Functional Analyst

Eurofins is developing the eLIMS-NG solution (Eurofins Laboratory Information Management System, the Next Generation), a comprehensive and integrated suite of tools and applications to support testing business in our laboratories worldwide.

The functional Analyst will be a key part of the eLIMS-NG scrum teams, reporting to the Product Owner (or Delivery Manager), and be the functional expert responsible for analyzing the functional process and defining detailed functional specifications.

ROLE & OBJECTIVES :

• Collaborate closely with the Product management team to understand the content of the eLIMS-NG User Requirements and the business process represented.
• Model the user requirements from the Product Management team into functional and non-functional user stories with the appropriate set of supporting artefacts such as domain models and service requirements.
• Validate the proposed solutions with the Product Owner and the Product Management team
• Create, update and own Domain models as per the functional specifications
• Initiate service requirements for new capabilities or changes in exiting capabilities in other systems, required to deliver the user stories/user requirements
• Participate in Sprint Backlog management and optimization
• Participate in Scrum Ceremonies and provide inputs to the development team during Daily Stand-up, Backlog refinement, Retrospective meetings. Ensure quality and conformity of what is delivered compared to business need
• Support review of test cases for the implemented solution
• Validate the implemented solution by the scrum team
• Create and maintain User Manuals for the product functionality targeted at end users
• Triage defects and tickets from customers. Be able to analyze deeper cause of failures by reproducing it, analyzing data issues and comparing with existing process.

Required skills

• Science/Information Technology based university degree or similar educational background
• Strong experience in translating requirements into functional specifications
• Experience in working in Scrum based teams/Agile development methods
• Affinity to and good understanding of IT-systems
• Experience in service orientated software architecture
• Experience in analyzing, describing, and challenging processes and workflows
• Knowledge on SQL queries
• Very good English language skills - written and verbal
• Efficient time management and high-quality attitude
• Very good team and communication skills
• Personal qualities: autonomous, ability to summarize, organized

Preferred skills:

• Experience in laboratory automation and or reporting technology
• Experience in User Interface Design and knowledge of BPMN and UML
• Additional languages (French/German) is a plus