Senior Principal IT Enterprise Architect - Infrastructure and Security

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 31 Oct 2026

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. In your role, you may work from the following Medtronic sites:

• •Mounds View, Minnesota
• •Mansfield, Massachusetts

We believe that innovation thrives when people with divergent cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can grow, contribute, and succeed. Our dedication to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communications to achieve long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.

Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare. Join us for a career in IT that changes lives.

CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE & STRATEGY

• •Establish and govern enterprise standards, patterns, guidelines, and best practices working with EA team.
• •Assess the technology portfolio to identify gaps and guide modernization and capability maturation.
• •Develop Technology capability models, and Technology roadmaps aligned to business priorities.
• •Identify opportunities and risks across the value stream ecosystem and help shape platform strategy.
• •Assess IT solutions to identify technical risks and provide clear, strategic architectural guidance.
• •Guide design decisions that enable a resilient, scalable, and sustainable technology landscape.

GOVERNANCE & ARCHITECTURE REVIEW

• •Represent Global Architecture in the review of new initiatives, component viability, and key design decisions.
• •Support teams in preparing for and engaging with the Architecture Review Board and IT governance forums.
• •Participate in architecture reviews and reinforce enterprise standards and architectural alignment.
• •Promote adherence to established IT governance processes and knowledge in the architecture community.
• •Ensure architecture documentation and technical risk reviews are completed and properly maintained in the architecture repository.

SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT & COLLABORATION

• •Align business and solution architecture across design, implementation, and ongoing enhancements.
• •Consult with technology teams to ensure systems and infrastructure align with enterprise architecture strategy.
• •Partner with architects and business stakeholders to:
• •Develop value stream roadmaps aligned to business priorities.
• •Identify key business drivers to inform investment prioritization.
• •Assess current-state capabilities, technologies, and gaps.
• •Define capability maturation plans and support technology portfolio rationalization.
• •Evaluate industry and market trends and assess their potential impact.
• •Conduct impact analyses to support change management and transformation initiatives.
• •Support solution selection and system integrator evaluations.

• •Facilitate the solution selection process to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and architectural principles.
• •Partner with Enterprise Portfolio Management to align architectural plans with enterprise delivery priorities.
• •Communicate architectural direction, outcomes, and progress to senior leadership.

SPECIALIZED ARCHITECTURE FOCUS

• •Design architectures for connected devices, edge computing, mobile applications, and A2A/B2B integrations using webMethods or comparable integration platforms, applying human centered design and design thinking principles.
• •Provide Deep technical proficiency with core cloud security architectures, cloud-native services, and enterprise migration strategies.
• •Embed automated security controls, guardrails, and compliance scans into continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• •Ensure all cloud infrastructures adhere to strict industry regulations and security frameworks like NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, or FedRAMP.
• •Define enterprise data architecture and governance frameworks that incorporate clinical data standards and real world data patterns.
• •Lead interoperability and API strategies leveraging industry standards such as FHIR, HL7 v2+, DICOM, OMOP, and secure partner data exchange frameworks.
• •Bring your knowledge of AI, Automation and Productivity to key projects and business solutions.
• •Lead technical due diligence and integration planning for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, including carve in/carve out strategies, TSA exits, and Day 1/Day 100 roadmaps.
• •Develop solution roadmaps using SAFe/Scaled Agile practices, aligned with business capability models and process frameworks such as APQC, supported by EPMO tools and process mining insights.
• •Contribute hands on expertise in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS), containerization and Kubernetes, microservices architectures, data pipelines, event streaming platforms such as Kafka, and DevSecOps practices.

LEADERSHIP, CULTURE & ENGAGEMENT

• •Partner with business and IT leaders to identify opportunities where technology can advance strategic objectives.
• •Promote the development of business capabilities, process excellence, and adoption of best practices.
• •Mentor team members to strengthen architecture capabilities, strategic thinking, and subject matter expertise.
• •Support innovation, demand management, and portfolio processes by identifying, gathering, and evaluating new ideas.
• •Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and globally connected team environment.
• •Serve as a role model for Medtronic values, leadership behaviors, and core competencies.

MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications)

• •Bachelor’s degree
• •10+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 8+ years of experience with an advanced degree

NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications)

• •5+ years of experience aligned to a relevant architecture discipline (solution architecture, integrations, services, infrastructure, deployment and support of technology)
• •5+ years working with data architecture, data modeling, data management
• •3+ years of experience and strong knowledge of Enterprise-class architecture concepts, definition, and creation
• •3+ years of experience in information architecture or 5+ years of experience as data analyst, business intelligence analyst, or equivalent roles
• •2+ years of experience with data architecture of cloud-based solutions (e.g., applications (SaaS), plat