Senior Principal IT Architect - Cloud

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Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career.  We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare. 

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 This position will sit within the Infrastructure & Operations division working in the Platform Services organization.  This team has a vision to provide the solid foundational platforms to enable the Medtronic business strategies.  To achieve this vision, our team prioritizes innovation, speed and efficiency to ensure reliable and effective platform capabilities.  There is an emphasis on accelerating the adoption of new and differentiating technology.

• Partner with Medtronic’s Global Security Office and Global Application Services team to establish architectural patterns for Cloud architecture and new platform capabilities such as AI/ML, Kubernetes, IaaS, and SaaS.
• Cross-functional team of Architects who are responsible for partnering with R&D and Innovation teams to create global systems that improve healthcare for millions of people.
• Refine and improve governance through automation, build patterns and practices, and collaboration to ensure designs are effective, efficient, and meet rigorous security and operations standards.
• Collaborate with development teams and internal stakeholders to capture requirements, specify operational characteristics, and meet compliance measures.
• Provide subject matter expertise and guidance to identify the tools and methods to achieve desired outcomes.
• Develop and use automation frameworks such as CloudFormation, Bicep, or Terraform to deploy infrastructure as code to private and/or public clouds.
• Utilize test driven development practices to develop secure, scalable, highly available, and self-healing cloud infrastructure environments that leverage cloud native services
• Design DevOps CI/CD pipeline integrations to maintain consistent environments across critical applications
• Troubleshoot network and performance issues in large scale distributed systems
• Drive change through new technology adoption and re-engineering where necessary to support continuous improvement
• Provide technical demos to and lead deep-dive discussions with stakeholders
• Facilitate collaboration, sharing, trust and cross-pollination of skills with Product Owners, designers, and DevOps teams
• Navigate the technical and the business aspects of design with consultative and cloud practitioner skills