Sr Software Dev Ops Engineer

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

Job summary

Medtronic Ireland seeks a Sr. Software DevOps Engineer to lead the observability stack across Elastic Cloud, Dynatrace, Prometheus and AWS. You will set strategy, mentor engineers and drive reliability across our cloud-native platform.

The role emphasizes designing SLIs/SLOs, improving logging and metrics, and integrating observability into CI/CD pipelines, with on-call responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 4 years in SRE, observability, or platform engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of the observability stack across Elastic Cloud, Dynatrace, Prometheus, and AWS.
• Define SLIs/SLOs and enforce observability standards.
• Mentor engineers and drive reliability through actionable insights.
• Integrate observability tools into CI/CD pipelines and participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Elastic Cloud

Dynatrace

Prometheus

AWS

Terraform

GitOps

Kubernetes

Docker

Python

Bash

SRE

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering / Software Engineering / Computer Science / Electrical Engineering

Tools

Elastic Cloud tools

Dynatrace

Prometheus exporters

AWS services

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

Careers That Change Lives

Transforming Patient Management with Smart Technology!

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Software develops the next generation medical technologies that alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of patients across the world. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

We are seeking a Sr. Software DevOps Engineer to lead the design, automation, and support of our observability stack across Elastic Cloud, Dynatrace, Prometheus, and AWS. This role is a technical leadership position responsible for setting the strategic direction of observability, mentoring a growing team of engineers, and driving reliability through actionable insights into our systems and applications.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

Day in the Life:

In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Sr. Software DevOps Engineer role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Solid understanding of distributed systems, containers (Docker), Kubernetes, and microservices observability patterns.
• Proven track record implementing Terraform and GitOps practices to enable scalable, reliable, and automated infrastructure delivery.
• Own the architecture, implementation, and lifecycle management of the observability platform (Elastic Cloud, Dynatrace, Prometheus, & more).
• Lead efforts to improve logging, monitoring, metrics collection, distributed tracing, and alerting across cloud-native applications.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and Architecture teams to define SLIs/SLOs and implement robust observability standards.
• Evangelize for all observability-related initiatives and mentor junior engineers in best practices.
• Integrate observability tools into CI/CD pipelines to enable proactive detection and incident response.
• Participate in on-call rotations and post-incident reviews, driving reliability improvements across the platform.

Qualifications –

Must Have - Minimum Requirements

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE BE SURE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience SRE, observability, platform engineering, or related fields, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of technical experience.

Must Have Skills:

• Deep expertise in managing Elastic Cloud (Kibana, Beats, Logstash, Index Lifecycle Policies).
• Hands-on experience with Dynatrace and Prometheus monitoring stacks, including exporter management and custom dashboards.
• Strong experience with AWS services (EC2, EKS, S3, IAM, etc.) and Streaming framework (Kafka etc.)
• Optimize cost, performance, and scalability of observability services within AWS.
• Proven leadership and mentorship experience; ability to lead cross-functional projects and develop junior team members.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar) for automation and integration.
• Define and enforce data retention, access control, and multi-tenant observability strategies for Elastic and Prometheus.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with OpenTelemetry or other open standards for observability.
• Familiarity with cost optimization strategies in observability tooling.
• Exposure to compliance frameworks (HIPAA, ISO 27001) in observability contexts.

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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. It 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.

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.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Ireland: 65,600.00 EUR - 98,400.00 EUR |

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