Sr. IT Architect

McKesson
Irving, TX, United States
1 day ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
2 years minimum
Compensation
$156,998.0 - $189,500.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) JavaScript (Programming Language) Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Software as a Service Software Debugging Github Gradle Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL
+25 more
MongoDB Node.Js Oracle (Applications) Performance Tuning Software Engineering Apache Solr Data Streaming Systems Architecture Web Applications Google Cloud Docker Swarm ReactJS Spring-boot Event Driven Architecture AngularJS Kubernetes Information Technology Apache Kafka Azure AKS Front End Software Development Restful APIs Serverless Computing Docker Jenkins Confluent

Job description

JOB DUTIES: Leading the innovation, design and implementation of new architecture and solutions using modern architecture patterns. Designing and implementing standard methodologies and repeatable process constructs to scale and harden our services ecosystem. Leading and coaching software engineers to deliver highly available, reliable, scalable, and high-quality solutions. Accountable for architecture and oversight of highly available, highly reliable products. 100% telecommuting allowed from any location in the U.S. 10% domestic travel required.

Requirements

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field and seven (7) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

ALTERNITAVELY, Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

Applicant must have five (5) years demonstrated experience in each of the following:

  • Designing, developing, implementing, testing, deploying, and maintaining web applications.

Applicant must have two (2) years demonstrated experience in each of the following:

  • Java, ReactJS, Gradle, Confluent/Kafka, Python 3.10 or later, Spring boot, Struct, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SOLR, Elastic, MongoDB, K8S/GKE/AKS, Docker Swarm, and Jenkins/Github Actions/Github Advanced Security.
  • Web front-end development technologies using JavaScript, React, Angular, NodeJs, and HTML/CSS.
  • Agile methodology.
  • All phases of software development including design, coding, testing, debugging, implementation, and source management.
  • Translating sophisticated functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design.
  • Designing systems with high performance, scalability and availability.
  • Creating and implementing event driven architectures.
  • Public cloud environments Azure, GCP, and AWS.
  • Multiple Azure services using AKS, Azure Functions, and Azure Event Hubs.
  • Designing and building RESTful APIs and managing cloud application security.
  • Docker and Kubernetes and scalable system architecture, resilience, and performance optimization.

Benefits & conditions

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:

McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.

McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.

McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.

About the company

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

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