Software Engineer

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. An SOE (Service Operations Engineering) Cloud Architect for McKesson Pharmacy Systems (MPS) will help design, develop, and implement scalable, secure, and resilient cloud solutions for McKesson’s customer-critical SaaS product offerings. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in cloud platforms (Azure preferred), infrastructure-as-code, and cloud-native application design. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align cloud strategies with our SaaS offerings and business goals to ensure optimal performance, cost-efficiency, and security. This individual will be responsible for translating the client's business requirements into specific systems, applications, or process designs for large, highly integrated, and complex cloud solutions. The SOE Architect acts as an advocate for the client, as the ultimate authority on the architecture designed to address client business problems and will provide direction for design activities.

Design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure. Lead cloud migration and modernization efforts for mission-critical SaaS applications. Partner with engineering, DevOps, and security teams to improve platform performance, reliability, and operational efficiency. Provide architectural guidance for Java-based applications, containerized workloads, and large-scale database environments. Evaluate and recommend cloud technologies, automation strategies, and best practices. Support customer-facing technical discussions and complex issue resolution. Establish and promote cloud governance, security, and compliance standards. Contribute to the adoption of AI-enabled tools and capabilities that enhance engineering productivity and innovation.

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience. Critical Skills 4+ years experience in designing, building, and implementing software business solutions on cloud platforms Experience with / knowledge of various architectural techniques and implementations such as Services Oriented Architecture, loosely coupled design techniques, composite application design, and cloud architecture Familiarity with crosscutting non-functional requirements of cloud technologies including security, performance, scalability, maintainability (deployment), reliability, and supportability Experience in a customer-facing technical consultancy setting Strong verbal and written communications skills; ability and willingness to develop and maintain internal- and customer-facing technical and procedural documentation Familiarity with high-availability technologies, concepts, and architectural techniques provided by the cloud Understanding of information security and risk management concepts, regulations, and certifications including disaster recovery, PHI, HIPAA, PCI, etc.; and information security and system access control policies and processes Experience architecting cloud solutions on platforms such as Azure using technologies such as AKS, Docker, Function Apps, Service Buses, Storage Accounts, etc. Experience with A.I. related tools such as CoPilot to speed application architecture and software design Technical Skills Experience designing and supporting cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure, including AKS, Function Apps, Service Bus, and related platform