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

The Database Administrator is responsible for the installation, configuration, maintenance, and performance of database systems to ensure high availability and security. This role involves managing data integrity, optimizing queries, and supporting development teams with database-related tasks.

Database Management

Install, configure, and upgrade database servers (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, etc.).
Create and manage database objects (tables, indexes, views, stored procedures).
Monitor database performance and implement tuning strategies.
Backup & Recovery

Develop and maintain backup strategies.
Perform disaster recovery planning and execution.
Ensure data integrity and availability.
Security & Compliance

Implement database security policies (roles, permissions, encryption).
Ensure compliance with data protection regulations (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.).
Performance Optimization

Analyze query performance and optimize SQL statements.
Manage indexing strategies and partitioning.

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 1-2 years of experience as a SQL Database Administrator.
A deep understanding of SQL Server architecture, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions is essential.
Knowledge of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is beneficial.
Good commends of English is required for this role.

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! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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 also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career 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 is the 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 one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies, as well as having an emerging global presence in Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations. 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 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of over 950 laboratories in 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.

SQL Database Administrator - English speaking - m/f