Principal IT Engineering Architect - IT Site Reliability

At Medtronic, you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The preferred working location for this role is the Medtronic facility located in Mounds View, Minnesota; however, the individual may also work remotely within the US or onsite at another US-based Medtronic facility. Preferred site locations include Jacksonville, Florida, North Haven, Connecticut, Tempe, Arizona, or Boulder, Colorado.

We are seeking a talented and experienced IT Engineer / Architect with a strong focus on site reliability engineering responsibilities to join our team. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our infrastructure and applications, with a specific focus on the architecture design and implementation.

The IT Site Reliability Engineer/ Principal Architect is a key role in the IT Operations and Innovation team with the mission of planning, building, and running complete architecture for applications that help automate and identify cost reduction opportunities and drive continuous improvement in the day-to-day operations. Maintaining standards and security compliance is also a primary focus. The IT Site Reliability Engineer/ Principal Architect will interact with multiple IT functional areas, including Infrastructure and Operations, Global Information Security Office, the Architecture Review Board, as well as site IT leaders and operating unit stakeholders. Our goal is to enable value and continuous improvement through definition and evolution of the technologies used.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result — and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the architecture of our cloud-based infrastructure to ensure high availability, scalability, and security for our medical device applications, including but not limited to Ignition, PostgreSQL, HiveMQ, Qlik, Confluent Kafka, and Tanzu.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement best practices for container orchestration and management, with a specific focus on Kubernetes.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the deployment and testing of applications and infrastructure changes, utilizing tools such as Tanzu, Confluent Kafka, and others as needed.
• Manage and maintain the repository of infrastructure as code, ensuring proper version control and documentation, with a specific focus on the specified applications.
• Monitor and analyze system performance, identifying and resolving potential issues to ensure optimal reliability and performance for the specified applications.
• Lead efforts to implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans for critical systems and applications, including those utilizing Ignition, PostgreSQL, HiveMQ, Qlik, Confluent Kafka, and Tanzu.

MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of experience with an advanced degree

NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications)

• Strongly Preferred:
• Previous Medtronic experience
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing architecture for cloud-based infrastructure, preferably in the medical device or healthcare industry, with expertise in the specified applications.
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes and other container orchestration technologies, with experience in managing the specified applications.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation, with a focus on the specified applications.
• Proficiency in developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Tanzu, Confluent Kafka, and others as needed.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and monitoring concepts in a cloud environment, with a focus on the specified applications.
• Experience working in Global / Multisite deployments of new architecture, change control for new requests as well as issue support.
• AWS Solution Architect Certification
• Kubernetes Certification (CKS or CKA)
• ITILv4

RESULTS DRIVEN

• Partners with others, as necessary, to get the job done.
• Models the effort and focus needed to achieve goals.
• Implement and manage tools for achievement of the project KPIs.
• Maintains a strong position when presented with contrary evidence.
• Break down tasks into manageable plans.
• Detail oriented.
• Confidence
• Critical thinking

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

• Relates well to people at varying levels and positions in the organization, both internally and externally
• Builds constructive and effective relationships.
• Demonstrates integrity, honesty and openness when dealing with others.
• Shares expertise with others
• Quickly finds common ground and resolves problems for the good of all.
• Encourages collaboration across teams, business units, regions and/or functions.
• Fosters an open dialogue with individuals, teams, and work groups.
• Provides partnership and feedback to stakeholders.
• Communications skills - verbal / written

ADAPTABILITY

• Can handle risks and uncertainty.
• Revises plans to respond to requirements or others’ preferences.
• Adjusts strategy when initial directions are unsuccessful.
• Can effectively manage under new or changing circumstances.
• Provides the communication link between the project team and stakeholders.
• Requires the ability to negotiate and manage competing priorities across multiple functional areas.
• Work independently with little direction.
• Taking concept and putting it into a plan
• Calm under pressure.
• Customer focus.
• Due Diligence

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package. A commitment to our employees' lives is at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD): 150,000.00. The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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