Principal Application Infrastructure Engineer

Medtronic

. Build and run the cloud infrastructure behind Medtronic's Affera Digital Platform .

Posted 11/5/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $168,000 - $252,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and managing AWS-based cloud infrastructure with a focus on security, scalability, and compliance in healthcare. Proficient in Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools to enhance software delivery and operational efficiency.

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AWS ExperienceTerraform At ScaleCI/CD ExperienceCloud Security ExperienceObservability And Troubleshooting

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Hard Skills

TerraformAWS ECS/FargateAWS EC2AWS LambdaAWS RDSAWS S3AWS CloudFrontAWS ALBCI/CD With GitLab CIPython

Tools & Technologies

DockerCloudWatchDeveloper Environment ToolingVPC NetworkingIAMKMS EncryptionWAF

Industry Keywords

Healthcare ComplianceHIPAAFDARegulated Industry Compliance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerEC2PackerPostgresPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and run the cloud infrastructure behind Medtronic's Affera Digital Platform
Set the technical direction for the platform's cloud infrastructure
Ensure the AWS-based platform is secure, reliable, scalable, and compliant with healthcare requirements
Investigate platform issues as a U.S.-based point of contact
Improve monitoring, alerting, and dashboards
Convert recurring problems into lasting fixes
Evolve Terraform-based AWS infrastructure
Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines, environments, and developer tooling
Make software delivery faster and safer as development increasingly occurs alongside AI agents
Collaborate with backend, frontend, and DevOps engineers across the U.S. and Europe
Partner with Medtronic security and cloud teams on reviews and compliance
Contribute to architecture decisions involving scalability, cost, and security
Support mapper training, clinical management, quality investigation workflows, R&D, containerized workloads, web frontend services, GPU-based remote 3D visualization, and data ingestion pipelines

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience OR PhD with 3 years of relevant experience
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree satisfying 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required
Terraform at scale, including modular design, state management, and multi-environment and multi-region deployments
AWS experience, including ECS/Fargate, EC2 and Auto Scaling, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront, and ALB
Observability and troubleshooting experience, including CloudWatch or similar, alerting, dashboards, and root cause analysis
CI/CD experience with GitLab CI or similar
Docker/ECR and developer environment tooling
Cloud security experience and experience working through security reviews, including VPC networking, IAM, KMS encryption, and WAF
U.S. work authorization requirements apply; Principal-level roles and above may receive U.S. sponsorship
Preferred: Healthcare or regulated-industry compliance experience, including HIPAA or FDA
Preferred: Comfortable reading and writing Python
Preferred: GPU EC2 workloads, Packer AMI builds, or remote visualization such as Amazon DCV
Preferred: AWS Batch or data pipeline infrastructure
Preferred: FastAPI, Celery, or PostgreSQL

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible benefits package
Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health Savings Account
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
Life insurance
Long-term disability leave
Dependent daycare spending account
Tuition assistance/reimbursement
Simple Steps global well-being program
Incentive plans
401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
Short-term disability
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Employee Assistance Program
Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement
Capital Accumulation Plan for Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums
Temporary employees: paid sick time as required by applicable state law
Temporary employees: Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)