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Cloud Infrastructure Engineer roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's Computer Systems Analyst category, making them accessible to Canadian and Mexican professionals without a lottery. Your degree in computer science or engineering, combined with a qualifying job offer, is the foundation of a straightforward border or consulate filing.
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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 as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Align your credentials to USMCA categories
TN visa eligibility for cloud infrastructure work flows through the Computer Systems Analyst category. Confirm your degree is in computer science, engineering, or a directly related field before applying, since a mismatch in credential framing is the most common early-stage obstacle.
Target employers with active infrastructure teams
Prioritize companies running multi-cloud or hybrid environments where the infrastructure role is clearly distinct from general IT support. Employers already managing cloud compliance programs tend to move faster on TN paperwork because the specialty occupation argument is self-evident.
Request a detailed offer letter early
Your TN filing lives or dies on the offer letter. Ask your employer to specify cloud platforms, technical scope, and the degree requirement for the role before you accept. A vague letter can stall a CBP officer or consular review for Mexicans applying at a U.S. consulate.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers
Searching broadly wastes time on employers unfamiliar with TN mechanics. Use Migrate Mate to filter for Cloud Infrastructure Engineer roles where employers have confirmed TN visa sponsorship, so your outreach focuses on companies already set up to file.
Prepare documentation for Mexican consulate timelines
Mexican nationals apply at a U.S. consulate, unlike Canadians who can present at a port of entry. Schedule your DS-160 appointment and gather your employer's support letter, offer letter, and credential evidence well before your intended start date, since consulate wait times vary by location.
Negotiate a TN renewal plan before you start
TN status is granted in three-year increments with no cap on renewals. Before your first day, confirm with your employer that they'll support renewal filings and understand that each renewal requires a current offer letter reflecting your active role and compensation.
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer role qualify for TN visa status?
Yes, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer roles typically qualify under the USMCA's Computer Systems Analyst category, provided your job duties center on designing, implementing, or managing cloud systems rather than general technical support. Your offer letter must describe duties tied to specialized cloud infrastructure work, and your degree should be in computer science, engineering, or a closely related field.
How does TN visa sponsorship compare to H-1B for cloud infrastructure roles?
TN is significantly more practical for most Cloud Infrastructure Engineer candidates. There's no annual lottery for Canadians, no cap wait, and employers can file at a port of entry the same day for Canadian nationals. H-1B visa requires surviving a random lottery before any petition is filed. For Mexican nationals, TN still requires a consulate appointment, but the timeline is far more predictable than H-1B's registration cycle.
Where can I find Cloud Infrastructure Engineer jobs that offer TN visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. It surfaces Cloud Infrastructure Engineer roles where employers have confirmed TN visa sponsorship, saving you from applying to postings where the hiring team has never processed a TN filing. Filtering by sponsorship type from the start keeps your pipeline focused on employers who can actually move forward with you.
Can I switch employers while on a TN visa in a cloud infrastructure role?
Yes, but you need a new TN authorization tied to your new employer before you start work. For Canadian nationals, that means your new employer prepares a fresh offer letter and supporting documentation, which you present at a port of entry. Mexican nationals must schedule a new consulate appointment. You can't carry your existing TN status to a new employer the way some other visa types allow.
What happens if my Cloud Infrastructure Engineer duties shift significantly after I start?
If your core duties change enough that they no longer reflect what your TN petition described, your status could be technically misaligned. This is common in cloud roles where scope expands into architecture or management. Talk to your employer about whether an amended filing or a new TN designation is needed before your next renewal to avoid complications at the border or consulate.