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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
US Remote / Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Division
How will you make an impact?
As part of our dynamic team of system architects, you will lead the design, implementation, and evolution of the security framework for our software applications and systems. Your primary goal will be to ensure that our software solutions and related infrastructure are crafted from the ground up with outstanding security practices, effectively safeguarding critical data and systems against potential threats. As a strategic problem solver with a very strong understanding of cybersecurity, you will play a pivotal role in guiding our organization’s software development projects toward secure and robust architectures!
What will you do?
Security Framework Development: Develop, maintain, and improve a comprehensive security methodology for all software engineering projects, ensuring alignment with industry standards.
Threat Modeling & Risk Assessment: Perform threat modeling and risk assessments for software architectures, identifying potential vulnerabilities and devising strategies to mitigate risks.
Security Guidelines & Standards: Establish and enforce security guidelines, standards, and policies to be followed throughout the software development process.
Collaboration & Guidance: Work closely with development teams to integrate security considerations into the software design and development processes. Provide expert mentorship on secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation.
Security Tools & Technologies: Evaluate, recommend, and implement security tools and technologies to improve the security posture of software solutions.
Incident Response: Participate in the development and execution of incident response plans, including conducting post-mortem analysis and implementing corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
Compliance & Certification: Ensure that software solutions align with relevant regulatory and compliance requirements. Assist in the preparation for and management of audits and certifications.
Awareness & Training: Promote security awareness among development teams and collaborators. Conduct regular training sessions on standard methodologies and emerging threats.
Continuous Improvement: Continuously monitor the security landscape for emerging threats and vulnerabilities. Recommend and implement improvements to security policies, procedures, and controls.
How will you get here?
Education
Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field. Professional security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CSSLP) are highly desirable. High School Diploma and 10+ years of relevant experience may be considered
Experience
- Demonstrated ability in a software security role with hands-on experience in security architecture design and implementation
- Deep knowledge of security principles, technologies, and frameworks (e.g., OWASP, SANS)
- Hands-on experience with programming languages used in the organization, e.g. .NET, Go, JavaScript
- Expert knowledge about architectural principles, practices, and approaches, such as microservices
- Strong cloud knowledge, especially AWS, and secondarily Azure
- Deep understanding of operating systems and deployment technologies, including Kubernetes, Linux, NGINX, Docker, etc.
- Experience with data infrastructure technologies like databases, message brokers, and distributed caches, e.g. PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Redis
- Familiarity with communication methodologies, including REST, gRPC, Web Sockets, SSE, and Webhooks
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to perform comprehensive security assessments and make well-informed decisions
- Experience in working in agile environment
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills effectively articulate security needs and strategies to both technical and non-technical collaborators and partners
- Ability to lead and inspire a team. Strong project management and organizational skills
- Ability to work with customers and their IT representatives
This position has not been approved for relocation assistance.
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.
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Compensation And Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in Massachusetts is $149,500.00–$224,200.00.
This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
