Storage Lead Expert

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:

• 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

Job position pitch

Where will you be in the organization?

The division & department / team  

Under Group IT Services Distributed Products, The "Storage" product aims at delivering best in class Storage capabilities ( SAN – Sunset Product, NAS, Hyperconverged ) for AXA GO and the entities.

As a member of this team you are responsible for the engineering and the operations of new solutions regarding Storage Technologies and its ecosystem, working in a global mode with all the regions

As part of its new Cloud Transformation program (ATLAS), AXA GO has decided with the AXA entities to modernize the remaining footprint hosted in the regional datacenters, to be able to support the workloads that are not eligible to the Public Cloud.

About the job

Job purpose

1- Storage Infrastructure Management

• Design and deploy Network-Attached Storage (NAS), and cloud-based storage solutions.

• Configure volumes, and storage tiers based on performance needs.

• Optimize storage performance through tuning and load balancing.

• 24/7 on duty and Early morning Organization.

• Provide and share documentation ( LLD, Procedure, Process …)

2- Data Protection & Backup

• Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies to prevent data loss.

• Work with backup solutions in needed.

• Develop replication strategies across data centers for business continuity.

3- Storage Security & Compliance

• Implement encryption, access controls, and role-based permissions to secure stored data.

• Ensure compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and other regulatory standards.

• Monitor and prevent ransomware and unauthorized access to storage systems.

• Participate to Audit Issue Remediation.

4- Capacity Planning & Optimization

• Conduct storage utilization analysis and forecast future storage needs.

• Optimize storage efficiency with features like deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning.

• Work on automating storage management using scripts (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).

5- Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning

• Identify and resolve latency, IOPS bottlenecks, or disk failures.

• Perform firmware updates, storage patches, and system health checks.

• Work closely with network and database teams to optimize end-to-end data flow.

• Incident Management ( Resolution and communication ).

Expected skills & experience

We are looking for someone with the following experience and skills:

Technical skills

Following knowledge and experience areas are mandatory:

• NAS NetApp storage expert – mandatory.
• Switch Broadcom knowledge – mandatory.
• NAS upgrade – mandatory.
• NAS Refresh – mandatory.
• NetApp Cloud Volume Ontap and/Or AWS FSX N skills are appreciated
• Hyperconverged solution skills are appreciated: Nutanix, VSAN.
• Proven experience in IT production environment (incident, 24H/7 on duty, early morning organization), with DRP architecture.
• Scripting skills and automation: Python, Ansible, Terraform
• Strong general knowledge in IT and Datacenter infrastructure architectures
• Documentation: Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation. LLD, Exploitation Procedure, process, training materials

Soft skills / transversal skills

Requested soft skills : 

• Autonomous, teamwork spirit and "self-organized working", respectful of the process.
• Curiosity, assertiveness.
• Customer centric and result orientation.
• Ability to work in dynamic, matrix-structured global organizations.
• Upper intermediate level of written and spoken English is a must.
• Communication Skill
• French speaking would be appreciated.

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.