Senior Data Architect

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 over 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 59 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.

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Eurofins IT Delivery Center India - Eurofins Scientific

Eurofins - We are Testing for Life

Eurofins - IT division in enabling the business

TITLE: Senior Data Architect

WORKING LOCATION: Bangalore, India

WORK MODE: Hybrid 3 Days office and 2 Days WFH in a week

SHIFTS ANY: 12:00PM to 9:00PM

Job Description:

​Position Overview

• ​We are seeking a Senior DBA role to manage all DB activities within all applications in the business landscape.
• Cost effective deployments and operational efficiency for all the DB’s.
• Regular indexing and address performance bottlenecks by query optimization.
• The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
• Recommend and deploy high availability setups for scalability and performance.
• Archive unused data and perform systematic archival of decommissioned systems for data retention.

​​Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years of professional relevant experience in database administration and architecture.
• Experience: minimum of 3 years of professional experience in MS Azure.
• Technical Requirements​ SQL Server Mastery: Expert-level T-SQL, performance tuning, AlwaysOn Availability Groups.
• Cloud Architecture: Hands-on experience with Azure App Services, Azure Functions, and Service Bus.​Security: Implementation of identity management via Microsoft Entra ID.

​Key Responsibilities​

• Modernization: Deconstruct SQL Server monoliths into modular schemas using Azure SQL Managed Instance.​
• Refactoring: Transition complex business logic from Stored Procedures into maintainable middle-tier .NET code.​
• DevOps: Automate database and application deployments using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.​Preferred Microsoft Certifications​ DP-300: Administering Microsoft Azure SQL Solutions​AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure​AZ-305: Designing Microsoft  Azure Infrastructure Solutions

Mandatory Qualifications​Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related Engineering field.