Senior Staff Architect - Secure Healthcare Data Platform

ThermoFisher Scientific; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

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Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific in Minneapolis seeks a Senior Staff Architect (SQL Database) to design secure, scalable healthcare SaaS databases handling PHI/PII with strict regulatory compliance. You will lead multi-tenant architectures, encryption, RBAC, and data governance while collaborating with security and engineering teams to meet audit requirements.

The role emphasizes data migration, EHR/EMR integrations, and robust CI/CD practices for database changes within a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s 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 (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.

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.

Skills

Data pipelines

Data lake architectures

Distributed data platforms

HIPAA compliance knowledge

Regulated data handling

Security & RBAC

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/IS

Tools

SSIS

Azure Data Factory

Hadoop

Spark

Databricks

PostgreSQL

MySQL

SQL Server

Cosmos DB

MongoDB

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Thermo Fisher Scientific in Minneapolis seeks a Senior Staff Architect (SQL Database) to design secure, scalable healthcare SaaS databases handling PHI/PII with strict regulatory compliance. You will lead multi-tenant architectures, encryption, RBAC, and data governance while collaborating with security and engineering teams to meet audit requirements.

The role emphasizes data migration, EHR/EMR integrations, and robust CI/CD practices for database changes within a regulated environment.