BE THE DIFFERENCE
At AIA we don’t simply believe in being ‘the best’. We believe in better – because there’s no limit to how far ‘better’ can take us. Everything we do is driven by our purpose to make a difference by helping people embrace Healthier, Longer, Better Lives. And every one of our people has an important part role to play. If you want to make a difference by helping shape a healthier, better-protected Australia, read on.
The Opportunity:
AIA Australia is currently undergoing a large technology, data and business transformation program resulting in refreshing the technology blueprint and the introduction of contemporary ways of working with the aim of creating a simpler, faster more connected organisation.
The Technology Environment Manager leads the definition, implementation and maintenance of procedures and standards for AIA Australia’s environment management. Spans across both cloud and on-premise technology environments adopting a best of breed model.
Primarily this role will be responsible for overseeing and optimising the modernisation of technology environments, ensuring reliability, security and efficiency. A pivotal role in driving technology initiatives, both change and run, and maintaining a robust and scalable technology environment to support a high paced, dynamic environment.
This role reports directly into the GM Technology Modernisation and can be based in either Sydney or Melbourne.
The successful candidate would be responsible for:
- Analysing and documenting the current state of various AIA Australia Technology environments
- Leading the identification of appropriate desired environments and associated medium term objectives
- Taking an involved approach to create automation scripts and develop guidelines to ensure environments are replicated correctly
- Monitoring the state of the test environments with relevant tools/scripts
- Continually manage the expectations of the business and project stakeholders as the technical solution evolves
- End to end ownership of the test environment by working with multiple internal teams and vendors to ensure the right technology conditions are created and supported
- Together with the Test Manager and QA/Test teams and Technical Leads, manage all environment related issues and escalations
To be successful in this position, you will have:
- Extensive previous demonstrated experience in technology environments, infrastructure and middleware space application development
- Substantial previous commercial experience within software development projects preferably within the Financial Services sector
- Significant previous experience in the areas of software design and architecture
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and evolving technology landscape
- Strong understanding and hands-on environment management experience in managing complex business applications in both data center and cloud environments
- Solid understanding of cloud computing, virtualisation and networking technologies
- Strong experience in DevOps tools including BitBucket, Jenkins, JIRA, Confluence
Why choose AIA:
- At AIA, we’ve made a promise to help people live healthier, longer, better lives. And it starts with our own people
- AIA Australia is part of the larger regional Asia AIA Group, which is the largest public listed life insurance company in the Asia-Pacific region
- Access our training and development to build on your current skills
- Career development through internal mobility opportunities
- Work for a business helping millions of Australians and make a difference to someone’s life everyday
- Access additional leave days a year to recharge and refresh yourself
- Enjoy wonderful Health and Wellbeing initiatives that support you
- Work with supportive and inclusive working environment
- Flexible working arrangement
At AIA Australia, we’re proud to help guide, support and protect the wellbeing of over 3.5 million Australians. Through life and health insurance, financial wellbeing and our total wellbeing ecosystem that includes AIA Vitality – the world’s leading science-backed wellbeing programme – we’ve started a movement to make Australia the healthiest, best protected nation in the world.
As part of the AIA Group - the largest independent publicly listed pan-Asian life insurance group with a presence in 18 markets in Asia-Pacific – it is our ambition to engage one billion people to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives by 2030. Lots of companies like to say they’re different. What makes us truly different at AIA, is the difference we make in people’s lives.
AIA is different. Are you?