Senior IT Technologist - Cranial and Spinal Technologies IT

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on July 31, 2026.

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.

This role focuses on the end‑to‑end technical architecture and performance of the MyCASE platform and associated systems. The position requires in‑person work at the Medtronic facility in Rice Creek, Minnesota, 4 days a week.

• Develops, documents, and configures system specifications that conform to defined architecture standards, address business requirements, and processes.
• Involved in planning of system and development deployment and responsible for meeting hardware and software compliance and security standards.
• Evaluates interface between hardware and software, operational requirements and characteristics of overall system.
• Establishes and documents system design, parameters and formats, ensures hardware and software system functionality, performance and compatibility, and coordinates and/or modifies system parameters in terms of configurations, such as existing and projected computing capacity and capabilities.
• Actively identifies system functionality or performance deficiencies, executes changes to existing systems, and tests functionality of the system to correct deficiencies and maintain more effective data handling, data integrity, conversion, input/output requirements, and storage.
• May document testing and maintenance of system updates, modifications, and configurations. May act as a liaison with key technology vendor technologists or other business functions.
• Responsible for defining and owning platform security compliance, meeting performance benchmarks, improving user experience and efficiency by providing technical leadership and guidance.
• Ability to navigate challenges within large IT organization by reaching and coordinating multiple cross‑functional teams.
• Ability to influence technical direction and constructively challenge existing approaches to improve outcomes for the improvement of the system and the organization.

• Improve platform stability and performance under peak transaction volumes.
• Reduce reliance on vendor‑led technical decisions by strengthening internal architecture ownership.
• Modernize integrations and improve efficiency across enterprise systems.
• Enhance deployment speed and quality through automation and CI/CD improvements.
• Improve SDLC efficiency and delivery velocity using AI tools and optimizing processes by working with Medtronic and vendor teams.

• Own the end‑to‑end technical architecture and performance of the MyCASE platform and associated systems.
• Lead technical decision‑making, including architecture design approvals and solution direction.
• Drive accountability across internal teams and vendor partners to ensure alignment with architecture and engineering standards.
• Lead system design, configuration, and architecture for enterprise applications, ensuring alignment with business and technology standards.
• Own technical specifications including APIs, integrations, and system design documentation.
• Drive cloud architecture, performance optimization, and platform scalability across applications.
• Define and implement non‑functional requirements including performance, security, and reliability.
• Identify and resolve system performance issues, implement continuous improvements, and ensure high availability.
• Lead system testing, data integrity validation, and overall system quality assurance.
• Oversee deployment planning and ensure compliance with security and enterprise standards.
• Establish monitoring, logging, and automation strategies to improve operational stability and efficiency.
• Act as a technical liaison across IT teams, business stakeholders, and vendors to align priorities and execution.
• Drive CI/CD, automation, and engineering best practices to improve delivery speed and…