Senior IT Architect - Remote Cloud-Native Systems Leader

McKesson; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 157,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson Corporation is seeking a Sr. IT Architect for the Irving, Texas area. This role involves leading the design and implementation of modern architecture patterns, coaching engineers, and ensuring scalable, reliable services.

100% telecommuting is allowed within the U.S. with minimal travel. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/EE and 7+ years of relevant experience, with hands-on work in Java, Kotlin/React, and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/EE with 5+ years of related experience.
• Experience designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining web-scale architectures.
• Strong background in cloud services across Azure, GCP, AWS and security.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design and implementation of new scalable solutions.
• Coach engineers to deliver highly available, reliable, and high-quality software.
• Oversee architecture oversight of services with focus on performance and availability.

Skills

Architectural design

Team leadership

Agile

Cloud computing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Java

ReactJS

Gradle

Confluent/Kafka

Python 3.10+

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

Oracle

SOLR

Elastic

MongoDB

K8S/GKE/AKS

Docker Swarm

Jenkins/GitHub Actions

Job description

McKesson Corporation is seeking a Sr. IT Architect for the Irving, Texas area. This role involves leading the design and implementation of modern architecture patterns, coaching engineers, and ensuring scalable, reliable services.

100% telecommuting is allowed within the U.S. with minimal travel. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/EE and 7+ years of relevant experience, with hands-on work in Java, Kotlin/React, and cloud platforms.