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Sr Staff Architect, Software (SQL Database)
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Indiana, USA
Full-time
Senior · 10+ years experience
Remote
Discovered 3 weeks ago
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Role Overview
We are seeking a Sr Staff Architect (SQL Database) to design and manage secure, scalable, and compliant database systems for our healthcare SaaS platform.
This role requires expertise in handling sensitive data, including PII/PPI and PHI, while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and delivering high-performance, multi-tenant solutions.
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- We are seeking a Sr Staff Architect (SQL Database) to design and manage secure, scalable, and compliant database systems for our healthcare SaaS platform. This role requires expertise in 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
- Optimize database 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
- Comply best practices for secure CI/CD pipelines involving database changes
- Monitor systems for data integrity, breaches, and anomalous access patterns
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree 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
- Prior experience building data pipelines using SSIS, Azure Data Factory or similar
- 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
- Expertise in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and non-relational systems such as Cosmos DB, MongoDB
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), especially healthcare-compliant services
- Proficiency in data encryption, key management, and role-based access control (RBAC)
- Strong understanding of scaling strategies and distributed systems
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.
- 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)
- Compensation and Benefits
- 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
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)
- Compensation and Benefits
- 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
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Life Sciences Tools & Diagnostics125000 employeesFounded 1956
The world leader in serving science.
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