Director, Data Center Business Solution Architect

Job Title

Director, Data Center Business Solution Architect

Role Summary

Lead strategic technical engagement with hyperscale and large-scale data center customers to define next-generation infrastructure solutions based on custom ASIC and FPGA technologies. Serve as the primary bridge between customer architecture teams and internal engineering, product, and business groups to shape platform strategy and execution.

Location: San Jose, CA or Longmont, CO. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Experience Level

Level: Senior. Guidance: 12+ years of experience in data center architecture, silicon platforms, or hyperscaler infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include customer-facing architecture leadership, cross-functional alignment, and translating hyperscaler use cases into platform requirements.

• Lead technical engagement with hyperscalers and large data center customers to define platform architectures.
• Act as trusted advisor to customer architecture, silicon, and infrastructure teams across networking, server control, and storage domains.
• Align customer requirements with internal roadmaps for custom ASIC and FPGA-based solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams to shape solution strategy and execution.
• Define and influence architectures for NIC/network acceleration, server platform control (BMC, DC-SCM), and storage virtualization/data movement acceleration.
• Translate hyperscaler use cases into scalable product and platform requirements.
• Support customer presentations, executive engagements, and long-term strategic planning.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications are listed first; preferred skills follow.

• Must-have: 12+ years in data center architecture, silicon platforms, or hyperscaler infrastructure.
• Proven experience working directly with hyperscalers or large-scale cloud/data center operators.
• Deep technical experience in custom ASIC design and/or FPGA-based solutions.
• Strong cross-functional engagement skills with customer engineering, architecture, and operations teams.
• Solid understanding of modern data center architecture, including networking, compute, storage, and system management.
• Experience influencing or defining platform architectures in large-scale deployments.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with SmartNICs/DPUs, server management and platform control (BMC, firmware, system management), storage acceleration/disaggregation, familiarity with PCIe/CXL/high-speed interconnects, and experience bringing custom silicon to hyperscale deployment; proven ability to operate at both technical and executive engagement levels.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Advanced Micro Devices

Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California, USA

Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, is a global semiconductor company that designs and manufactures microprocessors, graphics processors, and related technologies for a variety of computing devices. Known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, AMD's mission is to deliver high-performance computing solutions for AI, data centers, gaming, and embedded applications. They foster a collaborative, inclusive culture focused on creativity and problem-solving, aiming to drive progress and excellence in technology.