Architect, Azure Cloud

Edwards; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Edwards Lifesciences is seeking a senior IT professional to lead scalable cloud implementations for New Product Development, ensuring compliant architectures and end-to-end delivery. You will drive IaC, DevOps pipelines, and automation while partnering with business units to meet strategic objectives.

Ideal candidates bring deep Azure expertise, container knowledge, and strong programming skills in Java, Python, C++, or JavaScript, with a track record in systems engineering for hardware-software

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a technical field (CS/IS related).
• Minimum six years of experience in relevant IT roles.
• Strong cloud and DevOps experience, especially with Azure.
• Experience with IaC and deployment automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of scalable cloud solutions for NPD while aligning architecture with regulatory requirements.
• Oversee end-to-end cloud deployments using cloud services and microservices; collaborate with BU stakeholders.
• Implement IaC and DevOps pipelines for all cloud workloads to enable repeatable deployments.
• Develop configuration management and deployment using tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Coordinate with Cloud Ops and Security to get solutions vetted before deployment.
• Review software code and evaluate new IT technologies for NPD.

Skills

Java

Python

C++

JavaScript

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Powershell

Kubernetes

Job description

Innovation starts from the heart. At Edwards Lifesciences, we’re dedicated to developing ground-breaking technologies with a genuine impact on patients’ lives. At the core of this commitment is our investment in cutting-edge information technology. This supports our innovation and collaboration on a global scale, enabling our diverse teams to optimize both efficiency and success. As part of our IT team, your expertise and commitment will help facilitate our patient-focused mission by developing and enhancing technological solutions.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Lead implementation of robust cloud solutions that are scalable and meet the needs of New Product Development (NPD) while ensuring solutions architecture is in adherence to appropriate regulatory requirement
• Lead the implementation end-to-end solutions using Cloud services and microservices (e.g., IoT and Container Services) and partner with key stakeholders (e.g., BU) to evaluate business needs
• Implement IaC and establish DevOps pipelines for all Cloud Workloads
• Develop configuration management/application deployment using tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, and/or Chef) for assigned software products
• Partner with Cloud Ops and Security team in getting solution vetted before deployment
• Perform software code review for products
• Evaluate new IT technologies and build effective solutions for NPD
• Other duties as assigned by Management

What you’ll need (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Management System)
• A minimum of six years experience

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Demonstrated experience with best of Breed Solutions, Cloud Infrastructure and Software solutions
• Demonstrated experience with Azure Fabric, DataLake, and Blob Storage
• Demonstrated experience on best practices for Azure account setup, governance, and architecture
• Demonstrated technical project management skills
• Experience with system engineering for combined hardware, software systems
• Java, Python or other Object-Oriented Programming and troubleshooting skills
• Proficiency with software tools for requirements management, engineering analysis, and statistical analysis
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Azure
• Familiarity with container and resource management technologies such as Kubernetes
• Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Extensive knowledge of Azure IaaS components like VMs, Virtual networks, Storage and PaaS components like App Service, Serverless computing, Storage
• Extensive knowledge of Azure VPCs, Subnets, routing.
• Extensive knowledge of Azure Compute, Storage, IoT, Developer Tools
• Extensive knowledge of IaC toolsets such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Powershell etc.
• Extensive knowledge of DevOps principles and ability to design automation pipelines for Cloud DevOps.
• Good programming skills in two or more of these languages - Javascript, Python, C++, Java

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $126,000 to $178,000 (highly experienced).