Principal Architect DataOps

AECOM; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 174,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM seeks a Principal Architect DataOps to lead the development of scalable systems for Medtronic’s analytics platform. The role involves managing cloud infrastructures, collaborating with diverse teams, and ensuring system security compliance. With a focus on automation and operational excellence, this position is integral to enhancing data workflows and delivering impactful solutions.

Benefits

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

401(k) plan with employer contribution

Tuition assistance/reimbursement

Paid time off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as Lead Cloud Engineer, DevOps/Data Ops Engineer, or similar role.
• Expertise in automation initiatives and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with multi-cloud architectures.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable and resilient distributed systems for the analytics platform.
• Manage and optimize AWS infrastructure and operation.
• Lead automation initiatives for enhanced productivity.

Skills

Automation

Data security

System performance

Monitoring

Infrastructure design

Education

Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

Azure

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 19 Aug 2025

Principal Architect DataOps for Medtronic, Inc. Minneapolis, MN. Responsible for building high quality, scalable and resilient distributed systems that power Medtronic Diabetes analytics platform and data pipelines. Manage data and AWS infrastructure and operations within organization. Work with cross-functional teams to include data scientists, data engineers, and IT professionals to ensure the smooth and efficient flow of data. Monitor and troubleshoot system performance to ensure high availability and efficient resource utilization. Collaborate with development teams to optimize application architectures for performance efficiency, security, operational excellence, reliability, and cost efficiency. Ensure security and compliance standards are met throughout the software development lifecycle. Leverage emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in DevOps, DataOps, and cloud computing. Lead automation initiatives to streamline manual processes and enhance productivity across the organization; Engineer Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines, integrate testing and monitor frameworks to enable rapid and continuous software delivery. Design and develop infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and Cloud Formation to ensure consistent and reproducible deployments across all the environments; Architect, design, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions multi-cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, Snowflake, and Databricks; Evaluate and enhance system reliability, security, and performance through proactive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions. Ensure data governance policies and procedures are followed, including data privacy and security regulations by implementing data access controls, data masking, and data encryption techniques. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement highly secured and robust network architectures across multi-cloud platforms. *Multiple positions available. *Position is open to telecommuting from anywhere in the United States. #LI-DNI.

Basic Qualifications:

Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related engineering or technical field. Requires five (5) years of experience as a Lead Cloud Engineer, DevOps/Data Ops Engineer, Application Developer, or any related Software Engineering occupation.

Must possess at least five (5) years’ experience in all of the following: Automation initiatives to streamline manual processes and enhance productivity across the organization; Improve the performance efficiency, security, operational excellence, reliability, and cost efficiency; Software delivery though Engineering CI/CD pipelines, integrating testing and monitoring frameworks; Infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools to include Terraform and CloudFormation; Designing scalable solutions across multi-cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Snowflake and Databricks; System reliability, security, and performance through proactive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions; Data privacy and security regulations by implementing data access controls, data masking, and data encryption techniques; Design and implement multi-cloud secured network architectures.

The position reports to Medtronic, Inc., 710 Medtronic Parkway NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432 and is open to telecommuting from anywhere in the United States.

Salary: $174,300 to $190,800 per year

THIS POSITION QUALIFIES FOR THE MEDTRONIC EMPLOYEE REFERRAL BONUS PROGRAM AT THE LEVEL OF $1,000. Refer to the program guidelines located at InternalJobs.Medtronic.com

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page\_name=signon&co\_num=30601&co\_affid=medtronic)

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