Server Administrator - Manufacturing and IT Oprations

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.

Play a vital role in ensuring secure, reliable, and compliant server infrastructure supporting pharmaceutical manufacturing and laboratory operations. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced IT professionals passionate about managing enterprise-grade server environments in highly regulated (GxP) Life Sciences settings.

Key Responsibilities

Server Infrastructure Administration

Deploy, configure, and maintain Windows and Linux servers supporting manufacturing, laboratory, and quality systems.

Manage server infrastructure across On-Premises, Virtualized (VMware/Hyper-V), and Cloud environments (IaaS/PaaS).

Design, implement, and support high availability (HA) architectures, including clustering, failover, load balancing, and redundancy.

Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, and lifecycle management for server environments.

Plan and manage Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructure, including storage allocation, replication, backup integration, and performance optimization.

Laboratory & Manufacturing Systems Support

Provide server infrastructure support for Laboratory Systems, including:

LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems)

CDS (Chromatography Data Systems)

SDMS (Scientific Data Management Systems)

eLN (Electronic Laboratory Notebooks)

Support Manufacturing and OT systems, including:

MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems)

DCS (Distributed Control Systems)

Serialization Systems

Historian Systems

EMS (Environmental Monitoring Systems)

Work closely with application owners, vendors, OT engineers, and quality teams to ensure validated, performant, and compliant system operations.

Legacy Systems & Platform Management

Provide support for legacy operating systems required by manufacturing and laboratory platforms.

Execute upgrade, migration, remediation, or isolation strategies for end-of-life systems while maintaining validated state.

Ensure security hardening, patching strategies, risk assessments, and documentation for legacy environments.

Monitoring, Backup & Business Continuity

Monitor server health, availability, capacity, and performance using enterprise monitoring tools.

Manage backup, restore, and disaster recovery (DR) solutions for critical GxP systems.

Support business continuity planning (BCP) and participate in periodic DR testing.

IT Service Management & Automation

Perform server management activities using ServiceNow, including:

Incident, problem, change, and configuration management

Server provisioning, patching, and compliance automation

Asset and lifecycle management

Ensure adherence to ITIL/ITSM processes, change control, and validation documentation standards.

Security, Compliance & IT/OT Segregation

Manage servers in secured environments aligned with corporate cybersecurity policies and regulatory expectations.

Ensure compliance with GxP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, data integrity, and internal security standards.

Support IT and OT network segregation, ensuring proper isolation between enterprise IT, laboratory, and manufacturing networks.

Configure and manage firewalls, VLANs, access controls, and routing policies in collaboration with network teams.

Support VPNs and secure remote access for internal users, vendors, and OEMs.

Implement cybersecurity best practices to protect systems from internal and external threats, including:

Server hardening and patching

Antivirus/EDR

Least-privilege access

Logging, monitoring, and audit readiness

Vulnerability remediation and incident support

Collaboration & Support

Work closely with domain administrators, network teams, OT engineers, application owners, quality, and cybersecurity teams.

Provide advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for server-related incidents impacting manufacturing and laboratory operations.

Participate in global infrastructure initiatives, migrations, upgrades, and audit support activities.

Qualifications & Experience

Education

BE / B.Tech in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent

Experience

7-10 years of overall IT infrastructure experience

Minimum 3 years of experience in Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences industry

Proven experience supporting GxP-regulated manufacturing and laboratory environments

Key Skills & Competencies

Windows & Linux server administration

On-Prem, Virtual, and Cloud infrastructure

High availability and disaster recovery architectures

SAN and enterprise storage management

Laboratory and Manufacturing systems infrastructure (LIMS, MES, DCS, etc.)

ServiceNow-based server automation and ITSM

IT/OT security and network segmentation

Firewall, VPN, and secure access management

Strong understanding of GxP, data integrity, and audit readiness

Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills

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