Lam Research ยท 3 days ago
Director GIS, Infrastructure Platform Engineering
Fremont, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$155K/yr - $324K/yr
10+ years expLam Research is dedicated to providing innovative information system solutions and services. The Director of Infrastructure Platform Engineering will lead the modernization of hybrid infrastructure services and ensure operational efficiency across a complex infrastructure landscape.
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Responsibilities
Lead the transformation of infrastructure into platform services that are modular, automated, and consumable via APIs and self-service interfaces
Apply Platform Engineering principles to deliver infrastructure as product, enabling internal teams to build, deploy, and operate applications with speed and reliability
Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitOps, CI/CD, and policy-as-code to ensure consistency, repeatability, and compliance
Standardize automation frameworks and reusable patterns to reduce operational toil and accelerate delivery velocity
Deliver hybrid compute platforms with unified operational models, automated provisioning, and elastic scalability
Provide enterprise-grade storage solutions with performance, availability, and lifecycle automation
Engineer high-performance computing environments and large-scale storage systems optimized for data-intensive workloads
Design and operate secure, high-performance global network infrastructure, incorporating modern architectures such as SASE-WAN, ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access), and SSE (Secure Service Edge) to enable secure, scalable connectivity across distributed environments
Architect resilient systems and automated recovery capabilities to ensure business continuity and disaster recovery readiness
Implement full-stack observability (metrics, logs, traces) and SRE practices to drive reliability, performance, and proactive incident response
Lead cloud financial operations to optimize spend, improve cost transparency, and align infrastructure investments with business value
Build systems with the capabilities to detect, respond to, and recover from failures with minimal manual intervention
Leverage telemetry, event-driven automation, and intelligent alerting to enable proactive and adaptive infrastructure operations
Standardize health checks, remediation workflows, and operational runbooks to support resilient and scalable platforms
Define and monitor SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets to ensure platform reliability and performance
Foster a culture of continuous improvement through blameless postmortems, automation-first mindset, and data-driven decision-making
Ensure compliance with security, governance, and regulatory standards through automated controls and auditability
Build and lead a high-performing, globally distributed Platform Engineering team
Partner with application teams, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and business units to deliver integrated, developer-friendly platforms
Communicate platform strategy, value, and performance to executive stakeholders and influence cross-functional alignment
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 10+ years of experience in infrastructure/platform engineering, with 5+ years in leadership roles
Proven expertise in Azure cloud services, hybrid compute/storage, and infrastructure automation
Deep understanding of Platform Engineering, DevOps, and SRE principles
Experience with observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry), IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), and CI/CD platforms
Strong background in HPC, scale-out storage, and global networking including SASE-WAN, ZTNA, and SSE architectures
Demonstrated success in leading FinOps practices and optimizing cloud spend
Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Preferred
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Certifications in Azure, Kubernetes, FinOps, or SRE
Experience in regulated or large-scale enterprise environments
Company
Lam Research
Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Tim Archer
President and CEO
Rick Gottscho
Exec VP and CTO
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