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Innovation starts from the heart. At Edwards Lifesciences, we’re dedicated to developing ground-breaking technologies with a genuine impact on patients’ lives. At the core of this commitment is our investment in cutting-edge information technology. This supports our innovation and collaboration on a global scale, enabling our diverse teams to optimize both efficiency and success. As part of our IT team, your expertise and commitment will help facilitate our patient-focused mission by developing and enhancing technological solutions.

Many structural heart patients suffer from heart failure with limited options. Our Implantable Heart Failure Management (IHFM) team is at the forefront of addressing these unmet patient needs through pioneering technology that enables early, targeted therapeutic intervention. Our innovative solutions are not just transforming patient care but also creating a unique and exciting environment for our team members. It’s our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey.

How you will make an impact:

• Lead IT system architecture, design solutions, manage vendors, software contracts and projects focused on cloud infrastructure and IP protection

• Architect robust cloud solutions that are scalable and meet the needs of solution development while ensuring solutions architecture is in adherence to appropriate regulatory requirements

• Evaluate new IT technologies and build effective solutions for NPD

• Architect end-to-end solutions using Cloud services and microservices (e.g., IoT and Container Services)

• Develop configuration management/application deployment using tools (e.g., Azure Devops Pipelines, Gradle, Puppet, and/or Chef) for assigned software products

• Manage cyber-related vendor relationships and harmonize needs across all stakeholders

• Other duties as assigned by Management: Provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer to other team members

What you'll need (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field

• 10 years' of related experience

• Experience working in a regulated manufacturing environment

• Experience with hospital networks, server and network infrastructure

• Other: Certifications in related disciplines

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Experience with Scrum, Agile or related product development methods and processes

• Knowledge of Medical Device product lifecycle to provide technical leadership

• Advanced experience with AWS preferred, demonstrated experience with best of Breed Solutions, Cloud Infrastructure and Software solutions

• Demonstrated experience with two or more of the following: AWS S3, Redshift, Azure DW, Azure blob Storage

• Demonstrated experience on best practices for AWS or Azure account setup, governance, and architecture

• Experience with system engineering for combined hardware, software systems

• .NET backend troubleshooting experience

• Proficiency with software tools for requirements management, engineering analysis, and statistical analysis.

• Demonstrated technical project management skills on multi-year projects with multi-functional teams

• Familiarity with container and resource management technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Apache Mesos preferred

• Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives

• Recognized as an expert in own area within the organization while applying broad-based technical expertise and has full knowledge of other related disciplines

• Expert knowledge of Azure IaaS components like VMs, Virtual networks, Storage and PaaS components like App Service, Serverless computing, Storage

• Expert knowledge of AWS VPCs, Subnets, EC2s, routing.

• Expert knowledge of AWS Compute, Storage, IoT, Developer Tools.

• Expert knowledge of IaC toolsets such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Powershell etc.

• Ability to do Code Review for all Cloud Automation Scripts mostly written in Python, CloudFormation, Powershell etc

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For Illinois (IL), the base pay range for this position is $142,000 to $201,000 (highly experienced). The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.