Job Description
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Thermo Fisher Scientific's Ion Chromatography and Sample Preparation (ICSP) team is seeking a to provide technical leadership in building and scaling modern DevOps and platform engineering capabilities for next-generation ion chromatography laboratory instruments.
This role is part of a strategic NPI (New Product Introduction) initiative focused on developing a new generation platform for chromatographic instruments. This is not about maintaining or incrementally improving existing solutions, but a complete redesign of a system currently built on approximately 15-year-old electronics.
The goal is to create a modern, scalable platform by leveraging new technologies to significantly improve performance, functionality, and overall system architecture. The work involves enabling robust development and deployment of software for high-precision analytical instruments, combining advanced hardware, reliability, and complex system integration.
This is a multi-year program, offering long-term stability and the opportunity to shape DevOps and platform capabilities across multiple phases of development—from early architecture through to commercialization.
What will you do?
You will define and drive DevOps and platform engineering practices, establishing scalable, secure, and reliable foundations for software delivery across embedded and distributed systems.
DevOps Strategy & Platform Engineering
- Define and implement DevOps and platform engineering strategy aligned with R&D and business objectives
- Standardize development environments, tooling, and workflows to support scalable and efficient engineering practices
- Harmonize DevOps practices with divisional and corporate standards
CI/CD, Build & Release Engineering
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting embedded software, firmware, drivers, and backend services
- Establish and optimize build systems, artifact management, and release orchestration processes
- Ensure reproducibility, traceability, and auditability of builds and releases
Infrastructure Automation & Cloud
- Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives for environment provisioning, configuration management, and automation
- Support containerized and cloud-based environments (e.g., AWS, Azure) for development, testing, and deployment workflows
DevSecOps, Compliance & Quality
- Integrate security, vulnerability scanning, and compliance checks into development pipelines (DevSecOps)
- Ensure alignment with regulatory and quality requirements, including documentation and traceability
- Promote secure configuration and deployment practices
Observability, Reliability & Operations
- Implement monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting frameworks to ensure system reliability and diagnostics
- Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Drive reliability, performance, and operational excellence across systems
Collaboration & Technical Leadership
- Partner with software, firmware, QA, cybersecurity, and systems engineering teams to streamline development workflows
- Mentor engineers and promote DevOps culture, automation best practices, and operational excellence
- Influence technical direction across teams without direct authority
Innovation & Productivity
- Drive adoption of modern tools, including AI-assisted development and automation, to improve speed, quality, and knowledge sharing
Qualifications & Skills
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- Extensive experience in DevOps, platform engineering, or systems engineering, including designing and operating CI/CD systems in complex environments
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and modern DevOps methodologies
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and containerization (e.g., AWS, Azure)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools
- Proficiency in scripting or programming for automation
- Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, build systems, and distributed architectures
- Experience supporting embedded software or hardware-integrated systems strongly preferred
- Experience in regulated or quality-driven environments, including secure development practices
- Familiarity with product cybersecurity and secure configuration management
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with a data-driven approach to reliability and performance
- Proven ability to influence technical direction across teams without direct authority
- Strong communication skills in English
- Interest in leveraging AI-assisted development and automation tools
