Lead Cloud Architect

Lead Cloud Architect

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 tomorrows health today, we want to hear from you.

We are seeking a Lead Cloud Architect with deep expertise in multi-cloud environments, especially Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role will lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable cloud solutions while helping modernize our IT landscape through effective on-prem to cloud migration strategies. The ideal candidate will have prior experience supporting cloud adoption and architecture for pharmaceutical distribution, logistics, or supply chain environments.

This position is critical to shaping our cloud journey, ensuring compliance, performance, and business agility while maintaining a cost-effective and resilient architecture.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain cloud architecture strategy, including reference architectures, decision records, and design patterns for networking, hybrid connectivity, and core services (DNS/DHCP/IPAM).
• Design and implement multi-cloud infrastructure across Azure and GCP, including VPC models, interconnects, VPNs, service segmentation, and secure communication protocols.
• Lead cloud migration initiatives, transitioning on-premises systems to cloud platforms with minimal disruption, while aligning with business and technical requirements.
• Establish governance frameworks to ensure compliance, security, and performance, particularly in regulated environments such as pharma and healthcare.
• Optimize cloud costs and performance by implementing guardrails, tagging strategies, and right-sizing interconnects and egress patterns, with strong FinOps awareness.
• Automate infrastructure deployment using Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform, Azure ARM Templates, and GCP Deployment Manager.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior staff, and provide strategic guidance on cloud technologies and industry trends.

Minimum Qualifications

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience. Less years required if has relevant Masters or Doctorate qualifications.

Critical Skills

• Strong knowledge of cloud-native design principles and architectures.
• Proficiency in containerization (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker), serverless computing, microservices, and DevOps practices.
• Expertise in automation, scripting, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Azure ARM Templates, and Google Cloud Deployment Manager, combined with familiarity in CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native monitoring solutions.
• Author and maintain reference architectures, patterns, and decision records for cloud networking, hybrid connectivity, and core network services (DNS/DHCP/IPAM).
• Establish guardrails (landing zone/network baselines), tagging/cost attribution, and right-sizing of interconnects and egress patterns (FinOps awareness).
• Knowledge of GxP compliance, data sovereignty, and operational resilience in pharma/healthcare contexts.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, identity management, and cloud security controls, combined with deep experience in WAN design, SD-WAN, MPLS, VPN, and cloud networking across platforms like Azure and GCP.
• Standardize telemetry (NetFlow, packet capture, metrics, traces, logs).

Certifications

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification or equivalent.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification (AZ-303/304 or newer) or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in working within regulated industries (e.g., pharma, healthcare).
• Hands-on experience with cloud-based data platforms and analytics solutions.
• Knowledge of hybrid cloud environments and integrating on-premise systems with cloud solutions.
• Experience supporting regulated industries, especially pharmaceutical distribution or healthcare supply chain.
• Drive Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Ansible), policy-as-code, CI/CD for network changes; promote SLOs, synthetic tests, chaos/resiliency drills.
• Experience with managing network infrastructure in distribution centers or supply chain environments is highly preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills, able to manage teams and projects.
• Ability to think strategically, yet with an eye for the technical details and execution.

Candidate must be authorized to work in the U.S, now or in the future, without the support from McKesson.

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. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKessons pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.

Our Base Pay Range for this position $143,300 - $238,800

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees and is committed to a diverse and inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age or genetic information.