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Job Description - Enterprise Architecture Lead, AXA DCP D
Enterprise Architecture Lead, AXA DCP (

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In line with the AXA Group's Driving Progress 2023 strategy and ambition to develop an innovative, transversal solution to help us better serve our customers, AXA's Management Committee recently announced a new strategic initiative - Digital Commercial Platform (DCP) – designed to transform AXA's value proposition.

Through DCP, AXA will serve existing and new clients and partners through an evolving business model, where our focus on insurance protection will transition to a combination of protection, prevention, and services – moving from loss prevention to loss prediction.

AXA DCP relies on creating an ecosystem of AXA's risk insights, risk management, and risk prevention capabilities to enhance and support our service offering to commercial clients.

Clients will be able to access a broad selection of data built on existing or developing AXA assets.

The platform will also create value by monetizing unique capabilities and services for our customers, aggregating, and delivering insights from unique data sets with external partners, and fostering end-customer relationships in alignment with brokers.

Create a platform for risk management and prevention services

• As the Lead Cloud Architect of the Technology Office of AXA DCP, you will be responsible for providing expertise & technical leadership and direction for the entire AXA DCP organization in a fast-paced environment, being the "know all" about AWS Cloud Architecture for the development and implementation of new products using the best technologies, and of DCP target platform in particular.

You will be responsible for DCP as Cloud Platform in its AWS Cloud based environment, determine the AWS Infrastructure High Level Designs and blue prints, infrastructure architecture patterns, technical governance and managing the experts inside your organization supporting the growth of AXA DCP.

You will also be responsible for managing the team of Foundation & Platform inside the technology Office providing a range of activities in conjunction with your peers in CTO's office, but also with Product Owners and Business Leaders.

You'll be one key contact for the AXA AWS Cloud Architects in connection with other Cloud Architects in the group, and as a key member of the technical team you will play a critical role in the company's growth and success, with a direct report to the CTO of AXA DCP.

Responsible for designing and documenting AXA DCP AWS Cloud infrastructure, management framework, describing processes, plan, specify, enable, create, acquire, maintain, use, archive, retrieve, control, and purge Cloud assets in the AXA DCP AWS Landing Zone.

• Providing a standard common technichal vocabulary thatexpresses the non functional requirements, outlines high-level integrated designs to meet those requirements, and aligns with DCP strategy and related business architecture
• Translating business requirements into technical specifications, including Blueprints of Cloud Architecture, managing data at scale in a multi region LZ, providing designs with implementation for data streams, data integrations, data transformation jobs, computing capabilities, infrastructure for databases and data warehouses, managing PAAS platform (MongoDB Atlas, Databricks), designing network connectivity capabilities and pattern with AXA entities and external partners as well
• Lead the AWS LandingZone processes and activities, serving the AXA DCP Roadmap and growth, and a key contact of the AXA DCP community and the AXA AWS Community outside of DCP
• Defining reference architecture, which is a pattern others can follow to create and improve IT systems in the context of AXA DCP LandingZone, including defining integration patterns, data flows and transfert, i.e., which parts of the organization generate data and data product of the DCP, which require data to function, how data are stored securely and managed (lifecycle, archiving, etc...) in the context of AWS Cloud technologies
• Designing the Cloud Platform environment for DCP based on its requirements, u tilizing emerging and best technologies to design the Architecture of the Platform and its components and the solutions/application/core components, creating cloud-based applications that are efficient and secure, use the Platform Engineering principles to propose sets of on the shelf assets to be used by application/feature teams and bring them training and support
• Align organizational Architecture strategy and infrastructure decisions aligned with CTO's Strategy and with overall business and technology strategy
• Identify architectural design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements
• Test security architecture in relationship with feature and developer teams to ensure they behave as expected
• Use current programming language and technologies to writes code, complete programming and performs testing and debugging of applications

We're looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• Effective verbal and written communication skills to share insights with stakeholders of all levels, including entry-level programmers, business managers, project team members, and senior executives.
• Being a thought leader who creates and presents content using AWS as their building blocks you're able to be the Leading Cloud Architectect and subject matter expert who can explain complex topics about Cloud Architecture and Cloud Infrastructure As Code Management in a Cloud etc.
• Prooven expertise in the AWS Cloud Architecture, you have several key AWS Certification for Solution Architecture Associate level as a must have, professional level would be appreciated, and other key AWS certifications or specialities in Security or Network, experienced in Cloud Landing Zones Management at scale in a multi regions environnement would be much appreciated
• High-level collaboration skills to assist with several different areas of cloud architecture management
• Project management skills to orchestrate Cloud Systems and new system integrations seamlessly including PAAS solutions from the AWS Marketplace
• js, Python or Java, scripting languages, Infrastructure As Code Frameworks (Terraform), a good understanding of how databases, networks, and other critical IT functions work
• Ability to integrate and automate an organisation's IT system processes, and a proven experience working with legacy information systems
• Good knowledge of standards related to regulatory compliance risk management (ISO
• Master from engineering school or university equivalence
• 7+ years or more experience in building/ designing user-facing software products and services
• 7+ years in a technical senior management role, developing and nurturing teams of motivated technologists

By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

Enhanced family friendly leave benefits
Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption.

We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.

We're training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.

These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.

For more information, please see axaxl.
AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any colleague or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status or any other category protected by local law.

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