Principal Engr, IT

Provide technical expertise and guidance to cross-functional teams and oversee technical IT aspects of related activities.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead the evaluation and recommendation of new product and/or service offerings, and serve as a technical lead on implementation including performing vendor management functions
- Serve as the technical lead in the design and build of systems (e.g., Maximo, LIMS-Lab Info Mgmt System, Network, database, middleware, end user computing, digital tech)
- Lead RASP initiatives (reliability, availability, scalability and performance).
- Resolve problems by performing root cause analysis and developing and lead the implementation of corrective and preventative actions
- Provide technical expertise and business requirements gathering sessions through interfacing with members of the business.
- Author device, network and/or systems diagrams, including configuration parameters
- Provide training, coaching and knowledge transfer to team members
- Provide support and troubleshooting of issues/incidents

**Education and Experience**:
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or technical field required
6 years experience in one of the following three areas, as appropriate for the position: IT Infrastructure Network, IT Infrastructure System, and Enterprise Applications

**Additional Skills**:

- Professional certifications (e.g., MCSE, CCNP/CCIE or VCIX/VCDX) strongly preferred
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Excellent understanding of troubleshooting techniques with the ability to adapt and learn new technologies
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and customer focused skills
- Experience drafting technical documentation
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of optimizing technical solutions across multiple technologies, working closely with the vendors and in-house Architects to design, test and implement strategic solutions
- Extensive documentation and troubleshooting skills.
- Extensive knowledge of system administration or configuration.
- Strict attention to detail
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
- Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

About Edwards Lifesciences

Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader in patient-focused medical innovations for structural heart disease, as well as critical care and surgical monitoring. Driven by a passion to help patients, the company collaborates with the world’s leading clinicians and researchers to address unmet healthcare needs, working to improve patient outcomes and enhance lives. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Edwards Lifesciences has extensive operations in North America, Europe, Japan, Latin America and Asia and currently employs over 13,000 individuals worldwide.

For us, helping patients is not a slogan - it’s our life’s work. From developing devices that replace or repair a diseased heart valve to creating new technologies that monitor vital signs in the critical care setting, we focus on helping patients regain and improve the quality of their life.

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