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Job Description:

Advanced Specialist DI Cloud Engineer

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with 60,000 other curious, creative 3Mers.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

3M is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join the Corporate Research Digital Lab (CRDL) to develop scalable software solutions for use in Corporate Research Labs. As part of an agile team, you will enable applications that support research in diverse markets including energy, manufacturing, personal safety, transportation, electronics, and consumer.

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will have the opportunity to design, build, and support architectures and cloud services with your team for users across the globe:

+ Participate as a senior member on our development teams building and maintaining cloud resources for use in our applications. Create “infrastructure as code”, and work toward common high-performance infrastructure across our applications.

+ Network through CRDL development groups to understand their needs; other lab software development groups are primary stakeholders. Network with other technical leaders to make decisions on architecture direction for enterprise applications and share ideas.

+ Maintain relationships with appropriate IT groups to partner with standards

+ Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, including tools to automate testing, security compliance, style compliance, etc.

+ Monitor cloud use and costs; identify idle resources, identify opportunities for cost saving

+ Support “well architected” concepts; review, educate, evangelize

+ Advise management on technical strategies and architectures

+ Collect trouble reports and resolve problems

+ Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members. Act as a mentor to more junior members of the team

+ Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends, and collaborate with other technical leaders at 3M on adoption and best practices

+ Aggressively publish internal technical documents and present to Tech Forum, or internal special interest groups

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

+ Bachelor's or Master’s degree in computer science or a science field (completed and verified prior to start)

+ Eight (8) years building and managing resources in Amazon Web Services product set in a private, public, government or military environment

+ Fourteen (14) years building and managing software platforms, cloud and pre-cloud architectures.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

+ Possess AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

+ Familiar with AWS Well Architected Framework, understanding of performance optimization techniques for cloud resources and optimize architecture.

+ Able to develop tools and support software as infrastructure.

+ Familiar with Python, TypeScript, Shell/Bash, Docker, AWS (ECS, IAM, S3, Lambda, Aurora, Batch/Step Functions), AWS Networking, and AWS CDK, Databricks.

+ Administration of Kubernetes (EKS)

+ Strong proficiency in CI/CD tools, particularly GitHub and GitHub Actions.

+ Familiar with AWS Bedrock and emerging LLM architectures

+ Microsoft Entra ID

+ SRE Experience

+ Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

+ Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in a team environment.

+ Troubleshooting cloud infrastructure and networking problems

Travel: May include up to** **10% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: May be** **authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $164,612 - $201,193, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en\_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

Good Faith Posting Date Range 09/30/2025 To 10/30/2025 Or until filled

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Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @3M.

Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

Safety is a core value at 3M. All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.

Pay & Benefits Overview: https://www.3m.com/3M/en\_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

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