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.