System Development Specialist- Richmond, VA

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

What will you do in this role?

Join our team as a System Development Specialist and provide the technical leadership and Oracle development expertise needed to support complex enterprise applications that are foundational to the automation program. In this role, you will design, develop, test, implement, and support Oracle Forms applications and PL/SQL components that enable critical business operations and long-term system sustainability.

Working with minimal supervision, you will take ownership of the full software development lifecycle, including business requirements analysis, solution design, technical specification development, coding, testing, implementation, troubleshooting, documentation, and ongoing production support. You will collaborate closely with Oracle Database Administrators, business stakeholders, project sponsors, senior leadership, and development teams to design scalable database structures, optimize application performance, and deliver reliable solutions aligned with business objectives.

This role also provides the opportunity to lead technical discussions, facilitate requirements-gathering sessions, develop project estimates and implementation plans, and communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. You will help ensure development initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and in accordance with established standards, best practices, and quality expectations.

As a senior member of the team, you will mentor and coach junior developers through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and professional development support. Your leadership will help strengthen team capability, promote adherence to development standards, and foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence, and high-quality software delivery.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar is required.

Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 8+ years’).

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Experience requirements:

Experience in Developing, enhancing, and maintaining Oracle Forms applications and PL/SQL components in accordance with established standards and best practices is required.

Experience analyzing business requirements and translate them into detailed system specifications and technical designs is required.

Experience developing accurate project cost estimates, resource requirements, and implementation plans to support effective project execution is required.

Experience training and mentoring other team members on Oracle Forms Development and PL/SQL development of code is required.

The ideal person will have the combination skillset that can code in Oracle Forms and Pl/SQL AND has excellent interpersonal skills to train/mentor/work cross-functionally within the organization is required.

Experience strong expertise in one or more: Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, .NET is preferred.

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and cloud-native development is preferred.

Experience with creating and maintaining technical documentation to support system sustainability, knowledge transfer, and operational support is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Strong organizational and time-management skills

Demonstrated experience in statistical analysis plan development and review

Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in teams

Ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities

Strong attention to detail and quality focus

Location: Hybrid to Richmond, VA or Morrisville, NC. Must be within driving distance, as twice in the office per week may be required. Relocation assistance is NOT provided.

*Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

*Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

The salary range estimated for this position based in Virginia is $95,000.00-$150,000.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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