Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Job Description

In a nutshell

As a Database Administrator, you will be responsible for designing, installing, configuring, upgrading, and maintaining databases to ensure their smooth operation.

Your role

Your role will involve optimizing database performance, managing security, performing regular backups, and implementing high availability solutions.You will oversee SQL Server databases across multiple environments, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency.Managing database replication, clustering, Always On availability groups, and other HA/DR strategies will be a crucial part of your responsibilities.Your expertise will be essential in administering SQL Server instances hosted on Azure, optimizing cloud database performance, and ensuring seamless migrations from on-premises environments.You will be responsible for developing and optimizing complex T-SQL queries, troubleshooting performance issues, and designing efficient database schemas.Automation is a key aspect of this role, requiring you to implement scripts and processes to streamline database maintenance, backups, and health checks using PowerShell and SQL Server Agent Jobs.You will also be responsible for implementing Change Data Capture (CDC), job monitoring, and alerts to ensure database health.Your role will involve configuring SSL/TLS encryption for SQL Server instances and continuously improving performance through indexing and execution plan analysis.Collaboration with development teams and stakeholders will be essential to align database architecture with business goals.Additionally, you will provide on-call support for production issues and contribute to documentation and process improvement initiatives.

We offer

We offer an opportunity to develop your expertise in database management within a fast-growing and international organization.You will work with cutting-edge technologies in a collaborative environment, with potential career advancement opportunities within Eurofins globally.

Qualifications

Are you our kind of extraordinary?

To be successful in this role, you should have at least three to four years of experience as a SQL Database Administrator, with at least one to two years working in Azure Cloud environments.A deep understanding of SQL Server architecture, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions is essential.You should have strong experience in T-SQL development, including writing complex queries, stored procedures, and functions, as well as troubleshooting and performance optimization. Experience with PowerShell scripting to automate DBA tasks such as backups and health checks is highly valued.You should be familiar with database monitoring tools such as Grafana, SolarWinds, and Azure Monitor, and have experience setting up Change Data Capture (CDC) for tracking changes. Knowledge of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is beneficial.Strong problem-solving skills, the ability to work independently, and effective communication skills are required to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.Certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate or Azure Solutions Architect Expert are a plus.

If you are passionate about database administration and eager to work with innovative technologies in a dynamic environment, we encourage you to apply.

What else should you know? 

As the role and Eurofins' teams are international, please ensure to submit your application in English.

Additional Information

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity!  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more on our Careers page: https://careers.eurofins.com/

Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to ca. 63,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 60 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.