Thermo Fisher Scientific

Sr. Staff Database Architect

Thermo Fisher Scientific  •  Fishers, IN (Remote)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

We are seeking a Database Architect to design and manage secure, scalable, and compliant database systems for our healthcare SaaS platform. This role requiresexpertisein handling sensitive data, including PII/PPI and PHI, while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and delivering high-performance, multi-tenant solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement secure, scalable, multi-tenant database architectures for healthcare SaaS applications

  • Develop data models and storage solutions for sensitive healthcare data (PHI, PII/PPI)

  • Ensure compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, GDPR, and other relevant regulations

  • Implement data encryption (at rest and in transit), masking, and access controls

  • Architect systems for high availability, disaster recovery, and auditability

  • Define and enforce data governance, retention, and audit logging policies

  • Optimizedatabase performance for large-scale healthcare datasets and real-time access

  • Collaborate with security, compliance, and engineering teams to meet regulatory requirements

  • Lead data migration and integration with EHR/EMR systems and third-party healthcare platforms

  • Complybest practices for secure CI/CD pipelines involving database changes

  • Monitor systems for data integrity, breaches, and anomalous access patterns

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’sor Master'sdegree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

  • 10+ years of progressive industry experience in enterprise technology, architecture, and systems management.

  • 7+ years of experience in database architecture, preferably in SaaS environments

  • Strong experience with data lake architectures(e.g., AWS S3, Azure Data Lake, Google Cloud Storage)

  • Proven experience designing or managing data farm / distributed data platforms(e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Databricks ecosystems)

  • Hands-on experience handling sensitive data (PHI, PII/PPI) in regulated environments

  • Strong knowledge of HIPAA compliance, data privacy, and security frameworks

  • Expertisein relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) andnon-relationalsystems such asCosmosDB,MongoDB

  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), especially healthcare-compliant services

  • Proficiencyin data encryption, key management, and role-based access control (RBAC)

  • Strong understanding of scaling strategies and distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working with EHR/EMR systems (e.g., Epic, Cerner) or healthcare integrations (HL7, FHIR)

  • Familiarity with healthcare data standards and interoperability frameworks

  • Experience with audit logging, compliance reporting, and risk assessments

  • Certifications such as AWS Certified Security Specialty, Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP)

  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Thermo Fisher Scientific

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $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.

For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.

Industry
Biotech & Life Sciences
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Waltham, MA
Year Founded
Unknown
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