IT Cloud Architect

MACOM designs and manufactures semiconductor products for Data Center Telecommunication and Industrial and Defense applications. Headquartered in Lowell Massachusetts MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America Europe and Asia. MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard.

MACOM has more than 75 years of application expertise with multiple design centers Si GaAs and InP fabrication manufacturing assembly and test and operational facilities throughout North America Europe and Asia. Click here to view our addition MACOM offers foundry services that represents a key core competency within our business.

MACOM sells and distributes products globally via a sales channel comprised of a direct field sales force authorized sales representatives and leading industry distributors. Our sales team is trained across all of our products to give our customers insights into our entire portfolio.

IT Cloud Architect

We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic IT Cloud Architect to lead the design implementation and optimization of our cloud strategy. This role will drive multi-cloud adoption hybrid architecture development and enterprise workload migration initiatives while ensuring alignment with business objectives cost efficiency and security requirements.

The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise across cloud platforms strong financial acumen and a proven ability to influence executive stakeholders to successfully adopt cloud-first strategies.

Key Responsibilities

Design and govern scalable secure and resilient architectures across AWS and Azure clouds with a forward-looking roadmap aligned to business security and operational objectives.

Architect compliant environments (e.g. Azure GCC High) supporting CMMC NIST 800-171 and ITAR with strong controls for Zero Trust segmentation encryption identity and audit readiness.

Lead end-to-end migrations and modernization initiatives including assessment design execution and optimization with a focus on minimizing risk and enabling cloud-native capabilities.

Design and operate hybrid environments integrating on-premises and cloud platforms ensuring alignment with enterprise networking identity and systems architecture.

Enable automated secure delivery through CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform Bicep etc.) embedding security into development workflows for consistency and speed.

Design and support cloud architectures for AI/ML workloads including model training inference and high-performance compute (e.g. GPU/EDA burst capacity). Enable secure data pipelines scalable compute environments and integration of AI services while ensuring alignment with compliance data governance and cost optimization requirements.

Collaborate with application teams to modernize workloads using cloud-native and microservices architectures

Present architectural strategies and business cases to technical teams leadership and executive stakeholders

Drive organizational adoption of cloud solutions securing buy-in from senior leadership

Evaluate and leverage emerging technologies including AI/ML platforms (e.g. Claude OpenAI or similar models)

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field (or equivalent experience)

8 years of experience in IT infrastructure with strong focus on cloud architecture

Proven success in migrating enterprise workloads to cloud environments

Hands-on experience designing hybrid cloud architectures

Strong foundation in:

Networking (VPCs routing firewalls load balancing)

Systems (Windows/Linux administration)

Storage (SAN/NAS object storage backup/recovery)

Expertise in multi-cloud environments (AWS Azure)

Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform ARM CloudFormation etc.)

Strong development knowledge including:

Python or similar scripting languages

CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Jenkins etc.)

Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical topics to non-technical audiences

Proven track record of influencing and obtaining executive-level buy-in

Preferred Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional or Associate)

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

Preferred Skills & Experience

Experience with AI/ML integration in cloud environments including use of models such as Claude or similar

Experience in EDA environments with cloud bursting

Knowledge of security frameworks and compliance standards (NIST CMMC ISO etc.)

Experience supporting regulated or security-sensitive environments

EEO:

MACOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. MACOM will not discriminate against any worker or job applicant on the basis of race color religion sex gender identity sexual orientation national origin age disability genetic information veteran status military service marital status or any other category protected under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation:

MACOM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you have a disability and are in need of a reasonable accommodation with respect to any part of the application process please call 1- or email Provide your name phone number and the position title and location in which you are interested and nature of accommodation needed and we will get back to you. We also work with current employees who request or need reasonable accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of their jobs.

ITAR

Due to ITAR regulations only candidates who are U.S. Persons (U.S. citizens U.S. nationals lawful permanent residents or individuals granted asylum or refugee status) will be considered for this position.

RSU Eligible

This position is eligible to receive restricted stock unit (RSU) awards and cash bonuses solely at MACOMs discretion subject to individual and company performance.

Salary Range

The Salary Range for this position is $132000 $191000. Actual salary offered to candidate will depend on several factors including but not limited to work location relevant candidates experience education and specific knowledge skills and abilities.

Benefits: This position offers a comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to:

Health dental and vision insurance.

Employer-sponsored 401(k) plan.

Paid time off.

Professional development opportunities.

Required Experience:

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