Senior Staff Cloud Architect

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc

Morrisville, NC

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Application Programming Interface (API), Architectural Services, Background Investigation, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Cost Control, Cross-Functional, DevOps, Documentation, Environmental Health, FDA (Food and Drug Administration), GitHub, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), Interoperability, Jenkins, Mentoring, Microservices, Microsoft Windows Azure, Regulatory Compliance, Software Engineering
LOCATION
Morrisville, NC
POSTED
9 days ago

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

We are looking for an exceptionally skilled Senior Staff Cloud Architect to join our ambitious team at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. This role offers the outstanding opportunity to lead the design and development of world-class cloud infrastructure for our groundbreaking projects. You will play a pivotal role in crafting secure, scalable, and compliant data services that drive innovation in our engineering endeavors.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define the end-to-end cloud architecture, ensuring a secure and modular platform capable of flawless performance.

  • Lead the implementation of event-driven, serverless, and containerized services using leading cloud providers such as AWS and/or Azure.

  • Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices with tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, ensuring scalable and repeatable deployments.

  • Collaborate with software engineers, interoperability teams, and security experts to support microservices, APIs, and IAM protocols.

  • Drive architectural decisions that strictly adhere to compliance standards including HIPAA, GDPR, CLIA, and FDA/IVDR.

  • Implement monitoring, cost optimization, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps standard methodologies to ensure seamless operations.

  • Mentor and guide engineering teams, participate in design reviews, and contribute to long-term platform planning.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in IT infrastructure, systems architecture, or enterprise technology environments.

  • 7+ years of proven experience in cloud-native application architecture and deployment.

  • Deep expertise in AWS and/or Azure, with strong command of networking, identity, containerization, and serverless infrastructure.

  • Hands-on experience with modern CI/CD and DevOps practices using tools like GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, and container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, ECS).

  • Experience in regulated environments such as healthcare or diagnostics is preferred.

  • Strong collaboration, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills.

  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

  • Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

Join us and be part of a team that successfully implements innovative solutions to compete at the highest level!

About the Company

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With revenues of nearly $11 billion, we have approximately 37,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as in environmental and process control industries. We create value for our key stakeholders through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, which offer a unique combination of continuous technology development and the most convenient purchasing options. Our products and services help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, and solve analytical challenges ranging from complex research to routine testing to field applications.

All of our employees share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement. Our ability to grow year after year is driven by our ability to attract, develop and retain world-class people who will thrive in our environment and share in our desire to improve mankind by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.

If you share in our values and if you're looking for an employer who is strongly committed to developing talent and rewarding achievement, come grow with us at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
All
WEBSITE
https://corporate.thermofisher.com/en/home.html