Senior Staff Cloud Architect

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Fishers, IN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Join us and be part of a team that successfully implements innovative solutions to compete at the highest level! Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior