Azure DevOps Engineer.

AXA Group; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Eco vouchers

Public transport reimbursement

Cafeteria plan

Partial work-from-home

Job summary

AXA Belgium is strengthening its Relationship and Contact Management team by hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer. You will focus on automation and lifecycle management, contributing to secure, scalable deployments of Azure/.NET/MSSQL based services.

You will collaborate with Developers, Testers, and offshore teams, ensuring efficient operations and adherence to ITIL and AGILE practices. Excellent English is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor in IT is required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with similar responsibilities and technical environments.
• Solution minded with strong logic to assess resolutions.
• Fast learner, capable of leading and working autonomously with an outside-the-box mindset.
• Good knowledge of English.

Responsibilities

• Work primarily as an Ops Engineer with Automation Scripting Development responsibilities.
• Collaborate with Developers, Testers, cross-department SPOCs, and Offshore teams.
• Manage Application Life Cycle, problem management, and release management per AXA security guidelines.
• Perform FinOps to evaluate costs before implementations.
• Discuss with stakeholders and support the team.
• Manage incidents by tracing end-to-end flows and analyzing stack traces.
• Implement Infra-As-Code end to end and support BAU operations.

Skills

Leadership

Autonomy

Problem solving

English language

Education

Bachelor in IT

Tools

Azure DevOps

Azure

IIS

MSSQL

Dynamics 365

Dataverse

PowerShell

Networking

Kudu

Job description

Azure DevOps Engineer CONTEXT: AXA Belgium is looking to strengthen its Relationship and Contact Management team with a DevOps engineer. The digital world is a booming market and AXA is eager to continuously improve its “customer facing” front-end and mobile applications services through robust and cost-efficient platforms, standardized and automated for fast business enablement. Within specific domains of the company, the Relationship and Contact Management team provides daily services on distributed infrastructure solutions within the context of the supported technologies (Azure,.Net, MSSQL, IIS, MS Dynamics 365...), under the governance of ITIL methodology and an AGILE Way of Working. Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Dataverse, and automating their lifecycle through Azure DevOps, is an important asset, especially for managing environments, deployments, integrations, security, and monitoring. With skills to build a strong helicopter view of any situation, our new DevOps Engineer applies these solutions in line with the AXA strategy, the local standard architecture, the operational guidelines of operations support and SLA’s (productivity, quality,...) agreed with the business.

DESCRIPTION

In the role of Senior DevOps engineer, your contribution consists of the following activities:

• You work principally as an Ops Engineer, with Automation Scripting Development responsibilities
• You work closely with various stakeholders (Developers, Testers, cross-department SPOCs, Offshore teams, etc...)
• You are responsible of the Application’s Life Cycle Management, problem management, and release management, in line with AXA security guidelines.
• You play the role of FinOps, capable to evaluate the cost of an implementation before pushing the button.
• You support your team and discuss directly with the different stakeholder.
• You manage incidents – Understand end to end flow – Analyse a stacktrace.
• You manage the Business-As-Usual operations within your area of expertise.
• You implement Infra-As-Code end to end.

QUALIFICATIONS

• You possess a Bachelor in IT.
• You have a minimum of 5 years of experience with similar responsibilities and technical environments.
• You are solution minded, with strong logic skills allowing you to assess a resolution path to any queries.
• You are a fast learner, can act as a leader, and are capable to work autonomously with an “outside of the box” mindset.
• You have a good knowledge of English.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• .NET server administration (IIS / Windows server)
• Azure administration (IAM / .NET based apps / Networking)
• Azure DevOps (GIT / CI.CD pipelines IaC/YAML /Permissions mgmt.)
• Azure APIM (Api Mgt)
• Azure Data Factory o Azure ARM templates o Azure Cost mgmt. o Powershell and the different Azure library o Server OS (Linux + Windows) o Web service concepts (SOAP / REST / API management) o Web servers (IIS / HAproxy / Reverse Proxy) o Data integrations (MSSQL) o Security concepts (SSL / Certificates / security gateways / resource hardening) o Monitoring tools (Dynatrace / Application insights) o Networking concepts (LAN / TCP.IP / Load balancing / Firewall management) o Debugging (Openssl, Postman, Network Trace Analysis, Kudu, Dev Tools, …) o SDLC process and different SDA tool use in AXA is a big advantage (Octopus)
• Azure certifications: o AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals) o Z-104 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure (Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure)
• FUNCTIONAL AND OPERATIONAL SKILLS: Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Dataverse and its architecture; Management of environments and deployments between Development, Test and Production; Automation of the solution lifecycle via Azure DevOps and CI/CD; Integration with Azure, API Management, SQL and other systems; Management of access, service accounts, certificates and secrets; Monitoring, incident diagnosis and dependency analysis; Collaboration with functional CRM teams and Dynamics Developers.

DIFFERENCE & INCLUSION

AXA aims to be a reflection of the diverse society in which we live and has therefore been pursuing a policy of active diversity, non-discrimination, and equal opportunities for many years. In this context, we guarantee equal treatment and access to recruitment, regardless of age, origin, cultural background, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or other characteristics.

OUR COMPANY

AXA Belgium We are more than 3000 employees, partnering with 3200 brokers, located in our modern offices in Brussels, Antwerp, Eupen, and Liège. We are serving 3 million customers, and we are proud to be the number 1 car insurer. It is our ambition to not only be a payer but rather a real partner for our customers. Our four core values drive us every day to give our best for our customers while collaborating effectively with our colleagues: Customer First, Integrity, Courage, and One AXA. At AXA, we reject unfair or unlawful discrimination in any form. More info in ourDiversity & Inclusion Policy.

WHAT WE OFFER

• A nice reward for your work
• An attractive salary, supplemented with discretionary personal and collective bonuses and of course, meal and eco vouchers, the full reimbursement of public transport, and a cafeteria plan.
• The benefits of working at an insurance company From group to hospitalization insurance and ambulatory care (family members can also join at an advantageous rate) and with up to 30% discount on all additional insurance products.
• A job that respects your personal life and dreams
• A flexible schedule of 35 hours per week, 36 days of leave per year to recharge, as well as the option to work partially from home.
• You will benefit from sports classes at work, employee wellness programs and trainings, to keep you in great shape, both physically and mentally.