Senior Staff Engineer - DevOps & Platform Engineering

Thermo Fisher Scientific India Pvt Ltd; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific India Pvt Ltd in Bengaluru is seeking a Staff Engineer–DevOps to provide technical leadership in designing secure, reliable, scalable cloud and on‑premise platforms. This senior hands‑on role focuses on platform architecture, Linux systems, AWS, CI/CD, and automation.

You will mentor engineers, drive best practices, and collaborate across software, infrastructure, and security teams to improve production reliability, observability, and deployment processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
• 10–15 years of experience in DevOps, Linux systems engineering, or platform engineering.
• Proven track record leading platform solutions, guiding engineers, and mentoring teams.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical direction and architecture for secure, reliable cloud and platform solutions.
• Architect and guide AWS networking, security, and private/hybrid connectivity.
• Design reusable Terraform modules and IaC patterns for multi-account deployments.
• Establish engineering standards for IaC, testing, drift detection, and controlled changes.
• Advance CI/CD platforms and deployment automation with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and related tools.
• Define scalable build, packaging, validation, and release processes.
• Improve Linux packaging and distribution for Debian-based systems.
• Provide technical leadership across cloud and on‑prem environments.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Linux systems engineering

AWS cloud architecture

Terraform

CI/CD

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Docker

Python/Bash scripting

Networking & security

IaC best practices

Ansible

Debian/Ubuntu packaging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Amazon EKS

Ansible

Chef/Puppet

Job description

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.

Experience Level Senior Level