Principal I, Cloud & Middleware Architecture (T)

Summary of Position :

Join our vibrant team and play a crucial role in shaping Alcons Digital Cloud Products for ophthalmic medical devices. Youll design, manage, and improve cloud-based solutions, leading the way in automating pipelines, ensuring system resilience, and streamlining development processes. This role combines project management with hands-on technical expertise , making it perfect for someone passionate about cloud technology and its impact on healthcare.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and manage cloud-based solutions (AWS + On-prem) for SaMD ( Software as a Medical Device) & SaaS applications.

• Automate pipelines and environments for faster development, integration, deployment, and monitoring.

• Enhance system resilience and security by proactively identifying and addressing issues.

• Drive automation across all aspects of solutions and development infrastructure.

• Contribute to solution architecture, requirements gathering, and process improvement.

• Share best practices in cloud, DevOps, SRE, and related areas.

• Design and deploy assets/code in an Agile environment for cutting-edge services.

• Provide operational support for DevOps-developed services.

• Collaborate on incident response plans and participate in the full development lifecycle.

Key Requirements/Minimum Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree + 5+ years of relevant experience.

• Experience with Cloud solutions - at least with AWS

• Experience with infrastructure configuration, monitoring, automation tools (Terraform, Puppet, Ansible, Chef).

• Proven experience in designing/developing infrastructure, configuration, and deployment automation at scale.

• Proficiency in scripting languages (Bash, PowerShell, Python).

• Hands-on experience with cloud technologies (Kubernetes, serverless).

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Bonus Points:

• Understanding of large-scale software-defined network management.

• Broader IT experience with successful project participation.

• Familiarity with virtualization, storage, and networking technologies.

• AWS certification (Solutions Architect/Developer).

• Software development experience (Python, Ruby, JavaScript, Java, C++, C#).

Why Alcon

• Work on cutting-edge technology revolutionizing Eyecare .

• Join a collaborative and innovative team.

• Make a real difference in peoples lives and help them see brilliantly!

Work hours: 1 PM to 10 PM IST

Relocation assistance: Yes

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