Sr Staff Product Security Architect

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Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

When you join us at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll be part of an inquisitive team that shares your passion for exploration and discovery. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create significant contributions to the world.

Discover Impactful Work

Lead security architecture in specialized domains like Web, AI/ML, Cloud, Embedded, Native Software, or Distributed Systems. Drive secure design efforts, define scalable control patterns, and embed security into product development in partnership with engineering and product teams.

A Day In The Life

• Join architecture review sessions to evaluate design proposals and ensure alignment with product security standards.
• Develop and maintain reusable security reference architectures and domain-specific design mentorship tailored to the needs of development teams.
• Collaborate with other security leaders to track emerging threats, translate them into architectural requirements, and evolve the organization’s product security strategy accordingly.
  
  

Keys To Success

The Sr. Staff Product Security Architect will be successful by establishing themselves as a trusted technical partner who advances product security through strategic architecture leadership. They will materially improve product security by proactively identifying risks, driving secure design practices, and delivering contextualized, actionable guidance to engineering teams.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in cybersecurity, computer science, engineering or other relevant field. Equivalent work experience also accepted.
  
  

Experience

• 8 years of previous and related work experience
• Experience driving threat modeling, secure design reviews, or risk mitigation strategies within multi-functional engineering environments.
• Hands-on experience building, designing, and scaling secure and resilient systems, with a focus on long-term architectural improvements and sustainability.
• Experience developing and implementing security frameworks, technical guardrails, or secure development lifecycle practices.
  
  

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Strong ability to evaluate sophisticated technical designs and identify risks using a deep understanding of common attack patterns, architectural weaknesses, and secure design principles.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to translate technical security concepts into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical partners.
• Proven track record of effectively partnering with diverse teams, encouraging positive relationships with engineering, product, and leadership customers to achieve secure outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience applying security principles within one or more technical domains, including Web, AI/ML, Cloud, Embedded, Native Software, or Distributed Systems.
  
  

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Compensation And Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in North Carolina is $130,000.00–$194,950.00.

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