Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

Location/Division Specific Information

This position is based in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, and is part of the Tools and Automation team within Corporate Infrastructure and Security at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

How Will You Make an Impact?

Network operations are evolving rapidly, with automation now at the core of scalable and secure infrastructure. At Thermo Fisher Scientific, we are leading this transformation by building automated solutions that manage network infrastructure across private data centers and cloud platforms. In this role, you will be instrumental in automating the deployment, configuration, and management of network systems and services—enabling speed, repeatability, and resilience in how our network infrastructure is delivered.

A Day in the Life:

Automate deployment and lifecycle management of network infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and CI/CD pipelines.

Integrate network platforms with enterprise systems such as ServiceNow and StackStorm to enable automated workflows and self-service operations.

Collaborate with network engineers, platform teams, and security partners to gather requirements and implement scalable automation solutions.

Develop Ansible playbooks and Terraform modules for automating cloud and on-premises networking (e.g., VPCs, VNets, subnets, routing, VPNs).

Build and maintain automation pipelines using tools like Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation of automation workflows and integrations.

Keys to Success:

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.

Experience:

Experience automating network infrastructure in cloud and/or data center environments.

Working knowledge of version control, CI/CD principles, and automation pipelines.

Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and enterprise automation platforms.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Required:

Proficiency in Python for scripting and orchestration tasks.

Experience with network automation concepts, including configuration management, compliance, and state validation.

Advantageous:

Familiarity with:

Terraform (big plus!)

Ansible, Jenkins, Vault

ServiceNow, StackStorm

GitHub Actions

Experience with:

Cloud networking (AWS VPCs, Azure VNets, routing, security groups, VPNs)

Network device automation (switches, firewalls, load balancers)

Strong communication and documentation skills.

Ability to work in a globally distributed, collaborative environment.