Leader, Core Platform & Identity Services

Medtronic • New York, NY

6d

About The Position

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 Leader of Core Platform & Identity Services is responsible for the strategy, reliability, security, and operational excellence of the company’s core digital infrastructure and identity platforms. This role leads the teams that design, operate, and continuously improve private cloud hosting, datacenter services, and enterprise identity services that underpin all digital products and business operations. The role ensures highly available, scalable, and resilient platforms through modern Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, strong security controls, and proactive observability. As a foundational digital leader, this position partners closely with Security, Cloud, Product, and Enterprise Architecture teams to enable business growth while maintaining stability, compliance, and cost efficiency.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or reliability engineering leadership roles
• Proven experience operating private cloud, datacenter, and enterprise identity platforms at scale
• Strong background in SRE, high-availability architectures, and disaster recovery
• Hands-on knowledge of Active Directory and Microsoft Entra (Azure AD)
• Experience with DNS, SSL certificate management, and internet-facing enterprise services
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, mission-critical platforms in regulated environments

Nice To Haves

• Experience in cloud-adjacent or hybrid environments (private cloud integrated with public cloud)
• Familiarity with modern observability platforms and AIOps capabilities
• Experience supporting business separations, carve-outs, or large-scale platform transformations

Responsibilities

• Platform & Infrastructure Leadership Own the end-to-end strategy and operations for private cloud hosting and datacenter environments, including compute, storage, and virtualization platforms Lead capacity planning, performance engineering, and scalability initiatives to meet current and future business demands Establish and operate resilience, backup, and disaster recovery strategies aligned to business continuity requirements
• Reliability & Engineering Excellence Implement and mature Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, including SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and incident management Drive automation, standardization, and infrastructure-as-code to improve reliability, speed, and operational efficiency Lead post-incident reviews and continuous improvement programs focused on reducing risk and improving service availability
• Internet & Identity Services Own enterprise internet services including internal and external DNS, domain portfolio management, and SSL certificate lifecycle management Ensure secure, reliable managed file transfer services for internal and external business use cases Lead Active Directory and Microsoft Entra (Azure AD) platforms, including authentication, authorization, and identity lifecycle integrations
• Observability & Operations Establish comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting across infrastructure and identity platforms Ensure proactive detection of performance, availability, and security issues through modern observability tooling Define and report on operational KPIs, SLAs, and XLAs to executive stakeholders
• Security, Risk & Compliance Partner with Cybersecurity and Risk teams to ensure platforms meet security, regulatory, and compliance requirements Reduce operational and cyber risk through strong controls, access governance, and secure platform design Support audits, regulatory reviews, and risk assessments related to infrastructure and identity services
• Financial & Vendor Management Own operational budgets, cost optimization initiatives, and vendor relationships for private cloud, datacenter, and internet services Drive transparency and financial discipline through capacity forecasting, cost modeling, and vendor performance management
• Leadership & Talent Development Build, lead, and develop high-performing infrastructure and SRE teams Foster a culture of accountability, engineering excellence, and continuous learning Establish clear career paths, skill development plans, and succession strategies

Benefits

• Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package A commitment to our employees lives 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.
• Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).
• Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees