Architect, Azure Cloud
Edwards Lifesciences
Summary
Architect for Azure Cloud estate, collaborating with security, data, ITSM, privacy and legal to ensure our Azure environment is secure, stable and easy to operate and manage. Applies subject-matter expertise and guidance to advance IT cloud activities and leadership decision making.
Job description
How you'll make an impact:
- Lead implementation of robust cloud solutions that are scalable and meet the needs of New Product Development (NPD) while ensuring solutions architecture is in adherence to appropriate regulatory requirement
- Lead the implementation end-to-end solutions using Cloud services and microservices (e.g., IoT and Container Services) and partner with key stakeholders (e.g., BU) to evaluate business needs
- Implement IaC and establish DevOps pipelines for all Cloud Workloads
- Develop configuration management/application deployment using tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, and/or Chef) for assigned software products
- Partner with Cloud Ops and Security team in getting solution vetted before deployment
- Perform software code review for products
- Evaluate new IT technologies and build effective solutions for NPD
- Other duties as assigned by Management
What you'll need (Required):
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Management System)
- A minimum of six years experience
What else we look for (Preferred):
- Demonstrated experience with best of Breed Solutions, Cloud Infrastructure and Software solutions
- Demonstrated experience with Azure Fabric, DataLake, and Blob Storage
- Demonstrated experience on best practices for Azure account setup, governance, and architecture
- Demonstrated technical project management skills
- Experience with system engineering for combined hardware, software systems
- Java, Python or other Object-Oriented Programming and troubleshooting skills
- Proficiency with software tools for requirements management, engineering analysis, and statistical analysis
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Azure
- Familiarity with container and resource management technologies such as Kubernetes
- Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
- Extensive knowledge of Azure IaaS components like VMs, Virtual networks, Storage and PaaS components like App Service, Serverless computing, Storage
- Extensive knowledge of Azure VPCs, Subnets, routing.
- Extensive knowledge of Azure Compute, Storage, IoT, Developer Tools
- Extensive knowledge of IaC toolsets such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Powershell etc.
- Extensive knowledge of DevOps principles and ability to design automation pipelines for Cloud DevOps.
- Good programming skills in two or more of these languages - Javascript, Python, C++, Java
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Management System)
- A minimum of six years experience
- Demonstrated experience with best of Breed Solutions, Cloud Infrastructure and Software solutions
- Demonstrated experience with Azure Fabric, DataLake, and Blob Storage
- Demonstrated experience on best practices for Azure account setup, governance, and architecture
- Demonstrated technical project management skills
- Experience with system engineering for combined hardware, software systems
- Java, Python or other Object-Oriented Programming and troubleshooting skills
- Proficiency with software tools for requirements management, engineering analysis, and statistical analysis
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Azure
- Familiarity with container and resource management technologies such as Kubernetes
- Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
- Extensive knowledge of Azure IaaS components like VMs, Virtual networks, Storage and PaaS components like App Service, Serverless computing, Storage
- Extensive knowledge of Azure VPCs, Subnets, routing.
- Extensive knowledge of Azure Compute, Storage, IoT, Developer Tools
- Extensive knowledge of IaC toolsets such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Powershell etc.
- Extensive knowledge of DevOps principles and ability to design automation pipelines for Cloud DevOps.
- Good programming skills in two or more of these languages - Javascript, Python, C++, Java
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Performance-based incentives
- Wide variety of benefits programs
Company overview
Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) is the leading global structural heart innovation company, driven by a passion to improve patient lives. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Irvine, California, the company specializes in developing breakthrough technologies for cardiovascular diseases. As a pioneer in the medical device industry, Edwards focuses on transcatheter heart valves, surgical heart valves, hemodynamic monitoring systems, and vascular solutions. The company's patient-focused culture inspires its 16,000+ employees worldwide to deliver life-changing innovations that address complex heart health challenges. Edwards serves patients in over 100 countries through its comprehensive portfolio of products including the SAPIEN transcatheter heart valve system, INSPIRIS surgical valves, and advanced monitoring technologies. With a commitment to research and development, the company invests 17-18% of its revenue back into R&D efforts, maintaining its position at the forefront of structural heart innovation. Edwards Lifesciences has impacted over one million patients globally through its transformative medical technologies.