System Administrator

Thermo Fisher Scientific is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $35 billion. No other company can match our range of customer touch points – technologically, geographically or commercially. We help our customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe and moving forward with thousands of important projects that improve millions of lives.
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This position is based in Uppsala, where Thermo Fisher develops, manufactures, and markets complete blood test systems to support the clinical diagnosis and monitoring of allergy, asthma and autoimmune diseases. With 1,900 employees worldwide, and 1,000 in Sweden, we are the global leader in in-vitro allergy testing and the European leader in autoimmunity diagnostics.
How will you make an impact?
Would you like to be part of digitized operations? In this role you will get the chance to help our operations and lab production continue to evolve using digital tools and processes. As a system administrator, you will be a part of the "Center Of Excellence" at Thermo Fisher Scientific’s, ImmunoDiagnostics Division (IDD) team. In this role you will take a lead in system administration and be responsible for the life cycle management of critical systems supporting warehouse and distribution. The System & Automation Services team is responsible for life cycle management of critical systems and automation solutions within production, lab production and warehouse/distribution. The team works side-by-side with other sections as IT, verification and maintenance teams. The section consists of 10 team members in total.
We can offer you a challenging and varied position where you will benefit from your technical experience of warehouse management and control systems.
You will also have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills within one of the world's largest life-science companies.
What will you do?
In the role of Systems Administrator, you will have the overall technical and service responsibility for critical systems within operations. You will also initiate development work to improve system functionality and ensure business continuity. You will work with life cycle management of computerized systems and work closely with external vendors and internal departments as IT.
Your responsibility also includes leading the team of key users, system owners and stake holders.
How will you get there?
Master's degree from relevant discipline
Experience in system administration, e.g. Warehouse Management System (WMS) or equal
Experience in life cycle management of computerized systems
Experience in planning and leading verification and validation activities
Experience in leading and drive process improvements
Demonstrated problem-solving ability with proven analytical skills
Structured and organized team player with good interpersonal skills
Good communication skills (both written and spoken) Swedish and English as working language



To succeed in this role, you need to have experience in leading work and smaller projects related to system management. We work in a heavily regulated industry; it is, therefore, important that you are structured and good at documenting your work.
We are a large, international organization, so it's essential that you are comfortable working cross-functionally in a matrix environment and are comfortable in a regularly changing environment. As a person, you should be someone who takes the initiative, works in a structured and independent manner, but is also a strong communicator and team-player, as much of your work will be carried out in teams. By working for Thermo Fisher you will get a meaningful work in an international and engaging environment with qualified colleagues. We provide opportunities to support your development throughout every stage of your career and an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are valued.
Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com, ref. 184284BR.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 28th of November
If you have questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and/or the position - please contact Max Holst, Manager System and Automation, via email max.holst@thermofisher.com.
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