Senior IT Technologist - IT Digital Event Streaming Lead

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A Day in the Life

Implement and optimize Kafka-based event streaming platforms that enable real-time data integration across digital manufacturing applications. Architect scalable event-driven solutions for data ingestion, processing, and distribution across cloud, edge and on-premises environments. Partner with application, data, infrastructure and cybersecurity teams to drive seamless integration and interoperability across the Science & Technology and Operations OI IT portfolio. Establish platform governance, observability, security and performance standards to ensure resilience, scalability, availability and data integrity while enabling real-time analytics, automation, AI/ML and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Lead the implementation and lifecycle management of digital transformation event streaming platforms to enable real-time data integration for Science & Technology + Operation Innovation IT applications.

• Manage end-to-end event-driven streaming architecture across ingestion, processing, and distribution layers to support scalable, event-driven applications. For Science & Technology + Operation Innovation IT Portfolio.

• Develop patterns, standards, and reusable frameworks for event ingestion, processing, transformation, and distribution.

• Partner with application, data, and infrastructure teams to integrate Kafka / Streaming -based solutions across cloud and on-prem environments.

• Define and implement governance, (Topic, schema, retention, security) observability, monitoring, alerting and performance optimization practices to ensure high availability, resilience, and data integrity.

• Enable real-time analytics, automation, and system interoperability by advancing event-driven architecture across plan, build, and run operations ensuring performance optimisation and capacity planning.

• Perform and document testing and maintenance of system updates, modifications, and configurations.

• Act as a technical liaison with key technology vendor technologists or other business functions.

• Ability to document detailed technical system specifications based on business system requirements.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of relevant experience with event streaming platforms, data integration technologies, or enterprise middleware solutions.

• Deep understanding of designing, implementing, and supporting Confluent Kafka-based event streaming platforms in large-scale enterprise environments.

• Experience developing and managing event-driven architectures, including real-time data ingestion, processing, integration, and distribution patterns

• Experience supporting cloud, edge and on-premises environments and integrating applications, data platforms, and infrastructure services across hybrid technology ecosystems.

• Experience implementing security controls including TLS, mTLS, RBAC, service authentication, and secrets management.

• Experience monitoring platform performance, troubleshooting production issues, implementing governance standards, and ensuring high availability, resilience, and data integrity for enterprise integration platforms.

• Experience supporting regulated manufacturing, pharmaceutical, medical device, or other controlled environments is preferred.

• Experience supporting high-availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region deployments.

Nice to Have Experience:

• Hands-on experience with Confluent Cloud or Confluent Platform, including Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, Kafka Streams, ksqlDB, and cluster administration.

• Experience integrating industrial protocols and platforms such as MQTT, HiveMQ, OPC UA, Ignition, Kepware, MES, SCADA, historians, or IIoT edge solutions.

• Experience with AWS services, Databricks, Snowflake, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or other cloud-native and container platforms supporting streaming workloads.

• Proficiency in Java, Python, or Node.js and experience developing REST APIs, stream-processing applications, or reusable event-integration components.

• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code and GitOps/CI/CD practices using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, or automated deployment pipelines.

• Experience with observability tools such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, Elastic, or similar platforms for metrics, logs, distributed tracing, alerting, and capacity planning.

• Knowledge of data modeling, schema evolution, data lineage, time-series data management, streaming analytics, and data quality practices.

• Experience designing secure edge-to-cloud communications, device identity, certificate lifecycle management, encryption, Zero Trust principles, and IT/OT network segmentation.

• Experience supporting global, multi-site manufacturing deployments and coordinating production releases, incident response, problem management, and transition to managed services.

• Relevant certifications in Confluent Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, cloud architecture, security, or IT service management are preferred.

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. 

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Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
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This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).