Software Cloud Engineer I - Cloud Infrastructure

GAL Medtronic Vascular Galway Unlimited Company; Athenry-Oranmore Municipal District; On-site; EUR 44,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)

Flexible Benefits Package

Job summary

Medtronic Ireland seeks an entry-level Cloud Engineer I to support PCS cloud infrastructure, helping build, maintain, and troubleshoot AWS environments, Windows and Linux systems, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.

This role works under close supervision to improve reliability, security, and scalability of AWS infrastructure, with learning opportunities in Terraform, Ansible, scripting, and monitoring across CloudWatch, ELK, and Dynatrace.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 0-2 years of experience in cloud engineering, site reliability engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related technical role.
• Foundational knowledge of AWS or other cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an entry-level cloud engineering contributor under close supervision and guidance from senior engineers.
• Support cloud infrastructure tasks on smaller projects and limited scope initiatives.

Skills

Foundational cloud knowledge

Go/Python/Bash scripting

Linux/Windows basics

Education

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

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

CloudWatch

ELK Stack

Dynatrace

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.

The Cloud Engineer I supports PCS cloud infrastructure by helping build, maintain, and troubleshoot AWS environments, Windows and Linux systems, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and observability tools such as CloudWatch, ELK Stack, and Dynatrace.

The role contributes to reliable, secure, scalable, and repeatable infrastructure delivery by assisting with Terraform, Ansible, scripting, monitoring, documentation, and minor system or process improvements under guidance from more experienced engineers.

Medtronic’s Cardiovascular (CV) group is looking for a motivated Cloud Engineer I to work in Patient Care Systems (PCS), supporting cloud infrastructure services for customer-facing and business-critical applications. This entry-level individual contributor role works with close supervision to support the health, observability, scalability, security, and maintainability of AWS infrastructure and related operational components.

An ideal candidate has broad theoretical cloud and systems engineering knowledge, a strong interest in automation and infrastructure operations, and the ability to learn and apply practices across EC2, Windows, Red Hat Linux, Terraform, cloud-native services, systems administration, networking, storage, and automation.

A Day in the Life

Serve as an entry-level cloud engineering contributor on a project or work team, working with close supervision and guidance from more experienced team members.

Support cloud infrastructure tasks and related activities of limited scope, typically within smaller or less complex projects.

Assist with building, maintaining, and improving AWS environments using services such as EC2, ELB, RDS, Security Groups, S3, CloudWatch, and related cloud-native capabilities.

Support deployment platform and system infrastructure activities using Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar technologies.

Assist with CI/CD pipeline maintenance, automation, and repeatable infrastructure delivery under guidance from senior engineers. #Li-hybrid

Use monitoring and observability platforms such as CloudWatch, ELK Stack, and Dynatrace to gather information, support troubleshooting, and help identify issues that are not immediately evident but are typically not difficult or complex.

Make minor changes to systems, scripts, processes, or documentation to help solve problems and improve team operations.

Communicate primarily with internal contacts within the immediate team to gather, confirm, and convey facts, status, and technical information.

undefined undefined Broad theoretical knowledge of cloud infrastructure concepts, including AWS, automation, operating systems, networking, storage, security, and observability.

Foundational understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code, configuration automation, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudWatch, ELK Stack, or Dynatrace.

Ability to identify, define, and address routine cloud infrastructure issues with guidance and make minor improvements to systems, processes, or documentation.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 0-2 years of experience in cloud engineering, site reliability engineering, infrastructure engineering, software engineering, or a related technical role.
• Foundational knowledge of AWS or other cloud technologies.
• Foundational knowledge of Windows, Linux systems and command-line tools.
• Basic experience supporting, deploying, or troubleshooting applications in containerised environments.
• Exposure to infrastructure automation or configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Programming or scripting experience in Go, Python, Bash, or a similar language.

Nice to Have

• Interest in learning project and change management practices in a cloud infrastructure environment.
• A desire to automate repetitive tasks and learn repeatable infrastructure delivery practices.
• A developing mindset of repeatability, testability, observability, and reversibility in cloud engineering work.

#Li-hybrid 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.

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.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Ireland: 44,240.00 EUR - 66,360.00 EUR | This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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 95,000+ 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. We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning.

This commitments set our team apart from the rest: Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

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. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here.