Senior Enterprise Architect

Job description

At Clario, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, we develop regulated technology that helps unlock better evidence and improve patient outcomes worldwide. Our software platforms support clinical trials, diagnostics, and medical decision‑making in highly controlled regulatory environments.

As our Senior Enterprise Architect, you’ll shape the architecture of our next-generation enterprise Data & Analytics platform, Nxt Lumen. Reporting to the Chief Enterprise Architect, you’ll define scalable, secure, AI-ready data architectures that unify clinical, operational, and commercial information. This hands-on individual contributor role combines deep data engineering expertise with enterprise-wide architectural leadership, helping transform how data is managed, governed, and consumed. Join us to build the foundation for smarter decisions and better patient outcomes.

What We Offer

- Competitive compensation

- Comprehensive health and dental coverage

- Paid time off and company holidays

- Flexible remote work arrangements across Canada

- Employee wellness and professional development programs

What You’ll Be Doing

- Define and own enterprise data architecture blueprints, principles, and reference patterns supporting ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, and consumption across the data lifecycle.

- Architect our next-generation cloud-based data platform, including lakehouse architecture, bronze/silver/gold data layers, batch and streaming pipelines, change data capture, and canonical data models.

- Establish architectural standards for data quality, security, master data management, observability, orchestration, and DataOps, ensuring scalability, regulatory alignment, and reliable data delivery.

- Provide hands-on technical guidance through architecture reviews, design decisions, reference implementations, and collaboration with engineering teams and external delivery partners.

- Drive enterprise data maturity improvements across technology, processes, and teams while enabling advanced analytics, AI/ML applications, regulatory reporting, and trusted data access.

What We Look For

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

- 5+ years of experience in senior data architecture, enterprise data architecture, or principal-level data engineering roles.

- Demonstrated ownership of end-to-end data engineering architectures, including ingestion, transformation, modeling, storage, and serving.

- Strong proficiency in SQL, Python or equivalent programming languages, and practical experience with production data pipelines.

- Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS or equivalent), lakehouse and warehouse architectures, batch and streaming technologies, CDC, and Kafka or comparable tools.

- Practical knowledge of orchestration frameworks such as Airflow, relational and document databases, data governance, and master data management.

- Proven ability to influence architectural decisions, challenge technical designs constructively, and lead cross-functional change initiatives.

- Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with engineering teams, business stakeholders, and external technology partners.

- Familiarity with regulated industries, clinical data standards, or AI/ML data architectures is an advantage.

- Ability to work remotely from Canada, with appropriate authorization to work in Canada.

At Clario, our purpose is to transform lives by unlocking better evidence. It’s a cause that unites and inspires us. It’s why we come to work—and how we empower our people to make a positive impact every day. Whether you're advancing clinical science, building innovative technology, or supporting our global teams, your work helps bring life-changing therapies to patients faster.

Clario is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.