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Position Description:

Principal IT Technologist for Medtronic, Inc. Fridley, MN. Work to define system specifications and perform various design, development and maintenance of enterprise system solutions. Participate in software design, testing, documentation and maintenance for enterprise applications following SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle), Waterfall, Agile and Scrum methodologies. Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Guide the work of technical staff including software developers, database team, architecture team and vendors. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Work with stakeholders to define project scope, risks, business requirements, functional requirements and non-functional requirements utilizing Plan View, Polarion and HP ALM (Application Life Cycle Management) tools. Coordinate pre-production and production deployment and associated system installation activities such as Release management, Validation following Medtronic Change Control process. Perform installation and configuration of lab IT systems on the Citrix, VMWare, Windows and AWS (Amazon Web Services) platforms. Deploy and configure Microsoft SQL Server Database by writing SQL queries, creating and modifying tables, and performance tuning. Responsible for troubleshooting, backup and recovery of the IT systems using Visual Studio, Oracle SQL, Gitlab, JFrog, Python, Java, C# and .NET frameworks. Coordinate, configure, deploy Waters Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), Scientific Data Management System (SDMS), Labware LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Software), Cybellum SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) applications. Relocation assistance not available for this position.  #.

Basic Qualifications:

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related technical or engineering field and five (5) years of experience as an IT Technologist, IT Consultant or related occupation in IT. Must possess at least five (5) years’ experience with each of the following: SDLC, Waterfall, Agile, and Scrum methodologies; Plan View, Polarion, and HP ALM tools; Release management and Change Control process; Installation and configuration on Citrix, VMWare, Windows, and AWS platforms; Microsoft SQL Server Database including writing SQL queries, creating and modifying tables, and performance tuning; Visual Studio, Oracle SQL, Gitlab, JFrog, Python, Java, C#, and .NET frameworks; Waters ELN, SDMS, Labware LIMS, and Cybellum SBOM.

Salary: $145,100 to $178,800 per year

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans