Principal Software Devops Engineer

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. A Day in the Life As a Principal Cloud Security Enablement Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the design, development, and strategic implementation of secure, scalable patterns and automation that empower development teams to embed security seamlessly into their software delivery workflows. In this role, you will architect and drive the integration and operationalization of tools such as Contrast Security, SonarQube, JFrog Xray, and CloudGuard (or equivalent) across CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments at scale. You will collaborate closely with engineering, security, and leadership teams to establish enterprise-wide security best practices, mentor senior engineers, and champion a culture of secure software development, enabling accelerated delivery without compromising security. Your entrepreneurial mindset and technical skills will be used, creating solutions that meet business needs and optimize customer experience directly impacting the organization and affecting the lives of millions. We believe that when people from diverse 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. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned: In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Principal Cloud Security Engineer role. This includes, but is not limited to the following: Security Tool Integration & Enablement Drive the strategic selection, integration, and lifecycle management of application, artifact, and infrastructure security tools  (e.g., Contrast, SonarQube, JFrog Xray, CloudGuard, Wi, etc) within enterprise CI/CD pipelines and cloud platforms. Establish organization-wide standards, reusable automation frameworks, and “golden patterns”  to ensure scalable, consistent, and secure adoption of security tools across diverse engineering teams. Lead cross-functional initiatives  with developers, cloud engineers, and DevOps teams to optimize security tooling usability and alignment with evolving workflows and business objectives. Automation & Process Development Design and automate onboarding, configuration, and reporting for application and infrastructure security tools. Contribute to standardized workflows and champion best practices for vulnerability management (detection, triage, and remediation) at both application and infrastructure levels. Integrate and optimize security findings into enterprise developer and operational workflows (issue trackers, dashboards, alerting systems), ensuring actionable insights and measurable risk reduction. Cloud & Infrastructure Security Engineering Set technical direction and provide guidance on cloud and infrastructure security engineering practices to safeguard code, dependencies, artifacts, and deployed workloads at scale. Lead and influence enterprise-wide container, supply chain, and infrastructure security initiatives by designing and enforcing robust guardrails, automation, and governance models. Leverage infrastructure security platforms (e.g., CloudGuard, Wiz, or equivalents) to provide actionable visibility and enforce cloud security policies. Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing Serve as a key security thought leader and trusted advisor to engineering leadership, hands-on enabler for engineering teams, shaping the security enablement vision, roadmap, and organizational priorities. Foster strong partnerships with product security, DevEx, operations, and compliance teams to align enablement with compliance and risk goals. Promote a culture of security through knowledge sharing, technical leadership, and mentoring of engineers at all levels; drive internal security commun ... (truncated, view full listing at source)