Job Description:
About AXA
As a world-leading insurance company, we act for human progress by protecting what matters. With 153,000 employees in 54 countries working for 105 million customers, we’ve created a truly dynamic and vibrant community. Inclusion and diversity link closely with our values, and together we’re nurturing a culture of respect, for each other, for our customers and the communities around us. Join AXA and you’ll feel like you belong, are included and can thrive. You’ll be able to shape the way you work and truly grow your potential as you seek out new opportunities, push boundaries and benefit people in critical moments of their lives. This is your chance to build the tomorrow you want. Know you can.
About the entity
AXA is becoming a sustainable tech-led company and at AXA Group Operations we are one of the major catalysts for this transformation.
We set the tone by triggering and empowering the evolution of our insurance business model through technology and innovation, driving its concrete implementation globally at speed, with a high quality of advisory and execution.
We are present across 17 countries with committed, highly qualified teams. We leverage technology, data, sourcing, security and investment allocation in a global way, but also achieve economies of scale and synergies when necessary.
At AXA Group Operations, we want to be recognized in three fields of action:
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State-of-the-art Data Technology to drive customer experience
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State-of-the-art Procurement & Sourcing to drive efficiency and better manage risks
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High-Performing Global Team for stronger partnerships with AXA entities
Job position pitch
Function description:
The Senior Cloud Engineer (Azure/AWS) is the first contact for all things “cloud” for AXA Insurance Companies in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia. They have a wide spectrum of knowledge on Cloud Infrastructure, Azure/AWS administration, networking and security hardening in a global enterprise context. Their project involvement can reach from architecture review, over technical guidance, training, financial optimization, development of re-usable Infrastructure-as-Code modules to actual project implementation, depending on the needs of the customer. In everything they do, they are in constant collaboration with his team in Mexico, as well as with transversal support teams in Europa, the US and Asia.
Most important activities:
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Supporting AXA insurance companies in Mexico, Colombia and Brazil migrating their business applications from their local datacenters to the public cloud (PaaS and IaaS), from application analysis to solution design to actual infrastructure implementation
- Enhance and operate a complex, hybrid cloud environment that is running thousands of applications all over the globe, together with experts from Mexico, Europe and the US, following global architecture, product and security standards developed by the AXA Group
- Build platform and deployment automation based on GitHub Enterprise, Terraform, Azure/AWS IaaS & PaaS Services and Kubernetes
- Designing application and infrastructure architectures together with the local and global architecture and infrastructure teams
- Responsible for integrating cloud environments with existing monitoring and backup/dr solutions, as well as onboarding new cloud services and platforms
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Organizing and executing inhouse cloud training workshops together with partners like Microsoft or Amazon, consulting development teams on cloud best practices, automation, cost optimization etc.
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Working with local and global security and compliance teams to ensure safe and stable platform operations
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Supporting finance teams by providing meaningful, near real time reports and managing Power Bi dashboards
Deploying and maintaining cloud IaaS and containerized resources using Terraform, support during incidents and operational issues
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Profile:
Technical skills
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At least 5 years of experience working with Microsoft Azure, especially with Azure VMs, Azure Storage, Azure Database & Data Analytics PaaS services,
- Experience architecting and implementing CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployments using Terraform and Azure DevOps
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Good knowledge of AWS administration, organization and account management (AWS Organization, AWS Service Catalog), AWS Architecture principles
- Good knowledge on common development tools (Git, GitHub, SonarQube, Confluence, Jira)
- Proficient in at least one scripting language (PowerShell, Python, ...)
- Good knowledge of AWS & Azure hybrid enterprise networking, VPC/Vnet, Private Endpoints, Peering, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect/Express Route
- Ideally first experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes or related container orchestration tools
- Basic experience of cloud governance in an Enterprise environment (incl. user and subscription management), AWS & Azure
- Basic knowledge of cloud cost optimization strategies and security automation (DevSecOps)
Language
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English and Spanish - Excellent: professional level both in writing and speaking.
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Portuguese – Not required, but would be an advantage
Main characteristics of a Senior Cloud Engineer
To successfully complete all tasks, the Senior Cloud Engineer needs to possess strong problem solving, analytical and communication skills. While having excellent technical knowledge, they are comfortable managing multiple stakeholders at the same time. They are able to explain complex technical solutions to a wide audience, from C-level management to his peers in engineering teams.
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Excellent technical knowledge, from architecture to actual implementation
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The ideal candidate is a generalist with broad knowledge across Enterprise Cloud Networking, Administration, Infrastructure-as-Code, Security, Databases and the ability to bridge between more specialized teams
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Comfortable with discussing complex technical topics with non-technical staff
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Should be used to work in an international context with Teams from LATAM, US, Europa and Asia
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Should be interested in constant learning and personal development
What we offer
We bring together the expertise, cultural diversity and creativity of over 8,000 employees worldwide and we’re committed to equal opportunities in all aspects of employment (gender, LGBT+, disabled persons, or people of different origins) and to promoting Diversity & Inclusion by creating a work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect, and where individual differences are valued.
