Platform Network Engineer

Platform Network Engineer

We have an exciting opportunity in our Platform Engineering team for a Platform Network Engineer to join us. You'll focus primarily on creating, designing, and delivering networking solutions across our hybrid cloud environment. At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team, and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients, or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

What you'll be doing:

• Providing consultancy to development teams across on-premise and cloud environments on technical security and compliance, network architectural mentorship, and proof of concepts using Azure PaaS and other services
• Leading and validating the design and development of secure standards to support application and infrastructure components, both internal and external facing, with a strong focus on auditable compliance
• Ensuring solutions are developed in line with strategic target architecture from an application design and infrastructure/platform perspective
• Partnering with solution architects and global product management to define standardized solution and services baselines to meet strict security targets and converging platform principles
• Demonstrating innovations through prototyping and proof of concept work
• Building strong relationships with key stakeholders such as the Enterprise Information Architect, Solution and Enterprise Architects, as well as delivery teams

What you'll bring:

• Strong experience of implementing networking solutions in an infrastructure as code driven automated environment
• Passion for developing best practices and good understanding of Azure best practice design principles
• Expertise with hybrid network models and enterprise integration patterns
• Experience of coding for infrastructure across IaaS/PaaS/SaaS
• Up to date knowledge of current and emerging technologies and trends in the Azure space
• Ability to mentor juniors and peers
• Good stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Certified AZ-700 Azure Network Engineer Associate

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorized to work in the United Kingdom.

What we offer:

• Competitive annual salary of up to £70,000 dependent on experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private medical cover
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts

To apply, click on the 'apply for this job' button, you'll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We're proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don't discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we're proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to lauren.standen@axa-insurance.co.uk.

Who we are: AXA UK Support Functions power AXA's three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support, and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you've got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you're just starting out, we'll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.