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Senior System Specialist
Pfizer INC · 🇺🇸 United States - Massachusetts - Andover
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 40 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 9 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Pfizer INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “BUSINESS SYSTEM ANALYST II” (Logisticians) in WA: $120k–$120k, median $120k. Most were filed at wage level III (100%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 40 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 9 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Use Your Power for Purpose The Senior System Specialist under Andover Site Technical Services (STS) Instrument Services (IS) provides technical support across instrumentation lifecycle activities in support of the Quality Control and Manufacturing Instrumentation Program at the Andover, Massachusetts site. The Senior System Specialist will utilize their Subject Matter Expertise to provide technical support throughout the instrument lifecycle, drive instrument lifecycle project work, deliverables, and documentation, and support instrument qualification / upgrade, operation and maintenance programs, troubleshooting, performance issue resolution, reliability, periodic review / System Health Check, electronic data reconciliation, administrative, and decommissioning actions for cGMP instruments and workstations used in the Quality Control Laboratories and GMP manufacturing suites. The Senior System Specialist will also lead and support technical and Continuous Improvement projects across the Site Technical Services, Quality Control Laboratory, and GMP Manufacturing team(s). What You Will Achieve In this role, you will: • Contribute to the Quality Control and Manufacturing Instrumentation Lifecycle Program and provide hardware and software installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting support and guidance, vendor and IQ/OQ/PQ support and input, new system set-up, back-up, and restoration support, kiosk mode software and Global Data Protection Solution installation, activation, and troubleshooting support, and data virtualization support • Lead and provide project management and technical support across instrumentation processes / programs, troubleshooting, and lifecycle activities and reliability / performance issue resolution actions • Lead and guide the resolution of moderate to high impact, complex instrumentation issues and projects in collaboration with Quality Control and/or GMP Manufacturing Team(s) • Lead and support validation / qualification / upgrade, operation, maintenance, system administration, reliability and/or decommissioning projects at the Andover site and supports network teams / initiatives • Author and/or review routine to complex instrument documentation including (but not limited to) validation documentation, operation and maintenance procedures, system administration procedures, instrument periodic review / System Health Check, data integrity assessments, electronic record assessments, electronic data reconciliations, decommissioning documentation, Change Controls, investigations, and/or Corrective and Preventative Actions • Exercise own judgement, works independently, and provides guidance to lower-level team members Here Is What You Need (Minimum Requirements) • Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with at least 4 years of experience; OR a master's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR a PhD with 0+ years of experience; OR as associate's degree with 8 years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 10 years of relevant experience • Experience supporting software / hardware / computer systems and instrument lifecycle processes in a regulated environment Bonus Points If You Have (Preferred Requirements) • Experience validating, maintaining, and/or decommissioning quality control or manufacturing instruments • Knowledge and practical application of relevant cGMP principles and industry standards as they pertain to instrument lifecycle and Data Integrity and ERES requirements (21 CFR Part 11, ICH, Annex 11) • Proficiency with Network Technologies such as Virtual Network (VLAN), Network Security Protocols, and firewall technologies, familiarity with server components/configuration and virtualization systems, and experience troubleshooting Microsoft Oper