Senior Cloud Engineer - Kubernetes Platform

Medtronic plc; Galway; On-site; EUR 66,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic plc in Ireland seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to build, operate, and improve Kubernetes-based cloud platforms that support critical healthcare software. You will drive reliability, observability, automation, and developer experience in AWS production environments.

You will monitor health, contribute to platform stability, write and test code, and collaborate with the Product Owner and Scrum Master to plan sprints and deliver high‑quality outcomes every iteration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years hands-on Site Reliability Engineering or similar role.
• 3+ years with AWS cloud technologies.
• 3+ years of Linux experience.
• Experience with Kubernetes Operators, including creating custom operators.
• Experience operating production workloads on Kubernetes (deployment, troubleshooting, upgrades).
• Strong experience with Terraform and Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Ensure environments are available by monitoring health and performance.
• Contribute to platform stability and improve developer experience.
• Write, test, and review code.
• Collaborate with Product Owner and Scrum Master to plan sprints and deliver high-quality outcomes in each sprint.

Skills

Go (Golang)

AWS

Linux

SRE

Kubernetes Operators

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Job description

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 Senior Cloud Engineer responsible for building, operating, and improving Kubernetes-based cloud platforms that support critical healthcare software solutions. This role focuses on reliability, observability, automation, and developer experience across AWS-based production environments.

We are looking for a talented Senior Cloud Engineer to join our Cardiac Rhythm Software division. In this role, you will be responsible for the health, observability, and maintainability of our production environment, along with the supporting components that enable our day‑to‑day operations. The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in cloud‑native technologies, systems administration, networking, storage, and software development.

A Day in the Life

Ensure the environments are available and operating effectively by monitoring availability and performance through a holistic view of system health.

Contribute to improving platform stability and enhancing the developer experience.

Write, test, and review code.

Work closely with the Product Owner and Scrum Master to support sprint planning, participate in scrum ceremonies, and deliver high‑quality outcomes in each sprint.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum of 5+ years of hands‑on experience in Site Reliability Engineering or a similar role.
• 3+ years of experience working with AWS cloud technologies.
• 3+ years of experience working with Linux.
• Experience with Kubernetes Operators, including creating custom operators.
• Experience operating production workloads on Kubernetes, including deployment, troubleshooting, and upgrade management.
• Strong experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Programming experience in Go (Golang), including test‑driven development practices.

Nice to Have

• Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes clusters, ideally in a non‑managed or self‑managed cloud environment.
• Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes RBAC, Helm, Flux, Istio, and/or Terratest.
• Experience with GitHub Actions.
• Experience with GitOps deployment practices, ideally using Flux.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes Cluster API, Bottlerocket OS, and building custom AWS AMIs.

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies, and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. That is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations, but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

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.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Ireland: 65,600.00EUR-98,400.00EUR| The final salary within this range will be determined based on objective, job‑related criteria, including relevant experience, skills and qualifications, in accordance with our compensation framework.

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

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.

Our Commitment to People

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.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

This employer participates in the federal E‑Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.