
Senior Staff Architect – Mergers & Acquisitions
Thermo Fisher Scientific
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Remote • Maryland • United States
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Salary
💰 $143,000 - $185,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Represent Application Enablement across M&A programs, focusing on integrating applications from acquired companies into our CMDB using ServiceNow and application authentication via Microsoft Entra and Active Directory during due diligence, integration, and stabilization phases
- Lead technical discovery, gap analysis, and integration planning for collaboration, endpoint, and telecom environments
- Partner with leaders to define and execute technical integration blueprints aligning with Thermo Fisher’s enterprise architecture standards
- Partner with IMO, PMO, and other CIS teams to ensure on-time, compliant, and high-quality delivery of all integration milestones
- Drive post-close optimization through standardization, modernization, and automation initiatives
- Lead architecture, roadmap, and strategy for application enablement workstreams within M&A programs
- Evaluate and design scalable, secure, and compliant application architectures
- Translate complex business requirements into technical designs and operational plans
- Act as the senior technical representative in integration workshops with business, IT, and vendor partners
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Identity and Access Management, Cybersecurity , and Networking teams to ensure end-to-end alignment on identity, compliance, and performance standards
- Document and maintain integration standards, playbooks, and documentation for M&A portfolio governance and identity and access management technologies
- Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement within M&A integration workflows.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field (Master’s preferred)
- 10+ years of progressive IT experience, including CMDB / CSDM, application and service mapping, Identity and Access management, and enterprise architecture
- 5+ years of technical leadership experience in M&A integrations or equivalent complex enterprise transformation programs
- Experience with, and knowledge of, the ITIL framework as well as ITSM
- Technical proficiency with Active Directory, SSO, IAM tools, and security technologies
- Knowledge of cloud-based IAM technologies such as AWS IAM and Azure AD is preferred
- Experience in implementing large-scale multi-factor authentication solutions
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proven problem-solving, analytical thinking, and leadership abilities.
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
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Hard Skills & Tools
CMDBCSDMapplication mappingservice mappingIdentity and Access Managemententerprise architectureITILITSMmulti-factor authenticationcloud-based IAM technologies
Soft Skills
communicationstakeholder managementproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingleadership
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Information SystemsBachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s Degree (preferred)