader who is capable of doing hands-on development and architectural decision-making to set the right level of priorities for our teams to deliver substantial business value to WD and our business unit. Specifically, we are looking for a hands-on architect, who is passionate about building scalable, performant, well designed platforms and core frameworks that enable ASIC development groups to easily run in the cloud without the need to know the underlying cloud infrastructure.

We need a leader who is dynamic, curious, and a 'learn it all' that can collaborate across multiple domains (development, support, SRE, etc.).

The ideal candidate should be strong in getting things done, communicate well, have a great deal of energy, and enjoy working as part of a global collaborative team.

Candidates for this position will need strong delivery and execution skills, to help projects at all phases overcome technical and organizational obstacles.

What you’ll be doing:

• Design and develop using Infrastructure as Code such that it is modular, service-oriented, replicable across cloud providers and across regions with high consistency
• Build monitoring systems that can validate and verify the solution at every step and effectively pinpoint the problem
• Actively develop, evolve, and curate cloud principles, patterns, and offerings
• Define and document best practices for delivering technologies on public cloud
• Convert system requirements into Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to codify system infrastructure
• Perform cloud technology road mapping & alignments with cloud teams and stakeholders
• Serve as a mentor and help in the development of domain-level architects in the HPCaaS cloud organization
• Perform architectural and design reviews of cloud systems as well as software systems use of cloud
• Help coordinate multi-disciplinary architecture initiatives and participate in cross-organizational architecture leadership forums
• Collaborate with security teams to design and implement policy controls.

Qualifications

• Total experience : 8+ years of experience
• 5+ years in a senior cloud architect role, preferably in the IaaS or cloud platform provider space
• Extensive knowledge and experience in designing and developing Cloud Platforms and Cloud Native solutions
• Very strong presentation skills and the ability to demonstrate confidence and expertise when presenting in front of a group
• Extensive knowledge of Infrastructure-as-a-Service delivery models, and public cloud deployments in any of the 3 major platforms (AWS preferred)
• Strong analysis, task management, and time management skills
• Self-motivated, self-starter with the ability to work autonomously
• Ability to balance multiple priorities

Tooling

• GitHub
• CI/CD (Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible)
• Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus

Infrastructure

• Kubernetes/Open Shift
• Cloud Computing (AWS Cloud, Google, Azure)
• Cloud Storage Systems (S3, FSx, CVO)
• OS: RedHat and any related distribution 
• Containers (Singularity/Docker)

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying