Senior Software Cloud Engineer - Hybrid Cloud Platform Owner

Medtronic•Lafayette, CO

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Software Cloud Engineer supports the evolution and operation of Medtronic's hybrid cloud platform. The role partners with infrastructure, application, architecture, operations, and security teams to prioritize platform capabilities, modernize infrastructure, improve automation, and deliver secure and reliable services for enterprise workloads, modern applications, and artificial intelligence enablement. The Cloud Platform Services team enables Medtronic's global technology infrastructure, platforms, and services supporting enterprise applications, data, automation, and emerging artificial intelligence capabilities. This position is based in Mounds View, Minnesota, or Lafayette, Colorado. It follows an onsite work style: employees are expected to work onsite four days per week and remotely one day per week.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of infrastructure, cloud platform, or systems engineering experience, or an advanced degree and 2+ years of such experience.
Experience with VMware infrastructure or Nutanix platforms and infrastructure migration initiatives.
Experience supporting hybrid cloud, virtualization, or enterprise infrastructure environments.
Experience with infrastructure automation, scripting, or Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
Experience translating business or technical requirements into infrastructure solutions and platform priorities.
For baccalaureate degrees earned outside the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Terraform, Ansible, VMware Aria, Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, Rancher, or similar cloud infrastructure technologies.
Experience with public cloud platforms, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Experience supporting artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), graphics processing unit (GPU), or high-performance computing environments.
Experience with FinOps, cloud cost optimization, total cost of ownership (TCO), or chargeback/showback models.
VMware, Nutanix, AWS, or Microsoft Azure certification.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the hybrid cloud platform roadmap and translate infrastructure priorities into platform capabilities and improvements.
Support technical product ownership for private cloud services and platform capabilities.
Drive platform engineering solutions that improve scalability, reliability, security, and operational performance.
Execute infrastructure modernization initiatives, including virtualization, migration, and cloud platform transformation efforts.
Partner with application, architecture, engineering, operations, and security teams to prioritize platform requirements, enhancements, and technical dependencies.
Advance automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), scripting, and platform engineering practices.
Develop and maintain platform standards, technical documentation, governance, and operational processes.
Communicate platform priorities, technical dependencies, risks, and recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.

Benefits

Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
Health insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Health Savings Account.
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.
Life insurance.
Long-term disability leave.
Dependent daycare spending account.
Tuition assistance or reimbursement.
Simple Steps global well-being program.
Incentive plans.
401(k) plan with 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.
Capital Accumulation Plan, available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums.