Solution Architect

Company Description Why are we here?
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 Solutions Architect,you will play a key role in defining and delivering the product roadmap for ourcentral Laboratory Information Management System (Clinical LIMS Europe Program)
Where will you be based and what business will you support?
Based in Dublin, you will be part of ourEurofins Clinical Diagnostics Team and ourClinical LIMS Europe Program that support our numerous laboratories globally. With hundreds of thousands of clinical diagnostic tests performed every day, the laboratories of the Eurofins clinical diagnostic services business line strive to ensure that every patient, wherever he or she lives, has access to the most specialised and most innovative techniques for diagnosis, monitoring and therapeutic decisions. Such activities require extensive planning and organisation which can be augmented using technology.
How can you help us?
As a Solution Architect in Eurofins Clinical Diagnostics you will:

• Perform solution design activities to deliver valid and viable architectures which include but are not limited to views supporting application components, integrations, application communications, and security;
• Provide technical leadership and initiative to deliver new and complex, high quality solution designs in response to varying Program requirements;
• Take ownership of non-functional requirements specifications, including but not limited to performance, availability, resilience, budget and regulatory compliance;
• Communicate the solution to ensure stakeholders and management understand it to the appropriate level of detail;
• Challenge and validate/define the scope to ensure that businesses can take the right decisions for the organization;
• Support and contribute to the presentation of decision-making material for top-management;
• Liaise with IT Security to manage risks to information and IT assets by applying appropriate standards and security policies;
• Incorporate knowledge of leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry standards to achieve the required business results;
• Utilize a combination of Eurofins standard and custom solutions in support of developing complex solutions over multiple years;
• Abide by defined architecture principles;
• Be a key player within the organisation, collaborate on innovative ideas and use proven approaches to deliver a winning solution;
• Participate with Eurofins' global community of solutions and enterprise architects to improve knowledge sharing, processes and reference solutions.

Qualifications Are you our kind of extraordinary?
You have:

• Minimum 5 years of demonstrable experience as Solution Architect for a major IT program involving multiple teams and/or projects, preferably in a European context
• Experience in Application Architectures
• Experience with on-premise, cloud and hybrid deployment architectures
• Experience in designing Cloud/IaaS/PaaS/Serverless architectures
• Demonstrated capacity to create professional architecture (significant decisions, roadmap, logical/physical viewpoints, etc ) and general technical documentation.
• Enterprise Architecture framework knowledge (i.e., TOGAF, Zachman etc.).
• Knowledge/expertise in one or more of the following domains is required: Infrastructure/technology Architecture, SOA style and principles, Domain-driven design, REST, knowledge of different architecture/design techniques (i.e., OO, Top-down, structured analysis, component-based design).
• C4 Diagramming standard

Personal skills:

• Strong computer, analytical and organizational skills
• Excellent written and oral communication (concise writing and orally convincing) and inter-personal skills
• Fluency in English, both spoken and written. Some knowledge of Portuguese or French would be a plus.
• Work in home/office hybrid environment
• Capable to establish trust based on outstanding expertise with stakeholders
• Strong collaboration, partnership development, and relationship building skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects / tasks concurrently, and drive them to completion
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and identify ambiguity and drive for clarity
• Ability to work in a complex international environment
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Very good communication and interpersonal relation skills in an international environment
• Ability to motivate and influence others
• Adaptability - Capable of adapting quickly to a complex distributed organisation
• Initiative and independence - volunteers readily; Asks for and offers help when needed
• Detail oriented
• Willingness to travel to Eurofins European locations on occasions (10%)

What else should I know?
The following skills are a plus:

• Experience at the Enterprise architecture level or equivalent is a plus.
• Engineering Degree or equivalent experience in IT and software development awareness is desired

Additional Information What can we offer you?

• Acompetitive salary package, including bonus and benefits;
• Extensive on-the-job coaching and training opportunities;
• A hybrid working setup;
• Challenges within a multi-cultural and cross-regional teamas part of the international and fast-growing Eurofins organization;
• Adynamic working environmentwith a good team spirit where personal development and growth are highly encouraged.

Your application:
As the role and Eurofins' IT Talent Acquisition team are international,please ensure to submit your application inEnglish.
Want to know more about us?
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.
Weembracediversity!Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being anEqual 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!
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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 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 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 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.