Senior Systems Architect - San Jose, United States
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Senior Systems Architect is a senior technical leader responsible for the architecture, engineering, standardization, and evolution of enterprise compute and infrastructure platforms.
What you'll do
- Serve as a senior technical authority for enterprise compute, virtualization, Windows, Linux, container, and server infrastructure.
- Develop architecture standards and reference designs for scalable, resilient, secure, and supportable infrastructure.
- Architect virtualization and compute solutions across platforms such as Hyper-V, VMware, Nutanix AHV/KVM.
- Lead infrastructure automation and platform-engineering strategy across compute and related data center technologies.
- Develop automation using technologies such as PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, APIs, Git, and CI/CD platforms.
- Partner with the Principal Storage Architect to ensure compute and virtualization platforms integrate effectively with enterprise storage.
What you'll need
- 12+ years of progressive enterprise infrastructure engineering, architecture, or closely related experience, including substantial hands-on responsibility for production environments.
- Deep experience with one or more enterprise virtualization platforms such as Hyper-V, VMware, Nutanix AHV, KVM.
- Strong enterprise experience with Windows Server and Linux.
- Experience with container technologies and orchestration platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift.
- Significant experience with enterprise server platforms such as HPE, Dell.
- Demonstrated infrastructure automation experience using PowerShell, Python, Ansible, Terraform, APIs.
Nice to have
- Experience in Nutanix, KVM, HCI, or software-defined infrastructure.
- Experience in Kubernetes or enterprise container platforms.
- Experience in Azure Arc, Azure Local, or hybrid infrastructure.
- Experience in GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD.
- Experience in AI-assisted engineering and agentic automation.
- Experience in enterprise monitoring and observability.
Skills: infrastructure architecture, virtualization, automation, platform engineering, data center
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 51-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
912
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$229k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Western Digital | All employers we track in this specialty (912 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 912 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 42 | 6047 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 6 d | 51 d (−45 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: infrastructure architecture, virtualization, automation, platform engineering, data center
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 250 open roles · median 49 d
- Qualcomm · 60 open roles · median 61 d
- AMD · 51 open roles · median 28 d
- Cerebras · 40 open roles · median 74 d
- Graphcore · 38 open roles · median 101 d
- Intel Corporation · 33 open roles · median 21 d
How we counted: 912 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.