Senior Enterprise Architect - Azure Cloud

Context

Our mission at a leading global insurance group is to empower people to live a better life. The company aims to evolve from a perceived payer of claims to a trusted partner in life for its customers. In this context, the role is to support and empower all teams to collectively achieve this meaningful ambition.

The most powerful levers to achieve this can be summarized as Innovation and Execution, which drive all operational teams:

• Innovation: To create and provide the prerequisites and opportunities for all teams to develop leading, innovative solutions addressing the needs of current and future customers
• Execution: To build an environment enabling teams across the world to bring their ideas to life and deliver on the company’s promises to customers

Concrete goals include:

• Reinforce and deliver value creation for the global organization
• Support and foster innovation across the company
• Embed simplicity and empowerment in day-to-day activities while contributing effectively to the mission and strategy
• Support the strategy to globalize and standardize technologies across countries

Within the organization and under the Group CIO, the Group Technology Office defines and leads the technology vision and strategy to ensure that the IT platform enables innovation and growth, while maintaining quality, security, and resilience of services aligned with business priorities.

Based on this vision and strategy, the Group Technology Office also defines transformation and adoption plans in close collaboration with Data, Technology Innovation, and Business teams. It establishes Business, Enterprise, Platform, and Application Architectures to enable the adoption of new technologies and market solutions, in alignment with business ambitions and priorities.

Missions

In coordination with the Group Technology Office, the service will study the security reinforcement of global management tools used to deliver hosting services to entities worldwide.

The Enterprise Architect service will provide deliverables including:

• Analysis of the current environment composed of various tools
• Benchmarking against current market best practices
• Definition of target infrastructure(s) for Critical IT Administration Tools

The study will also include:

• Review of processes and Target Operating Model (TOM)
• Alignment with organizational vision, principles, standards, and target architecture

This work will be conducted in close collaboration with:

• Product owners of administration tools
• Security and risk teams

The proposed solution must be presented to governance bodies, including executive stakeholders. All recommendations must be supported with clear justifications and demonstrated value.

To achieve this objective, the Enterprise Architect service will rely on its expertise and network.

Tools & Environment

• Infrastructure Management (Infrastructure as Code, Configuration as Code, Privileged Access Management)
• Virtualization technologies (VMware, Azure, AWS)
• Enterprise architecture evolution aligned with strategy, combining business, technical, and financial perspectives
• IT systems analysis, planning, risk management, application rationalization/TCO, IT security
• Market solutions and comparable infrastructure models

Working Conditions

• Client: Leading global insurance group
• Type of contract: Service contract
• Role: Cloud Azure Architect
• Location: Paris 16
• Duration: Long-term
• Daily rate: 650€
• Start date: ASAP
• Language: Fluent English required
• Additional: 2 days free at the start of the mission
• Application: Name + first name + CV in English

1. Expertise in Infrastructure Management (Infrastructure as Code, Configuration as Code, Privileged Access Management)
2. Strong knowledge of virtualization technologies (VMware, Azure, AWS)
3. Ability to drive enterprise architecture evolution aligned with strategy, combining business, technical, and financial perspectives
4. Expertise in analysis, critical thinking, decision-making, IT systems, planning, risk management, application rationalization/TCO, IT security, and problem-solving
5. Strong capability in influence, stakeholder consultation, and negotiation
6. Solid understanding of market solutions and comparable infrastructure models
7. Leadership: Strong results orientation, adaptability, and ability to drive change and collaboration
8. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively in a global environment and explain complex architectural concepts clearly to both senior management and technical teams
9. Strong interpersonal skills, curiosity, and ability to identify opportunities beyond challenges
10. Proven ability to work effectively in global and multicultural contexts
11. English mandatory
12. Strong expertise in IT strategy and senior-level solution architecture
13. Experience designing architectures for large-scale environments
14. Proven change management experience in international transformation programs
15. Commitment to high-quality deliverables, even under tight timelines
16. Strong team collaboration mindset