Software Architect

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information

This role has global responsibility for cybersecurity integrations and automation within the Corporate Infrastructure & Security (CIS) team.

Discover Impactful Work:

This position plays a key role in crafting and maintaining custom applications and systems to protect, detect and respond to security threats on-premise and in our multi-cloud environment.

A day in the Life:

• Write, test, and deliver high quality software and documentation (primarily in Python)
• Work directly with cybersecurity teams to capture requirements and deliver innovative solutions
• Identify and prioritize technical risks, impediments and dependencies on the product backlog
• Integrate enterprise grade security products, services and data
• Define, design and document reference architectures
• Maintain and improve existing software solutions
• Share and align architectural vision
• Mentor junior engineers

Keys to Success:

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems

Experience

• 7+ years of software development using a modern programming language such as Python, Java or JavaScript in an Agile environment
• Hands on experience with microservices and event driven architecture
• Experience interacting with software endpoints using HTTP, REST, SOAP, or similar
• Cloud and container architecture and services
• Front-end and/or data visualization experience is a plus

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Proven track record developing and debugging software
• Solid grasp of software version control and release management
• Demonstrated understanding of compute, network and storage infrastructure components
• Familiarity with databases (Postgres, MySQL, MS SQL) and SQL language
• Object Oriented design
• Leadership, decisiveness, and ability to influence your partners to build and deploy software changes
• Attention to detail and interpersonal skills

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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