Cloud; Platform Engineer II – Kubernetes – CRM

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on – 9 Nov 2025

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life Cloud (Platform) Engineer II – Kubernetes Careers that Change Lives Transforming Patient Management with Smart Technology!

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday, making this an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Software organization develops next-generation medical technologies that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re looking for highly motivated, self-starting software engineers who thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about improving people’s quality of life.

CRM Software is developed using state-of-the-art, industry-standard technologies and is used by clinicians and patients globally. As a Cloud (Platform) Engineer II — Kubernetes on the CRM Software team, you will develop applications that interface with Medtronic implantable cardiac devices and enable remote management of patients.

We are looking for a talented Cloud Engineer II for our Scalable Compute team in Cardiac Rhythm Software division. As a Cloud Engineer II, you will be responsible for the health, observability, and maintainability of our production environment as well as the associated auxiliary components that drive our day-to-day business. An ideal candidate will have a background in cloud native technologies plus system, network, and storage administration, and programming.

We believe that when people from diverse cultures, genders, and perspectives come together, innovation thrives—and everyone wins. Medtronic fosters an inclusive culture where you can grow and make an impact.

This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) operating unit. 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 are working on-site 4 days per 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.

This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.A Day in the Life In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Cloud (Platform) Engineer II — Kubernetes role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Operate and enhance a Kubernetes platform using AWS EKS, Flux, Istio, and Kubecost.
• Implement Git Ops workflows and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Helm.
• Monitor and improve system health, performance, and observability across environments.
• Collaborate with platform engineers and application teams to deliver scalable compute solutions.
• Participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and agile ceremonies.
• Contribute to automation, CI/CD pipelines, and platform self-service capabilities.
• Participate in a 24×7 on-call rotation to ensure production reliability by proactively monitoring services, responding to incidents, and driving resolution for capabilities owned by the team
• Support cost optimization and resource efficiency using tools like Kubecost and AWS Cost Explorer.

The successful candidate will have:

• Proficiency using Git to manage code include creating and maintaining branches, resolving merge conflicts, conducting peer code reviews, and integrating with CI/CD pipelines for automated workflows.
• Familiar with Git Ops tools, including Flux and ArgoCD, with in-depth involvement in deployments using the rich features of Kustomize.
• Proficient with AWS (EC2, IAM, VPC, EKS)
• Skilled in Kubernetes and deploying containerized applications
• Experience using infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Cloud Formation)
• Basic scripting/programming (Ansible, Python, Bash, Go)

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