DevOps Engineer Expert

**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:

- 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

AXA Group Operations & GDAI

AXA Group Operations (AXA GO) is committed to empowering all AXA teams to achieve our shared ambition. The

pillars of innovation and execution drive us daily:

- Innovation: Develop foundations and opportunities for AXA teams to create innovative solutions addressing current and future client needs.
- Execution: Provide an environment where global teams can realize their ideas and fulfill promises to our clients.

Key Objectives:

- Enhance value creation across the AXA Group.
- Foster and promote innovation within AXA, in collaboration with Group Business Innovation division.
- Automate processes, simplify daily work, and contribute effectively to AXA’s mission and strategy.

Group Data, AI, and Innovation (GDAI) is a department at AXA GO. The GDAI department focuses on data maturity

and innovation within the group by:

- Defining ambitions regarding data maturity.
- Building and managing the community.
- Conducting research and providing expertise.
- Assisting entities with less mature data practices.
- Identifying and developing disruptive advanced technologies.
- Creating use-cases for specific technologies in collaboration with entities.

This department plays a crucial role in advancing AXA's technological landscape, driving innovation and

optimizing data practices across the organization.

Purpose of the job

The DevOps Engineer is responsible for driving the adoption of DevOps and automation mindset and practices across the organization, ensuring operational excellence and fostering continuous improvement leveraging

modern practices and tooling (including GenAI). This role emphasizes hands-on implementation of cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, GCP), CI/CD, container orchestration and infrastructure automation, while promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing within engineering communities.

Main responsibilities/activities
- DevOps leadership: Lead the implementation and governance of DevOps and SRE practices, ensuring alignment with best industry standards and fostering collaboration across internal stakeholders and engineering communities.
- Operational maturity: Evaluate the operational maturity level of teams and define a future vision for DevOps, providing guidance to support the adoption of best practices and operational excellence.
- Governance and strategy: Establish and maintain a DevOps governance framework and lead the definition and implementation of the DevOps strategy, focusing on orchestration, automation, and operational processes.
- Collaboration and advocacy: Actively promote a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing, encouraging InnerSourcing of projects and supporting engineering teams in adopting DevOps practices.
- Organization and/or participation in internal and external events.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design, build, and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using tools suchas Terraform.
- Cloud security: Implement and enforce cloud security best practices, ensuring compliance with established guidelines.
- CI/CD optimization: Develop and optimize continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines to ensure smooth and reliable code delivery.
- Generative AI solutions for DevOps and CI/CD, driving innovation and efficiency in our processes.

Expected Skills and Experience
- Experience: