Job Description

When you join us at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll be part of a hard-working, driven team that shares your passion for exploration and discovery. With annual revenues of approximately $40 billion and the most significant investment in R&D in the industry, we give our over 130,000 colleagues the resources and chances to create meaningful contributions to the world.

Location/Division Specific Information
Discover Impactful Work: The Network Architect has responsibility for supporting and crafting secure, high-performance, and operationally viable network solutions across our global network footprint.


A Day in the Life:• Provides continuous insight into critical areas of improvement and ways to use present technology more efficiently.
• Applies deep experience and knowledge in identifying, assessing, and recommending solutions that demonstrate the latest in industry trends, emerging technologies, and standards.
• Develops and maintains network documentation and SOPs.
• Verifies conformance of the design to specification requirements and the established baseline.
• Identifies and quantifies risks and develops mitigation strategies.
• Establishes reliability, maintainability and availability objectives and works with engineering teams to define solutions that meet these objectives.
• Conducts system requirements reviews and preliminary and critical design reviews to assist in the progress of a system's design and implementation.


Keys to Success:• Ability to influence to acquire agreement and participation from various groups and partners without direct control
• Ensure documentation and processes are well defined so that the engineered solutions are understood and repeatable.
• Ensure solutions are well designed and built with considerations Day 2 operational efficiency.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with the business to understand customer difficulties.
• Blend long-term strategic vision with immediate tactical needs of the business.
• Demonstrate strong organizational and leadership capabilities

Education • Bachelor's Degree in computer information technology, systems engineering, or related field. Equivalent work experience is accepted
• Certifications not required, but encouraged: CCNP, CCIE, or other Expert level networking certifications

Experience & Technology Skills • 5+ years of network architecture experience for a large-scale, preferably global, company
• 5+ years proven experience in managing a large-scale network
• Experience being responsible for the organization and implementation of large, sophisticated projects
• Expert level knowledge of complex, multi-vendor BGP routing topologies
• Expertise in implementing and integrating DDI solutions
• Expertise in WAN technologies including SD-WAN, DMVPN, MPLS, Metro-E
• Expertise in Underlay/Overlay technologies including MP-BGP, EVPN, and VXLAN
• Experience with AWS and Azure. In-depth knowledge of networking within and between cloud environments.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP to enable packet-level analytical problem-solving
• Proficiency in automation strategies and tooling, including Python, APIs, Ansible/Teraform, StackStorm, etc.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities • Strong problem-solving in both ambiguous and tactical situations with a bias for action
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated and dedicated to excellence, high-quality standards, and attention to detail


Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain five reasons to work with us. We are one team of 130,000+ colleagues. We share a standard set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement. Working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation, and support patients in need--#StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives are valued.


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