IT Practices Lead
PUTEAUX, 92, FR, 92800
About the Job
In the frame of the IT transformation, modern and cutting-edge IT operational practices must be in place.
As IT Practices Lead, You will lead the design, implementation and deployment of these IT practices. This program aims then at harmonizing practices among the different teams in charge of the delivery, from Infrastructure teams to IT engineering and Delivery Tribes.
The final objective is to reach a high standard quality for IT operations to maximize operational excellence focusing on quality of services in the following dimension : resilience , security, reliability and efficiency for IT products.
This obviously must be combined with an agile DevOps model and must allow to enforce “You build it You run it” principle with a strong ownership within the Tribes in charge of the delivery.
It requires to address the whole Software Delivery life cycle whatever the underlying stack and hosting.
The practices will be composed of best practices, tooling, procedures and processes.
What you do
- Lead the "TECH CARE" program within Allianz Technology, focusing on applications reliability engineering.
- Define and implement practices across tribes, promoting cloud-native patterns and ensuring compliance with EU regulations (DORA and NIS2).
- Oversee vision, planning, and delivery, measured by KPIs like availability, reliability, security posture, and technical debt indicators.
- Contribute to IT Strategy documents, such as resilience strategy, and ensure audit requirements are met.
- Establish governance to steer technical value of products, implementing visual management to measure tribe performance.
- Design practices based on principles like automation, shift-left security integration, immutability, and leveraging AI capabilities.
- Facilitate community building, follow Agile methodology, and report to the Steering Committee while ensuring process compliance.
What you bring
- Proven ability to manage large programs in an agile manner, including sprint planning and agile ceremonies.
- Ability to identify and implement pragmatic, innovative, and convenient solutions.
- Skill in presenting complex ideas clearly and effectively to facilitate discussions and achieve consensus.
- Capability to "build bridges" across the organization and work under time pressure in complex environments.
- Over 10 years of experience in IT Operations, including incident management, monitoring, and change management.
- Deep knowledge of DevOps, DevSecOps, SRE, and familiarity with COBIT framework and regulations like DORA and NIS2.
- Experience and certifications in ITIL, Agile (Kanban, Scrum, DevOps), and Lean methodologies, with fluency in English for international meetings.
What we offer
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We offer a hybrid work model which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working incl. up to 25 days per year working from abroad.
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We believe in rewarding performance and our compensation and benefits package includes a company bonus scheme, pension, employee shares program and multiple employee discounts (details vary by location).
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From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.
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Flexible working, health and wellbeing offers (including healthcare and parental leave benefits) support to balance family and career and help our people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach.
89891 | Project Management | Management | Non-Executive | Allianz Technology | Full-Time | Permanent
About Allianz Technology
Allianz Technology is the global IT service provider for Allianz and delivers IT solutions that drive the digitalization of the Group. With more than 13,000 employees located in 22 countries around the globe, Allianz Technology works together with other Allianz entities in pioneering the digitalization of the financial services industry.
We oversee the full digitalization spectrum – from one of the industry’s largest IT infrastructure projects that includes data centers, networking, and security, to application platforms that span from workplace services to digital interaction. In short, we deliver full-scale, end-to-end IT solutions for Allianz in the digital age.
D&I statement
Allianz Technology is proud to be an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the working environment. We are interested in your strengths and experience. We welcome all applications from all people regardless of gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, age, nationality, religion, disability, or philosophy of life.
To Recruitment Agencies:
Allianz Technology has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firm recruiters.
When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place. Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz.
Join us. Let´s care for tomorrow.
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