Sr Software Dev Ops Engineer Medtronic · Galway · DevOps & Release €65,600–€98,400 12d ago
Senior DevOps engineer at Medtronic in Galway who owns the architecture and lifecycle of the observability platform (Elastic Cloud, Dynatrace, Prometheus) on AWS. Sets observability strategy, mentors engineers, defines SLIs/SLOs, embeds monitoring into CI/CD, and joins on-call rotations.
- Compensation
- €65.6K–€98.4K / yr
- Location
- Galway, Ireland
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field
- Minimum 4 years of experience in SRE, observability, platform engineering, or related fields, or advanced degree with minimum 2 years of technical experience
- Deep expertise in managing Elastic Cloud (Kibana, Beats, Logstash, Index Lifecycle Policies)
- Hands-on experience with Dynatrace and Prometheus monitoring stacks, including exporter management and custom dashboards
- Strong experience with AWS services (EC2, EKS, S3, IAM, etc.) and streaming frameworks (Kafka, etc.)
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, containers (Docker), Kubernetes, and microservices observability patterns
- Proven track record implementing Terraform and GitOps practices
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar) for automation and integration
- Proven leadership and mentorship experience; ability to lead cross-functional projects and develop junior team members
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
Nice to have
- Experience with OpenTelemetry or other open standards for observability
- Familiarity with cost optimization strategies in observability tooling
- Exposure to compliance frameworks (HIPAA, ISO 27001) in observability contexts
Full description
Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.
A Day in the Life
Careers That Change Lives
Transforming Patient Management with Smart Technology!
At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology 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. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.
Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Software develops the next generation medical technologies that alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of patients across the world. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.
We are seeking a Sr. Software DevOps Engineer to lead the design, automation, and support of our observability stack across Elastic Cloud, Dynatrace, Prometheus, and AWS. This role is a technical leadership position responsible for setting the strategic direction of observability, mentoring a growing team of engineers, and driving reliability through actionable insights into our systems and applications.
We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.
Day in the Life:
In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Sr. Software DevOps Engineer role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, containers (Docker), Kubernetes, and microservices observability patterns.
- Proven track record implementing Terraform and GitOps practices to enable scalable, reliable, and automated infrastructure delivery.
- Own the architecture, implementation, and lifecycle management of the observability platform (Elastic Cloud, Dynatrace, Prometheus, & more).
- Lead efforts to improve logging, monitoring, metrics collection, distributed tracing, and alerting across cloud-native applications.