Staff Engineer, Software

• *Work Schedule**

Standard (Mon\-Fri)**Environmental Conditions**

Office**Job Description**

Staff Engineer, Software 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 day by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Position Summary We are seeking a Staff Engineer – DevOps to provide technical leadership in designing and advancing secure, reliable, scalable, and automated platforms supporting mission\-critical software products. This is a senior hands\-on engineering role responsible for platform architecture, Linux systems engineering, AWS infrastructure, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, software packaging and distribution, networking, security, and production reliability. The Staff Engineer will define technical direction, establish engineering standards, solve complex and cross\-cutting technical challenges, mentor engineers, and drive platform improvements across teams while remaining hands\-on with critical engineering work. Key Responsibilities \* Define the technical direction and architecture for secure, reliable, scalable, and cost\-efficient cloud and platform solutions. \* Architect and guide AWS networking and security solutions including VPCs, subnets, routing, Transit Gateway, VPC endpoints, DNS, VPN, Direct Connect, AWS Network Firewall, security groups, network ACLs, and private/hybrid connectivity. \* Design reusable Terraform modules and infrastructure automation patterns for multi\-account and multi\-environment deployments. \* Establish engineering standards for Infrastructure as Code, state management, testing, code review, drift detection, policy enforcement, and controlled infrastructure changes. \* Architect and advance CI/CD platforms, build workflows, release processes, and deployment automation using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and related technologies. \* Define scalable approaches for software build, packaging, validation, artifact management, promotion, release, and deployment. \* Define and improve Linux software packaging and distribution approaches, including installation, upgrade, rollback, dependency management, and software distribution, particularly for Debian\-based systems. \* Provide technical leadership for Linux platform engineering across cloud and on\-premise environments. \* Define and improve configuration management and infrastructure automation using Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or similar technologies. \* Define and improve containerization and orchestration solutions using Docker, Kubernetes, and Amazon EKS. \* Drive platform reliability through observability, monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, resilience engineering, and automation. \* Establish and promote security practices for IAM, encryption, secrets management, vulnerability management, logging, compliance, network security, and least privilege. \* Lead investigation and resolution of complex problems across Linux, AWS, networking, CI/CD, packaging, infrastructure, and application deployment layers. \* Provide technical leadership during complex production incidents, driving troubleshooting, root\-cause analysis, resolution, and preventive improvements. \* Evaluate technical trade\-offs and develop innovative solutions to complex and ambiguous engineering problems. \* Lead technical design and architecture reviews and influence engineering practices across teams. \* Mentor and coach engineers, provide technical guidance, and strengthen the overall engineering capability of the team. \* Collaborate with software engineering, infrastructure, security, and leadership teams to drive platform strategy and continuous improvement. Education and Experience \* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. \* 10–15 years of experience in DevOps, Linux Systems Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or a related technical role. \* Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, designing platform solutions, solving complex infrastructure problems, leading technical initiatives, and mentoring engineers. Core Competencies \* Deep hands\-on expertise in Linux systems engineering and administration, particularly Debian and Debian\-derived distributions such as Ubuntu. \* Deep understanding of Linux internals, system services, process management, permissions, networking, storage, file systems, system configuration, and troubleshooting. \* Strong experience with Debian (.deb) packaging, APT, dpkg, dependency management, and software distribution workflows. \* Proven experience architecting and operating AWS platforms, including networking, security, firewalls, and private/hybrid connectivity. \* Strong expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, including reusable architecture and automated provisioning. \* Strong experience architecting and improving CI/CD, build, packaging, release, and deployment automation using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms. \* Strong experience with configuration management, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, and Amazon EKS. \* Proficiency with Bash, Python, or similar languages for platform automation and troubleshooting. \* Exceptional troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills across Linux, infrastructure, networking, CI/CD, and software delivery. \* Demonstrated technical leadership and architectural decision\-making, with the ability to influence engineering direction across teams. \* Ability to develop practical and innovative solutions to complex, ambiguous, and cross\-functional technical challenges. \* Strong mentoring and coaching skills, with the ability to develop engineers and raise engineering standards across the team. \* Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering, infrastructure, security, and leadership teams.