DevOps Engineer

Position Summary

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our mission is to serve science, and help our customers make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. The DevOps Engineer is responsible for the full build and delivery lifecycle for products for scientific applications. This role involves working closely with development, QA, DevOps, and release teams to ensure smooth installation, upgrade, patching, and uninstalling experiences across product lifecycles. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience installer test automation/validation of windows installer workflows.

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Responsibilities

• Build, develop, and maintain Windows installer packages using WiX Toolset and related technologies.
• Implement custom installer logic using C#, WiX custom actions, and extensions.
• Develop and handle MSI, MSP, bootstrapper/Burn packages, and related deployment artifacts.
• Ensure installers align with product versioning, compatibility, deployment policies, and Windows guidelines, Silent/interactive installation.
• Build automated validation workflows for installer testing, including:
• Develop test tools or scripts for automation using C#, PowerShell, or Python.
• Develop and maintain installer-related build/release processes in Azure DevOps (ADO) pipelines or similar CI/CD tools.
• Implement packaging, code signing, artifact storage, and deployment automation.
• Solve pipeline failures related to packaging, signing, and release artifacts.
• Support release engineering for on-time, high-quality product builds.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields
• 3–7 years of hands-on experience in Windows installer development.
• Strong expertise with WiX Toolset (MSI, MSBuild, Burn/Bootstrapper, custom actions).
• Knowledge of Windows OS internals related to installers—registry, services, drivers, environment variables, permissions, etc.
• Solving problems using MSI logs, Windows Event Viewer, and debugging tools.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with code-signing workflows (certificates, timestamping).
• Knowledge of PowerShell scripting for automation.
• Exposure to virtualized build environments / git hub source control system

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

Equal Opportunity

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.