Principal Cluster Reliability Architect

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THE ROLE

AMD is seeking a Principal Cluster Reliability Architect to define and drive the reliability strategy for next-generation AI and HPC cluster platforms. This role serves as the technical authority for end-to-end cluster reliability, spanning compute, networking, storage, and control plane architectures. The successful candidate will influence architecture, deployment, validation, and operational readiness across AMD reference designs and large-scale customer deployments.

The Principal Cluster Reliability Architect will establish reliability frameworks, drive cross-functional alignment, and ensure that reliability considerations are embedded throughout the cluster lifecycle from architecture through production operations.

THE PERSON

You are a highly experienced systems architect with deep expertise in distributed systems, large-scale infrastructure, and reliability engineering. You possess a strong understanding of AI/HPC environments and have demonstrated success designing and operating production-scale platforms.

You excel at leading through influence, aligning diverse engineering teams around common objectives, and translating operational learnings into architectural improvements. You combine technical depth with strategic thinking and are passionate about delivering resilient, scalable, and operationally efficient infrastructure platforms.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Reliability Architecture & Design

• Define and implement a comprehensive cluster reliability architecture framework spanning the full infrastructure lifecycle.
• Establish reliability requirements for AMD reference architectures and customer deployment models.
• Drive architecture decisions that enhance fault tolerance, redundancy, failure isolation, and system recoverability.
• Influence hardware, firmware, software, and operational design decisions to improve system resiliency.

Operational Readiness & Day-2 Operations

• Partner with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and Platform Operations teams to define sustainable operational models.
• Establish standards for:
• Observability and telemetry
• Health monitoring frameworks
• Job-aware failure detection and recovery mechanisms
• Lifecycle management, including patching and upgrades
• Create closed-loop feedback mechanisms that convert operational insights into architectural improvements.

Validation & Reliability Engineering

• Define reliability KPIs, SLAs, SLOs, and deployment acceptance criteria.
• Develop and execute reliability validation strategies at production scale.
• Establish methodologies for:
• Failure injection testing
• Chaos engineering
• Recovery validation
• Resiliency benchmarking
• Drive data-driven reliability improvements through empirical testing and analysis.

Lifecycle Integration & Process Maturity

• Ensure reliability consistency across:
• Architecture
• Deployment
• Cluster bring-up
• Validation
• Operations
• Identify and eliminate gaps in ownership, governance, handoff processes, and operational readiness.
• Drive repeatable engineering practices that improve scalability and deployment quality.

Cross-Functional Technical Leadership

• Act as AMD's subject matter expert for cluster reliability architecture.
• Lead alignment across Architecture, Deployment Engineering, Validation Engineering, Platform Operations, and Product organizations.
• Mentor senior engineers and architects.
• Represent reliability strategy in customer engagements and strategic programs.
• Influence product and platform roadmaps to improve reliability outcomes across AMD cluster initiatives.

PREFERRED SKILLS

Technical Expertise

• Large-scale cluster architecture across compute, networking, storage, and control plane systems.
• Distributed systems architecture, reliability engineering, and failure modeling.
• Linux infrastructure and systems software.
• Production-scale cloud, AI, HPC, or platform infrastructure.

AI/HPC Technologies

• Kubernetes
• Slurm
• ROCm
• GPU cluster architectures
• AI training and inference infrastructure

Networking & Platform Technologies

• RDMA networking technologies:
• InfiniBand
• RoCE
• High-performance cluster interconnects
• Distributed storage architectures

Reliability Engineering

• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) methodologies
• Observability platforms and telemetry systems
• Incident management and root cause analysis
• Automation and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Chaos engineering and resilience testing

Leadership & Influence

• Development of reference architectures and platform standards
• Cross-functional technical leadership
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management
• Experience influencing technical direction across large organizations without direct authority

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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