Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

This role sits within the Infrastructure & Operations organization, supporting the Platform Services team responsible for delivering foundational cloud platforms that enable enterprise technology, research, and business initiatives across Medtronic. The team focuses on cloud architecture, platform engineering, automation, security, and operational excellence across multi-cloud environments.
The position partners closely with Global Security, Application Services, Enterprise Architecture, and engineering teams to define and implement scalable platform capabilities including cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps automation, and emerging technologies.
This role is based at the Medtronic facility in Hyderabad, India and follows an onsite work model. Occasional travel may be required based on business needs.
We are seeking a senior cloud and platform architecture leader to drive the design, governance, automation, and evolution of enterprise cloud platforms across a multi-cloud environment. This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic architecture leadership to build secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure solutions that support critical business and healthcare technology initiatives.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Define and govern enterprise cloud architecture patterns across Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Design and implement Kubernetes-based platform solutions to support scalable and resilient application deployments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, or Ansible.
• Architect and optimize DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to improve platform consistency, reliability, and deployment speed.
• Partner with security, application, and engineering teams to ensure platform solutions meet compliance, operational, and security requirements.
• Troubleshoot and optimize performance, networking, and reliability issues across large-scale distributed systems.
• Lead technology evaluations, technical consultations, and architecture discussions with internal stakeholders and engineering teams.
• Drive platform modernization initiatives through automation, cloud adoption, and continuous improvement practices.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree with 18+ years of experience OR advanced degree with 16+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, cloud architecture, or DevOps engineering.
• Experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
• Experience developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD automation frameworks.
• Experience leading architecture decisions and cross-functional technical initiatives in large-scale environments.
• Experience with security frameworks and technologies including Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Kerberos, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) environments.
  Nice to Haves:
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, Microsoft Azure certification, or equivalent cloud certification.
• Experience with Git-based version control platforms such as Gitlab, Github
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools including Splunk, Datadog, or AppDynamics.
• Experience architecting and managing Kubernetes platforms in enterprise environments

 

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. 

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Benefits & Compensation

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.
 

 

 

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This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).