Senior Principal IT Architect

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 12 Sep 2026   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 The Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) function is responsible for the architecture, strategy, engineering, and operational governance of identity services that support Medtronic’s customer-facing digital products and platforms. This team partners across business and technology organizations to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant identity and access solutions that enable external users to access Medtronic products and services. This Senior Principal CIAM Architect position is based at the Medtronic facility in Mounds View, Minnesota. The role is designated as Onsite, with consideration for candidates located at another U.S.-based Medtronic facility: • Mounds View, MN (Strongly Preferred) • Irvine, CA • Jacksonville, FL • North Haven, CT • Fort Worth, TX • Lafayette, CO • Boston, MA • Memphis, TN                     The Senior Principal CIAM Architect serves as the technical leader for Customer Identity and Access Management capabilities supporting external-facing products and services. This role is responsible for defining architecture strategy, leading solution design and engineering activities, and ensuring operational excellence across CIAM platforms. The individual will partner with business stakeholders, technology teams, and external vendors to deliver secure, scalable identity solutions that align with enterprise standards and business objectives.

Lead the architecture, design, and technical strategy for Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) platforms supporting external users and customer-facing services. Define and maintain technology architecture standards, reference models, and design principles for CIAM solutions. Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, secure, and operationally sustainable identity solutions. Provide technical leadership for the evaluation, selection, implementation, and enhancement of identity and access management technologies. Ensure platform security, availability, performance, monitoring, logging, and operational readiness across CIAM environments. Establish and maintain technical, operational, audit, security, and support documentation in accordance with enterprise standards. Evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and identity standards to drive continuous improvement and future-state architecture planning. Collaborate with vendors and service providers to resolve complex issues, assess new capabilities, and support proof-of-concept initiatives.

Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of experience, or advanced degree with 8+ years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, software engineering, or related technical disciplines. 5+ years of experience serving as a Technical Architect for a Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) or Identity and Access Management (IAM) enterprise platform. 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, or supporting identity and access management solutions at enterprise scale. 5+ years of experience in information security engineering, cybersecurity engineering, or software development.

Active Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification or comparable industry-recognized security certification. 2+ years of experience as a Product Owner