Director, Cloud Engineering

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Job Description :

Director, Cloud Engineering

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact Youll Make in this Role

As a Director of AWS Cloud Engineering, you will lead our cloud strategy, architecture, and operations with a strong focus on scalability, security, compliance, and performance . You will drive our application adoption and optimization of AWS services, ensuring our platforms meet the unique demands of healthcare applications, regulatory requirements, and mission-critical workloads.

The ideal candidate is both visionary and execution-focused - comfortable defining long-term strategy, building high-performance engineering teams, and partnering with business and product leaders to deliver secure, reliable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.

Strategic Leadership

Own the enterprise AWS cloud strategy, architecture, and operational roadmap.

Partner with product, engineering, and security leaders to ensure cloud platforms meet healthcare, regulatory, and business needs.

Drive cloud innovation and adoption of AWS capabilities to improve agility, cost efficiency, and scalability.

Cloud Architecture & Operations

Oversee design and deployment of secure, highly available, and compliant AWS-based infrastructure.

Ensure infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and automation best practices (CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK) are embedded across the organization.

Establish robust disaster recovery, high availability, and performance optimization frameworks.

Optimize cloud spend through effective cost governance and resource utilization strategies.

Healthcare & Regulatory Compliance

Ensure all AWS environments meet or exceed HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and other applicable compliance frameworks.

Lead security and privacy-by-design practices across cloud engineering initiatives.

Collaborate with compliance and legal teams on regulatory audits, certifications, and attestations.

Team Leadership & Development

Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing cloud engineering team.

Promote a culture of innovation, learning, and operational excellence.

Drive professional growth opportunities for engineers in AWS specialization areas.

Continuous Improvement

Stay updated on emerging technologies and assess their applicability to enhance the companys offerings.

Establish processes for evaluating and adopting new tools, frameworks, and methodologies.

Strategically retire technical debt

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualification

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

In addition to the above requirements, the following are also required :

10+ years in infrastructure, cloud engineering, or platform engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.

Proven track record leading enterprise-scale AWS architecture, migration, and optimization efforts.

Experience delivering mission-critical workloads in regulated industries; healthcare experience strongly preferred.

Strong background in AWS services, including EC2, ECS / EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS / Aurora, DynamoDB, CloudFront, API Gateway, CloudWatch, and IAM.

Familiarity with hybrid cloud / on-prem integrations and data platforms.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include :

Deep knowledge of IaC, CI / CD, DevOps tooling, and cloud-native design patterns.

Experience in container orchestration (EKS, ECS, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures.

Familiarity with healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7) and security requirements.

Strong financial governance skills for AWS cost optimization.

Work location :

Hybrid Eligible (Job Duties allow for some remote work but require travel to

Travel : May include up to [10%][domestic / international]

Relocation Assistance : Not authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Diversity & Inclusion

• ) We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation , age, civil status, disability, family status, or membership of the travelling community.

[! sexual orientation - not to be included in Saudi Arabia

Onboarding Requirement : To improve the onboarding experience, you will have an opportunity to meet with your manager and other new employees as part of the Solventum new employee orientation. As a result, new employees hired for this position will be required to travel to a designated company location for on-site onboarding during their initial days of employment. Travel arrangements and related expenses will be coordinated and paid for by the company in accordance with its travel policy. Applies to new hires with a start date of October 1st 2025 or later.Applicable to US Applicants Only : The expected compensation range for this position is $259,007 - $316,564, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidates relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and / or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at : https : / / www.solventum.com / en-us / home / our-company / careers / #Total-RewardsResponsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

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