Linux Infrastructure Engineer Expert

Join AXA Group Operations: Where Innovation Meets Impact”

At AXA Group Operations, we’re not just adapting to change; we’re driving it. As a key catalyst in AXA’s transformation into a sustainable, tech-led powerhouse, we’re revolutionizing the insurance landscape. Our mission? To set the pace, empower innovation, and execute with precision.

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

Be a technical expert in the Linux product domain. This is a technical role including analysis, project, BAU, and audit remediation to meet the requirements AXA GO & Partners

Act as a referent is L3 Linux OS support situations, supporting AXA partners, sharing the best practices, guiding them to find the best solution and sharing with your GO colleagues.

Within a multinational team supporting Axa Partners across Europe and Globally, you will have the opportunity to bring your expertise and to grow in a caring and challenging environment.

Where will you be in the organization?

The division

GSO (Global Service Operations) purpose is to deliver High quality services to all internal and external customers.

The department / team

OS & DB intermediary product Line aims to deliver technical solutions to improve the users & application team experience on OS, DB & Monitoring products.

Providing an automated, secured and reliable environment is our duty.

About the job

Job purpose and mission

In the Linux OS team, you will be part of the French DC Squad. You will work on L3 Incidents / problems changes. Coming from Major Incident Managers, entities or our L2 managed service to solve complex situations or to work on projects.

You will be closely working with the Build squad to deliver automations, to perform security remediations or any continuous improvement initiatives.

Support pro-active maintenance, including software upgrades, patching, hardening, vulnerability management, capacity management, inventory management.

Ensure that agreed service levels are met.

·8000 Virtual guest servers running Linux, managed by Puppet.

·Physical servers running Linux

·On Premise, Private and Public cloud:

oInfrastructure as a Service

oInfrastructure as Code

Your Profile

Expected skills & experience.

Experience

10+ years of experience in Linux IT OPS activities

Technical skills

Experience managing:

Redhat Enterprise Linux and/or Centos 5-8.

Linux or Unix servers of any-distro in numbers 100’s-1000’s of servers.

Redhat Directory Server / DS389 / OpenLDAP would be a plus.

Experience working with Devops methodologies using Git and Puppet, or one of the major configuration management toolsets , Ansible/Salt/Chef.

Professional experience gained during several years in respective areas with a significant period of time working in an OPS context.

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

Soft skills / transversal skills

Communicative 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.

High motivation and ability to work under pressure.

A successful computer science education (University, Technical College etc.) is a big plus

Key behavioral skills include:

·Communication (written and oral)

·Creativity and Innovation

·Analytical / problem solving

·Planning & organising

·Teamworking / 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

XA 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.

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