Linux Senior Engineer W/M

The operating environment and context :

The server infrastructure is key in our ability to provide service delivery for the AXA Partners. Therefore, a well-managed environment is essential.

As part of the Linux Build Team, proactive work, expertise, capacity management, and strict adherence to ITIL process is a must to ensure service availability is maintained.

There also needs to be a strong focus on strategic view, including engagement with the Global team, and technology evolution to ensure the platform remains fit for purpose.

The daily work will be tracked over the Agile methodology, in order to deliver features/evolutions in time.

To be a technical expert in the Linux product domain acting in a Build squad. This is a technical role including analysis, engineering, technical lead and project to meet the requirements AXA GO & Partners.

This person is able to work in an Agile OS product Team within a multinational team supporting Axa Partners across Europe and Globally

Missions :

• Engineer (Build) and test solutions, document accordingly and handover to operations team.
• Support teams doing the 3rd level support to the operations function (on & offshore).
• Act as SME and undertake project activities.
• Drive process improvement initiatives ( Automation, documentation & transition to offshore team)
• Support pro-active maintenance, including software upgrades, patching, hardening, vulnerability management, capacity management, inventory management.
• Ensure that solutions delivered meet AXA GO strategy.
• Ensure audit compliance is maintained to agreed levels.

Measures :

• Project tasks completed to “on time, on budget on specification” (OTOBOS) standard
• Meet TargConet Letter KPI for man-days lost because of P1 incidents
• Zero outages resulting from lack of maintenance, inadequately planned changes, etc.
• Performance issues are identified and resolved with no customer impact
• Audit/compliance deliverables maintained within deadlines

Your Profile

Skills :

• A successful computer science education (University, Technical College etc.) is a big plus.
• At Least, 5 years of professional experience gained in respective areas.
• Experience working with Devops methodologies using Git and Puppet, or one of the major configuration management toolsets Ansible/Salt/Chef.
• Very good expertise in one or more of the assigned technologies, respective multi-year hands on and vendor-approved accreditations.
• Have interest in Infrastructure technologies (Network, virtualization, OS, storage, middlewares, …) allowing to have pro-active and efficient discussions with various AXA Go teams to bring solutions during incidents or projects.
• Process oriented thinking, structured approach and familiarity with the ITIL process of an international enterprise scale IT Service delivery organisation with offshore presence.

Technical skills :

• Redhat Enterprise Linux and/or Centos 5-9.
• Linux or Unix servers of any-distro in numbers 100’s-1000’s of servers.
• Redhat Satellite / DS389 / OpenLDAP would be a plus
• AWS / AZURE
• Terraform

Key behavioural skills include :

• Communication and team-minded personality with a high sense of responsibility and quality, and the ability to create plans and coordinate the delivery over multiple teams
• Creativity and Innovation
• Analytical and problem solving
• Planning & organising
• Teamworking and knowledge sharing

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 with 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: - State-of-the-art Data Technology to drive customer experience - State-of-the-art Procurement & Sourcing to drive efficiency and better manage risks - High-Performing Global Team for stronger partnerships with AXA entities

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.