Senior Staff Database Architect

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Database Architect designing and managing secure, scalable database systems for healthcare SaaS platform. Ensuring compliance with regulations and optimizing performance for sensitive data.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeRemote • Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $135,800 - $203,750 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformHadoopMongoDBMySQLPostgresSparkSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

Requirements

What you’ll need

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
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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

database architecturedata modelingdata encryptiondata governancedatabase performance optimizationdata migrationCI/CD pipelinesdata lake architecturesrelational databasesnon-relational databases

Soft Skills

collaborationleadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingorganizational skills