Senior Principal Information Architect - Data & Analytics (Diabetes)
Remote-based position on interim basis only due to Covid-19 Pandemic. Upon approval of “Return to Office” site guidelines, this role may require the individual to work onsite at the Medtronic facility located in Northridge, CA.
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 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.
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CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES
The Information Architect for the Data & Analytics team leads key activities to bridge the business needs to technology, by creating and delivering solutions using various data and analytics cloud technologies. This individual contributor role will own the information architecture and strategy of the Medtronic-Diabetes AWS S3 and Redshift, SnowFlake, ThoughtSpot, Microsoft Power BI and SalesForce Tableau platforms. This role is accountable to create and maintain the solution roadmap for the Data and Analytics applications. As an Information architect, the individual will spend most of their time in delivering and overseeing projects, while adhering to enterprise patterns and policies. Autonomy is a must, requiring a high-level of self-motivation. Strong and effective communication skills is a given: the candidate would not have been able to progress to this level in their career without it. Delegation is crucial: the role is a “force multiplier”, allowing the team to produce more with the same amount of effort due to the knowledge and experience of the information architect.
• Lead the information architecture to enhance the consistency, timeliness, quality, security, and delivery of Data across the enterprise and streamline data flows to remove unnecessary data redundancies from a complex, heterogeneous data architecture, in order to enable data consistency and a single source of truth as per enterprise architecture standards,
• Maintain comprehensive records of all data acquisition, processing, and control activities to comply with data protection law and practices.
• Architect data security solutions in conjunction with the Global Security office and privacy teams.
• Design real-time streaming of data from enterprise on-premise data systems to cloud solutions like AWS /Snowflake
A DAY IN THE LIFE
• Act like a Consultant: Don’t wait for tasks to be given to you. Find and understand opportunities and use your persuasive people and technology skills to convince business and IT leaders that you have the solution that they are looking for.
• Think Big: Deliver solutions that are scalable and maintainable…act as if you will be with the company for ten years and would be expected to be the owner of the product you helped to deliver. Think long-range impacts!
• Think Detailed: Take big, broad programs and effectively decompose into deliverable pieces that development and business can understand and execute.
• Think Ahead: Use your proven experience and past relationships to anticipate future functional and technical obstacles in the Salesforce.com technology space and find ways to go around it, or thru it if necessary.
• Communicate Broadly: Create and proffer both verbal and written briefings to key stakeholders to explain complex problems and situations in their language. Then turn around and communicate to the development team in their lingo for execution.
• Create Relationships: You will have to create strong relationships with business executives, to build a level of trust and understanding.
• Advocate for Development team: Remember where you came from. Find opportunities to improve how “work is done” by using automation and simplification as much as possible. Mentor prospective technical leaders to go beyond what they just do today.
MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications)
• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years of experience with bachelor’s degree or 8+ years of experience with an advanced degree
NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications)
• 7+ years of experience as an Information Architect
• 6+ years of Data and Analytics platforms experience with enterprise data systems like SAP, Salesforce.com, GE centricity
• 5+ years working with data integration, exchange, and/or warehousing solutions and experience with Enterprise-class data modeling methodologies and tools
• 3+ years of data modeling platform experience with Redshift, Snowflake, ThoughtSpot, Power BI and/or Tableau
• Presented at AWS re: Invent or Gartner Data and Analytics Summit
• Certificate in Information Architecture
• Proven experience in Software Development Life Cycle, working with an onshore/offshore model
ABOUT MEDTRONIC
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Day in the Life section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EEO STATEMENT
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position.
