Remote Senior IT Architect - Cloud and Systems Design

McKesson Corporation; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 156,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson Corporation is hiring a Sr. IT Architect for 100% telecommuting from any location in the U.S. The role leads design and implementation of modern architecture, guiding engineers to deliver scalable, reliable services. Requires 7+ years (7y) of relevant experience or 5y with a Master’s degree, strong backend/frontend and cloud skills.

The position offers competitive pay and travel up to 10% domestically. You’ll work on high-impact projects shaping health tech at a Fortune 10 company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with seven years of exp in the job offered or related occupation.
• Master's degree in CS/EE or related field with five years of exp in the job offered or related occupation.
• Five years demonstrated experience in designing, developing, implementing, testing, deploying and maintaining web applications.
• Two years demonstrated experience in Java, ReactJS, Gradle, Kafka, Python 3.10+, Spring Boot, SQL/NoSQL databases and cloud tech.
• Experience in web frontend tech: JavaScript, React, Angular, NodeJS, HTML/CSS.
• Agile methodology and full software development lifecycle.
• Translating requirements into architecture and design.
• High performance, scalable, available systems; event-driven architectures.
• Public cloud environments: Azure, GCP, AWS; Azure services like AKS, Functions, Event Hubs.
• RESTful APIs design and cloud security; Docker and Kubernetes for scalable architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead innovation, design and implementation of new architecture and solutions.
• Scale services by designing standard methodologies and repeatable processes.
• Coach engineers to deliver highly available, reliable, and scalable products.
• Oversee architecture and governance of critical, high-availability systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time delivery.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Java

ReactJS

Gradle

Confluent/Kafka

Python 3.10+

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

Oracle

SOLR

Elasticsearch

MongoDB

Kubernetes (K8S/GKE/AKS)

Docker Swarm

Jenkins / GitHub Actions

GitHub Advanced Security

JavaScript / React / Angular / NodeJS / HTML/CSS

Azure

RESTful APIs

Job description

McKesson Corporation is hiring a Sr. IT Architect for 100% telecommuting from any location in the U.S. The role leads design and implementation of modern architecture, guiding engineers to deliver scalable, reliable services. Requires 7+ years (7y) of relevant experience or 5y with a Master’s degree, strong backend/frontend and cloud skills.

The position offers competitive pay and travel up to 10% domestically. You’ll work on high-impact projects shaping health tech at a Fortune 10 company.