Distinguished Architect, AWS

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.
Lead the enterprise Developer Experience (DevEx) strategy, architecture, and platform capabilities that enable secure, scalable, compliant software delivery across Edwards Lifesciences. Establish enterprise development standards, self-service developer platforms, DevSecOps capabilities, secure SDLC guardrails, and platform engineering services that accelerate software delivery while reducing operational risk and onboarding friction.
Applies subject-matter expertise and guidance to advance IT cloud activities and leadership decision making.
How you’ll make an impact:
Architect enterprise wide level cloud solutions with an automation mindset that are scalable, secure and cost effective
Lead Cloud Architecture and Design activities for enterprise-wide solutions and/or manufacturing and quality related solutions
Architect solutions with disaster recovery and high availability in mind
Partner with Technical Operations and other architects for Infrastructure as a code and DevOps pipeline design
Establish and develop procedures for Enterprise Cloud Workloads while engaging proper Enterprise level standards
Perform design and architecture reviews for complex cloud workloads and provide knowledge transfer to other architects
Manage vendor relationship and harmonize needs across all stakeholders
Lead Cloud Architecture and Design activities for Cloud based Product Development
Incidental; Provide coaching, mentoring and knowledge transfer to other team members
What you'll need (Required):
Bachelor's Degree in related field
A minimum of twelve years of related experience
What else we look for (Preferred):
Advanced experience with Microsoft Azure and AWS
Experience working in a regulated manufacturing environment
Demonstrated experience with Cloud Infrastructure and Software solutions
Demonstrated experience with AWS or Azure Architectural Patterns
Demonstrated experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD, Automated Testing, Artifact Management, and Guardrail development
Java, Python or other Object-Oriented Programming and troubleshooting skills preferred
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 or Docker
Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
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 California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $174,000 to $246,000 (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.