TN Visa Cloud Architect Jobs
Cloud Architect roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's Engineers category, which covers systems design and infrastructure work at the bachelor's degree level or higher. Canadian citizens can enter at the port of entry without pre-filing; Mexican citizens apply at a U.S. consulate. No lottery, no annual cap for Canadians.
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Get Access To All JobsAbout GlobalFoundries:
GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets.
Summary of Role:
The Cloud Architect / Solution Design Engineer is responsible for designing, architecting, and advancing cloud-based platforms and engineering solutions supporting GlobalFoundries' worldwide Design Engineering, Software Engineering, and R&D organizations.
This role will serve as a technical leader for AWS cloud architecture, platform engineering, automation, container orchestration, and developer enablement services used by a global engineering community exceeding 5,000 users across North America, Europe, and Asia.
The ideal candidate has extensive experience designing large-scale enterprise cloud environments, modern application platforms, DevOps ecosystems, CI/CD services, and cloud-native infrastructure supporting software development, EDA workloads, and engineering collaboration platforms.
The Cloud Architect will partner with Design Engineering, Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Operations teams to deliver secure, scalable, highly available, and automated solutions that accelerate product development and engineering productivity.
Location: Dallas, TX or Santa Clara, CA
Reports To: Sr. Director, Design Engineering IT
Essential Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will have:
- 10+ years of enterprise IT experience
- 5+ years designing large-scale AWS cloud solutions
- Experience supporting organizations with 5,000+ users
- Experience enabling global software engineering teams
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes and container platforms
- Strong Infrastructure-as-Code and automation experience
- Experience designing platforms rather than simply administering them
- Ability to translate business and engineering requirements into scalable reference architectures
- Experience operating in highly regulated and security-conscious environments
Other Responsibilities:
- Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
- Other duties as assigned by manager.
Required Qualifications:
Education and Experience – BS, MS or PhD + 12 years of experience or other equitable years of experience
Skills
AWS Platform Services:
- Amazon EKS
- EC2
- ECS/Fargate
- S3
- Route53
- CloudFront
- RDS
- EFS
- FSx
- IAM
- Lambda
- Systems Manager
- CloudWatch
- Organizations
- Control Tower
Platform Engineering:
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Helm
- GitOps
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Perforce
- Service Mesh
Infrastructure as Code:
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
- Ansible
CI/CD & Developer Platforms:
- GitHub Enterprise
- GitLab
- Cursor
- Jenkins
- Artifactory
- JIRA
- SonarQube
- Backstage
- HashiCorp Vault
Programming & Automation:
- Python
- Bash/Shell
- PowerShell
- YAML
- REST APIs
- Travel - Up to 10%
- Fluency in English Language – written & verbal
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience - strong preference for candidates with experience in one or more of the following:
- Semiconductor industry
- Design Engineering organizations
- Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
- High Performance Computing (HPC)
- Software Product Development
- Cloud Engineering Platforms
- Large-scale R&D environments
- Global manufacturing organizations
- Project management skills - i.e., the ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong planning & organizational skills.
Expected Salary Range
$147,000.00 - $268,000.00
The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at usaccommodations@gf.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.
GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory.
All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law.
About GlobalFoundries:
GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets.
Summary of Role:
The Cloud Architect / Solution Design Engineer is responsible for designing, architecting, and advancing cloud-based platforms and engineering solutions supporting GlobalFoundries' worldwide Design Engineering, Software Engineering, and R&D organizations.
This role will serve as a technical leader for AWS cloud architecture, platform engineering, automation, container orchestration, and developer enablement services used by a global engineering community exceeding 5,000 users across North America, Europe, and Asia.
The ideal candidate has extensive experience designing large-scale enterprise cloud environments, modern application platforms, DevOps ecosystems, CI/CD services, and cloud-native infrastructure supporting software development, EDA workloads, and engineering collaboration platforms.
The Cloud Architect will partner with Design Engineering, Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Operations teams to deliver secure, scalable, highly available, and automated solutions that accelerate product development and engineering productivity.
Location: Dallas, TX or Santa Clara, CA
Reports To: Sr. Director, Design Engineering IT
Essential Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will have:
- 10+ years of enterprise IT experience
- 5+ years designing large-scale AWS cloud solutions
- Experience supporting organizations with 5,000+ users
- Experience enabling global software engineering teams
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes and container platforms
- Strong Infrastructure-as-Code and automation experience
- Experience designing platforms rather than simply administering them
- Ability to translate business and engineering requirements into scalable reference architectures
- Experience operating in highly regulated and security-conscious environments
Other Responsibilities:
- Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.
- Other duties as assigned by manager.
Required Qualifications:
Education and Experience – BS, MS or PhD + 12 years of experience or other equitable years of experience
Skills
AWS Platform Services:
- Amazon EKS
- EC2
- ECS/Fargate
- S3
- Route53
- CloudFront
- RDS
- EFS
- FSx
- IAM
- Lambda
- Systems Manager
- CloudWatch
- Organizations
- Control Tower
Platform Engineering:
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Helm
- GitOps
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Perforce
- Service Mesh
Infrastructure as Code:
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
- Ansible
CI/CD & Developer Platforms:
- GitHub Enterprise
- GitLab
- Cursor
- Jenkins
- Artifactory
- JIRA
- SonarQube
- Backstage
- HashiCorp Vault
Programming & Automation:
- Python
- Bash/Shell
- PowerShell
- YAML
- REST APIs
- Travel - Up to 10%
- Fluency in English Language – written & verbal
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience - strong preference for candidates with experience in one or more of the following:
- Semiconductor industry
- Design Engineering organizations
- Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
- High Performance Computing (HPC)
- Software Product Development
- Cloud Engineering Platforms
- Large-scale R&D environments
- Global manufacturing organizations
- Project management skills - i.e., the ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong planning & organizational skills.
Expected Salary Range
$147,000.00 - $268,000.00
The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at usaccommodations@gf.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.
GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory.
All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship in Cloud Architect
Align your credentials to Engineers category
TN visa approval for Cloud Architect roles hinges on the Engineers category, so your degree must be in computer science, electrical engineering, or a closely related field. A degree in an unrelated discipline, even with years of cloud experience, will not satisfy CBP officers at the border.
Request a role-specific offer letter
Your employer's offer letter must describe your Cloud Architect duties in technical terms, not just a job title. CBP officers look for explicit language about systems design, infrastructure architecture, or cloud platform engineering to confirm the role fits the Engineers specialty occupation definition.
Filter employers by recent visa filing history
Search Migrate Mate to identify employers with recent visa filings for systems architect or cloud engineer roles. Those employers are already experienced with visa sponsorship processes and far less likely to withdraw an offer mid-process. When applying, confirm the employer is willing to provide the support letter required for TN status at the port of entry or consulate.
Clarify multi-cloud scope before accepting an offer
Some employers sponsor TN visas only for work tied to a single cloud platform or internal team. Confirm that your offer letter covers your full scope, including any AWS, Azure, or GCP responsibilities, so your TN status isn't challenged if your role expands after entry.
Use Migrate Mate to find TN-ready employers
Targeting employers experienced with visa sponsorship cuts weeks off your search. Migrate Mate surfaces Cloud Architect jobs posted by companies with recent visa filings, so you're applying to roles where sponsorship infrastructure is already in place. Since TN sponsorship only requires an employer support letter (no government filing needed), employers familiar with visa processes are typically better equipped to handle the paperwork quickly.
Prepare for same-day status at the port of entry
Canadian citizens can finalize TN status at a land border or airport without a prior visa appointment. Bring your offer letter, degree credentials, and a prepared TN support letter from your employer. CBP officers at major crossings process these routinely, but incomplete documentation causes same-day denials.
Cloud Architect TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does Cloud Architect qualify for a TN visa?
Yes, Cloud Architect roles qualify under the TN visa's Engineers category when the position involves systems design, infrastructure architecture, or cloud platform engineering and the applicant holds a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, electrical engineering, or a closely related field. The job title alone is not sufficient; the duties described in your offer letter must reflect engineering-level work.
How does TN compare to H-1B for Cloud Architect roles?
For Canadian citizens, TN is faster and more predictable than H-1B visa. There is no annual lottery, no cap, and no pre-filing with USCIS. A Canadian Cloud Architect can receive TN status at the port of entry on the day of hire. H-1B visa selection is capped at 85,000 slots annually and decided by lottery, meaning qualified candidates are frequently not selected. Mexican citizens face a separate TN allocation and must apply at a U.S. consulate, but still avoid the H-1B lottery entirely.
What documentation does my employer need to provide for TN sponsorship?
Your employer must provide a signed offer letter on company letterhead that specifies your job title as Cloud Architect, describes your engineering duties in technical terms, states your start date and employment duration, and confirms you will be paid at least the prevailing wage for the role. Some CBP officers also request evidence of the employer's legitimacy, such as a business registration or tax identification number, particularly for smaller or newer companies.
Where can I find Cloud Architect jobs that already offer TN visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is designed specifically for Canadian and Mexican professionals seeking U.S. roles with TN visa sponsorship. The platform filters Cloud Architect listings by employers with recent visa filings, so you're not spending time on applications where sponsorship experience is uncertain or employers unfamiliar with visa processes.
Can I switch Cloud Architect employers while on a TN visa?
Yes, but your TN status is tied to your current employer. Before starting with a new employer, they must sponsor a new TN on your behalf. Canadian citizens can do this at the port of entry on their first day with the new company. Mexican citizens must attend a new consular appointment. You cannot work for the new employer until the new TN is approved, so timing your transition carefully avoids any gap in authorized status.