Careers That Change Lives

In this exciting role as a Senior Software DevOps Engineer, you’ll play a key role in the design and implementation of automating our CI/CD pipeline and infrastructure for Enabling Technologies products and technologies.

You’re open to learning new technologies and methodologies, appreciate a fast-paced learning environment, and enjoy working on a DevOps team that’s embracing initiatives across multiple sites.This is an exciting opportunity for self-motivated engineers to work collaboratively to solve problems in complex environments.

You embrace the Medtronic Mindset:

Act boldly :Seizing on opportunities to experiment, optimize and disrupt
Compete to win :Being proactive to solve problems
Move with speed and decisiveness :Work together and learn fast, making thoughtful decisions and partnering across reporting structures
Foster belonging : Collaborative team culture, learning together, promoting team cohesion
Deliver results the right way : Quality first and customer centric

You will work closely with the software development teams and your cross-functional partners in an Agile environment (Scrum). You will plan program increments with your DevOps counterparts to create objectives that support the overall goal of improving automation, build efficiency, and will ensure a robust and performant development environment exists for the broader software organization. You will provide solutions that require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity and work is performed under only general direction to determine technical objectives of assignments

Impact patient outcomes. Come for a job, stay for a career.

A Day in the Life

The Senior DevOps Engineer role is a hands-on role, focused on building and optimizing our CI/CD pipelines. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders and our leadership team to identify and evaluate new technologies and tools to continuously improve our automation processes.

You will:

Work with the software, test, and systems engineering teams to identify requirements for a fully automated continuous build, test, deployment and monitoring pipeline
Contribute to the architecture, design, and development of new technologies in our CI/CD pipelines to maximize efficiency and reliability of the build
Participate in design reviews to support a focus on our deployment strategy, as we continue our pursuits of a web-based architecture (REST) for our clinical application.
Architect and implement DevOps tooling such as TeamCity, SonarQube, GitLab and Artifactory to support continuous integration and self-service
Plan and deliver using Agile methodologies
Be vigilant to automate routine work and enable other groups through self-service
Develop and maintain sound version control best practices, including branching and merging strategies
Implement strategies for CI unit test integration
Work with leadership and development teams to establish best practices and common tools
Build DevOps relationships across Medtronic operating units to share knowledge and solutions

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

Bachelors’ degree in Computer Science or similar Engineering Discipline and 4+ years of experience in development
Or an advanced degree in Computer Science or similar Engineering Discipline and 2+ years of experience in development
Proficiency with Linux and developing/scripting in a Linux environment
Programming experience – C++, JavaScript (Node is a plus), Python, React / Redux
Version control expertise using Git-based source control tools (GitLab is a plus)
Experience with automation tooling – Ansible, Packer, Terraform, etc.
Experience with containerization tools and infrastructure, including Docker and Podman
Comfort working in an environment with virtual machine deployments based on VMWare / vCenter / vSphere
Experience with deployment and maintenance of cloud-hosted DevOps services to support an initiative of minimizing our on-prem footprint
Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and architecture
Experience working independently across sprint teams to build and solve requirements
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Proficiency with evaluating new DevOps toolsets in support of continuous improvement

Nice to Have

Experience in C++ and/or C# with .NET framework
Experience with database software, especially Postgres
Experience working with Debian OSS tooling and software
Experience managing and automating infrastructure in the cloud
Experience working in a data center environment for maintenance and install of on-prem server hardware
Experience with supporting Web Applications - Web servers, monitoring, networking
System integration and scripting expertise
Server monitoring and maintenance tools

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)

Additional Information

Travel: 10% or less