Cloud Architect

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 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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Plymouth, MN location OR our Woodridge location in St. Paul, MN in the SH division.

Structural Heart Business Mission:  why we exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

As the Cloud Architect, you'll have the chance to translate customer and business needs into a complete Azure cloud solution and drive its implementation with support from a cross-functional R&D team.

This is an excellent opportunity to step into a high-impact, high-visibility role that will build a new cloud platform to integrate with a novel system currently in development. S/he will join a high-performing R&D team that espouses a can-do and winning mindset!

What You’ll Work On

• Define architecture of Azure cloud computing platform to support connected medical devices in remote management, modeling/analytics reporting, software updates, etc.
• Configure environments such as development, test, staging and production.
• Drive detailed implementation and configuration of managed services.
• Delegate applicable workstreams to DevOps and front/back-end software developers.
• Identify technical risks, ensure quality, reliability, and ensure security of cloud implementation.
• Ensure adequate documentation of design and test activities in compliance of global regulatory standards and guidance.
• Leverage expertise and existing products across other Abbott business units to drive efficiency within own workstream.
• Ensure performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful design.
• Augment quality system processes and procedures to incorporate scalable, efficient cloud development aspects.
• Engage in technical planning, design, and code reviews including peer code reviews
• Stay current with emerging trends, making recommendations as needed to help the organization innovate
• Develop customer needs, design input requirements, and design outputs.
• Participate and lead aspects of phasegate reviews using established processes.
• Consult business and functional leaders in topics of staffing and budget

Required Qualifications

• Cloud Development: Proven experience in ground-up cloud development deployment is essential.
• IoT Experience: Experience with cloud-enabled IoT connectivity and lifecycle management.
• Experience in Coding (any of the following): C, C++, Go, Python, Rust, Java, Spark, or C#/.NET languages/frameworks.
• A Drive to Win: Ability to thrive in a collaborative environment that operates like a startup. Ability to strategically plan and make data-driven decisions.
• Leadership and Team Culture: A bias towards action, willingness to challenge the status quo and ability to succeed despite challenges. Champion and promote a positive, supportive team culture. Excellent written and spoken communication skills, capable of communicating comp