Virtualization & Compute Engineer Expert - Malaysia, Selangor - AXA Group Operations

    AXA Group Operations
    AXA Group Operations Malaysia, Selangor

    4 weeks ago

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    About AXA Group Operations:

    AXA Group Operations is a leading company with a focus on providing operational support to the AXA Group. With over 7000 employees operating in more than 13 countries, AXA Group Operations is responsible for the following divisions: Group CIO, Group Technology Operations, Group Security, Group Emerging Data & Technology, Group Procurement & Sourcing, Group Operations Transformation, Strategic Programs, Group Operations Finance, GO General Secretary and Risks, and AXA GO BO (legal entity: AXA Business Services).

    Job context:

    Under Group IT Services Distributed Products, The 'Virtualization & Compute' product aims at delivering best in class virtualization and compute capabilities 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 server virtualization technologies, working in a global mode with all the regions.

    Responsibilities:

    • You drive forward the evolution of AXA GO's server virtualization platform, gradually evolving to the private cloud concept.
    • BAU activities in the technology domain - such as VM resource expansion reduction (CPU, mem, disk), backup checks and VM recovery, SRM checks & maintenance.
    • You provide level 2 and 3 support for virtualization related incidents & problems.
    • You actively participate in projects (e.g. Datacenter urbanization, Platform evolution, Core IT decommissioning, security remediation & related parameter adaptation rollouts.
    • You organize knowledge transfer to colleagues providing Level 1 support.
    • You provide consultancy & feedback towards AXA GO markets and Service Management teams.
    • You are on standby (24/7) one week a month and can participate to Early Morning Operations (EMO) or planned changes out of business hours.
    • You participate to DRP tests campaigns.
    • You actively participate in audits remediations and security projects.
    • You provide and share documentations.
    • You provide capacity management reporting and visibility on action.
    • Internal communication with the team colleagues and with the AXA teams.

    Following knowledge and experience areas are mandatory:

    • VMWare vSphere 6.x, vCenter 7, vCSA 7, ESXi7, vSAN, SRM, vROps, vRA, vcF, vCenter Photon OS appliances, LogInsight.
    • Windows Server 2016 and 2019.
    • Scripting skills and automation : PowerShell, Python.
    • Basics of Windows and Linux.
    • Proven experience in IT production environment (incident, 24H/7 on duty, early morning organization), with DRP architecture.
    • A good experience on VMWare migration & upgrade.
    • Audit and security skills.
    • Strong general knowledge in IT and datacenter infrastructure architectures.

    Knowledge in one or more of the following areas is an asset:

    • Hyper convergent solution skills is appreciated Nutanix PRISM, Netapp HCI.
    • HP and/or IBM Hardware.
    • SAN HBA usage & connectivity.
    • LAN NIC usage & connectivity.
    • Directory Services (AD/LDAP awareness to enable central security management).
    • ITIL processes.

    Soft skills:

    • You have the requested technical knowledge and ideally, a similar experience.
    • You are eager to learn new technologies.
    • Proficiency with documentation writing.
    • You can work autonomously and are proactive.
    • You have strong analytical skills.
    • You are open to change.
    • You have good communication skills, are customer centric and a team player.
    • You are stress resistant.
    • You speak fluently English, and additionally French or German is nice to have.
    • Flexibility in working hours / location / standby.