Senior Cloud Application Architect - Healthcare Technology

Abbott Laboratories is seeking an Application Architect to design secure, scalable solutions that power innovative healthcare products. In this role, you'll define end-to-end application architectures, lead cloud-native and integration designs, and ensure systems meet performance, security, and regulatory requirements. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, guide development standards and best practices, and provide technical leadership while contributing to Abbott's mission of improving global health through advanced technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and document end-to-end application architectures for healthcare solutions
• Lead cloud-native and integration solution designs across platforms and services
• Ensure applications comply with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical designs
• Define and enforce development standards, patterns, and best practices
• Guide performance, scalability, and reliability improvements for critical systems
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, tools, and platforms to support product roadmaps

Required Skills

• Application architecture design
• Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Microservices and APIs
• Enterprise integration patterns
• Database design (SQL/No
• SQL)
• Security and compliance (HIPAA/FDA/21 CFR Part 11)
• Dev
• Ops and CI/CD pipelines
• Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Solution documentation and modeling (UML/Archimate)
• Performance and scalability optimization