Senior Cloud Technical Lead

Viltis Consulting; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Free medical coverage

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Recognition as a great place to work

Job summary

A global healthcare leader is looking for a Cloud Technical Lead in San Diego, California. This role requires over 10 years of experience in software and systems development, with skills in Python and React. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership to a global team, ensuring high-quality cloud solutions. Responsibilities include collaborating with multiple teams, improving development processes, and troubleshooting complex problems. A detailed knowledge of Medical Device regulations is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in systems and/or software development with interoperability of connected devices.
• Experience leading software development teams and managing complex projects.
• Strong understanding of Medical Device regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to a global team for cloud solution development.
• Collaborate with remote teams to coordinate delivery timelines.
• Evaluate and improve development processes.

Skills

Python

React

T-SQL

Agile development

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Azure Cloud Services

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Veracode

Job description

Our client Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, theFreedom 2 Save student debt program, andFreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

The Cloud Technical Lead position is within our Infectious Disease business unit located at the Towne Centre site in San Diego, California. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

This role will be responsible for technical implementation of cloud solutions.

Working closely with local and remote software engineering teams (international) developing software products and platforms as well as supporting current products. This role will promote Agile product development principles and foster continuous improvement. This individual must be a positive, “can-do” leader with exceptional technical background, who possesses the skills of pulling together ideas and suggestions, shaping them into a vision, and then implementing them in a product. This very hands-on position would require a focus on details and collaboration with the cloud software development team.

The Cloud Technical Lead should demonstrate good communication and people skills, so they can collaborate well within the team and across multiple departments and business units. They should also demonstrate willingness and potential to motivate and grow other team members.

What You’ll Work On

• Provide technical leadership to a global team of software developers to create high quality cloud solution.
• Collaborate with other teams in the organization (local and remote) to coordinate on delivery timelines.
• Facilitate decisions on scope of work, duration of tasks, and product requirements.
• Evaluate current development processes and provide recommendations for improvements.
• Understands and is aware of the quality consequences which may occur from the improper performance of the products.
• Identify key barriers/core problems and apply problem-solving skills in order to deal creatively with complex situations.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex problems, and make decisions under conditions of uncertainty, sometimes with incomplete information, that produce effective end results.
• Collaborate on establishing best practices in software and systems that lead to efficient development, support high-quality software, and are compliant with our Quality Management System
• Use strong technical abilities and able to suggest multiple solutions to problems.
• Responsible for the development of complex technical project plans and schedules covering all engineering activities.
• Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal/external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company’s policies and practices; build productive internal/external working relationships
• Carries out duties in compliance with established business policies
• Other duties as assigned, according to the changing needs of the business

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in systems and/or software development involving interoperability of connected devices. (Python, React and T-SQL)
• Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience (MS preferred) plus 5 years' experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure AD Entra ID or similar identity platforms such as Okta/Identity Serve and etc.
• Good understanding of Authentication/Authorization and OAuth 2.0/Open ID Connect standards.
• Hands-on experience with Azure Cloud Services such as Kubernetes service, App Service, Azure Function, App Gateway, Azure Blob Storage, Log Analytics, Azure Key Vault, Azure Data Factory, API Gateway, Event Hub.
• Experience with Infrastructure as a Coding technologies such as Terraform.
• Experience with CI/CD technologies such as Azure DevOps/Jenkins.
• Experience with Static Code Analysis such as Veracode or Fortify on Demand.
• Good understanding front end frameworks such as React or Angular.
• Proficiency with at least one of modern application development languages, such as Python or C#.
• Experience with REST API’s technologies such as FastAPI/ASP.NET Core Web API.
• Experience with network protocols, integration and integration testing, and cybersecurity
• Proficient with Medical Device regulations (ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, 21 CFR part 820.30-Design Controls, FDA SW Guidelines…).
• Experience in delivering products for the Medical Device IVD industry.
• Experience with testing techniques for cloud solutions.
• Strong written, verbal, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Good understanding of the TLS/HTTPS REST/SOAP protocols.