Storage Lead Expert (NetApp)

THE STORAGE TEAM

Under Group IT Services Distributed Products, the Storage product delivers best‑in‑class Storage capabilities (SAN – Sunset Product, NAS, Hyperconverged) for AXA GO and its entities. As a member of this team you will be responsible for engineering and operating new solutions in Storage Technologies and its ecosystem, working globally across all regions. As part of the Cloud Transformation program (ATLAS), AXA GO will modernise the regional data‑center footprint to support workloads not eligible for the Public Cloud.

YOUR MAIN TASKS

1‑ Storage Infrastructure Management

• Design and deploy Network‑Attached Storage (NAS) and cloud‑based storage solutions.
• Configure volumes and storage tiers based on performance needs.
• Optimize storage performance through tuning and load balancing.
• 24/7 on‑duty and early‑morning organization.
• Provide and share documentation (LLD, procedures, processes).

2‑ Data Protection & Backup

• Implement backup and disaster recovery strategies to prevent data loss.
• Work with backup solutions as needed.
• Develop replication strategies across data centers for business continuity.

3‑ Storage Security & Compliance

• Implement encryption, access controls, and role‑based permissions to secure stored data.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and other regulatory standards.
• Monitor and prevent ransomware and unauthorized access to storage systems.
• Participate in audit issue remediation.

4‑ Capacity Planning & Optimization

• Conduct storage utilization analysis and forecast future storage needs.
• Optimize storage efficiency with deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning.
• Automate storage management using scripts (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).

5‑ Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning

• Identify and resolve latency, IOPS bottlenecks, or disk failures.
• Perform firmware updates, storage patches, and system health checks.
• Work closely with network and database teams to optimise end‑to‑end data flow.
• Incident management – resolution and communication.

YOUR PROFILE

Following knowledge and experience areas are mandatory:

• NAS NetApp storage expert – mandatory.
• Switch Broadcom knowledge – mandatory.
• NAS upgrade – mandatory.
• NAS Refresh – mandatory.
• NetApp Cloud Volume ONTAP and/or AWS FSx N skills are appreciated.
• Hyperconverged solution skills are appreciated: Nutanix, VSAN.
• Proven experience in IT production environments (incident management, 24/7 on‑duty, early‑morning organization), with DRP architecture.
• Scripting skills and automation: Python, Ansible, Terraform.
• Strong general knowledge of IT and datacenter infrastructure architectures.
• Documentation: maintain clear and comprehensive documentation (LLD, exploitation procedures, processes, training materials).

Requested soft skills

• Autonomous, teamwork spirit and self‑organized working, respectful of the process.
• Curiosity, assertiveness.
• Customer‑centric and result‑oriented.
• Ability to work in dynamic, matrix‑structured global organisations.
• Upper‑intermediate level of written and spoken English is a must.
• Communication skill.
• French speaking would be appreciated.

Equal Opportunity

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.