Mapfre is a global insurance multinational and the leading insurer in the Spanish market, operating across five continents with a presence in over 40 countries. As a benchmark in the industry, the company provides a comprehensive range of insurance, reinsurance, and financial services, employing over 30,000 people globally and serving millions of customers.

Headquartered in Madrid, Mapfre offers a stable and traditional corporate environment with a strong emphasis on digital transformation. For international professionals, the company is particularly relevant for its growing tech and data hubs in Spain, which focus on Cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Cybersecurity, though a high level of Spanish proficiency is generally expected for most positions.

Founded in 1933 as a mutual insurance company for rural estate owners in Spain, Mapfre expanded throughout the 20th century to become a diversified global financial group. It completed its demutualization process in 2006, leading to its current structure as a listed multinational corporation.

For international professionals

Largest Spanish insurance company with a massive global footprint and headquarters in Madrid.
Offers diverse career paths in technical fields such as Data Science, Cloud Operations, and AI Strategy.
Provides a robust benefits package including private health insurance, life insurance, and pension schemes.
Maintains a strong commitment to internal mobility and long-term professional development for its employees.
While the corporate language is Spanish, its global operations provide a multicultural environment for international hires.

This job was published 3 months ago

Arquitecto/a de Infraestructura y Cloud

Mapfre

This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English. You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.

Job Description

LOCATION.- MAJADAHONDA - CR. POZUELO DE ALARCON, 50-1

At Mapfre, we are looking for an Infrastructure and Cloud Architect who will be responsible for designing, governing, and leading the technological architecture in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.). This role will bring strategic vision, innovation, and experience, and will be a key player in platform transformation, modernization, and standardization initiatives.

The role involves ensuring that the designed architecture is efficient, scalable, secure, and meets corporate/security requirements. The role also includes serving as a key figure in the Architecture field and collaborating with other teams within the area.

The ability to lead and manage teams, strategic vision of technological architecture, adaptability, learning, and interpersonal skills such as communication and talent development will be valued.

Responsibilities

Design and govern scalable, secure, and modular cloud architectures.
Design and lead initiatives for simplification, standardization and technological modernization.
Design and lead application migration plans to the cloud.
Design cloud architectures with high availability, scalability, and resilience.
Ensuring security, compliance and cost efficiency (FinOps).
Collaborate with areas of architecture, development, cloud, security, etc.
Promote automation strategies, CI/CD, observability, etc.
Document the Cloud Architecture (logical and physical)
Coordinate with DevOps and SRE teams to ensure proper use of the architectural design.
Design and govern a networking architecture for the platforms.

Requirements

Deep mastery of AWS and its core services:

Compute: EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS
Storage: S3, EFS, FSx
Networking: VPC, TGW, Direct Connect, ELB, API Gateway
Security: Advanced IAM, WAF, Security Hub, GuardDuty
Databases: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB

Valuable experience in containers (Docker, Kubernetes), API management and modern architectures, as well as experience in observability, monitoring and logging services.
Understanding modern architectures: microservices, serverless, event-driven, etc.
Experience with enterprise architectures and regulated environments.
Solid experience in Openshift
AWS Solutions Architect - Professional level certifications
AWS Advanced Networking certification is a plus.
Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator certification is a plus.
Experience in cloud data architectures.
Experience in Landing Zones and complex platforms.
Previous experience managing teams

Experience

At least 6 years of experience in architecture, cloud architecture, or related technical roles.
At least 4 years of direct experience designing cloud solutions and architectures.
At least 4 years of experience with Openshift.
Demonstrable experience leading complex migration/modernization projects.
Minimum 3 years managing teams.

Skills

Leading and managing teams.

Teamwork and collaboration.

Decision-making ability and autonomy in critical and complex environments.

Active communication with technical and non-technical profiles.

Effective delegation based on different profiles and situations.

Prioritization capacity.

Results-oriented and process optimization.

Tracking KPIs and performance metrics.

Focus on delivering value to the business.

Ability to motivate and develop talent.

Ability to design architectures.

Process documentation capacity.

Critical thinking and continuous improvement.

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UBICACIÓN.- MAJADAHONDA - CR. POZUELO DE ALARCON, 50-1

En Mapfre estamos buscando un perfil de Arquitecto/a de Infraestructura y Cloud que será responsable de diseñar, gobernar y liderar la arquitectura tecnológica en entornos cloud (AWS, Azure, etc). Aportará una visión estratégica, innovación. experiencia y será un referente en iniciativas de transformación, modernización y estandarización de plataformas.

Se asegurará que la arquitectura diseñada sea eficiente, escalable, segura y cumpla con los requisitos de seguridad/corporativos. Será un referente en el área de Arquitectura y colaborará con otros equipos del área.

Se valorará la capacidad de liderar y gestionar equipos, visión estratégica de la arquitectura tecnológica, adaptabilidad, aprendizaje y habilidades interpersonales como comunicación y desarrollo de talento.

Responsabilidades

Diseñar y gobernar arquitecturas cloud escalables, seguras y modulares.
Diseñar y liderar iniciativas de simplificación, estandarización y modernización tecnológica.
Diseñar y liderar planes de migración de aplicaciones a cloud.
Diseñar arquitecturas cloud de HA, escalabilidad y resiliencia.
Garantizar la seguridad, compliance y eficiencia de costes (FinOps).
Colaborar con áreas de arquitectura, desarrollo, cloud, seguridad, etc.
Impulsar estrategias de automatización, CI/CD, observabilidad, etc.
Documentar la Arquitectura Cloud (lógica y física)
Coordinarse con equipos DevOps y SRE para garantizar un buen uso del diseño de arquitectura.
Diseñar y gobernar una arquitectura de Networking para las plataformas.

Requisitos

Dominio profundo de AWS y sus servicios core:

Compute: EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS
Almacenamiento: S3, EFS, FSx
Networking: VPC, TGW, Direct Connect, ELB, API Gateway
Seguridad: IAM avanzado, WAF, Security Hub, GuardDuty
Bases de datos: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB

Valorable experiencia en contenedores (Docker, Kubernetes), API management y arquitecturas modernas, así como experiencia en servicios de observabilidad, monitorización y logging.
Comprensión de arquitecturas modernas: microservicios, serverless, event-driven, etc.
Experiencia con arquitecturas empresariales y entornos regulados.
Experiencia sólida en Openshift
Certificaciones de nivel AWS Solutions Architect - Professional
Valorable cerificación AWS Advanced Networking.
Valorable certificación Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator
Experiencia en arquitecturas de datos en cloud.
Experiencia en Landing Zones y plataformas complejas.
Experiencia previa gestionando equipos

Experiencia

Al menos 6 años de experiencia en posiciones de arquitectura, arquitectura cloud o roles técnicos relacionados.
Al menos 4 años de experiencia directa diseñando soluciones y arquitecturas en cloud.
Al menos 4 años de experiencia con Openshift.
Experiencia demostrable liderando proyectos complejos de migración/modernización.
Mínimo 3 años gestionando equipos.

Habilidades

Liderar y gestionar equipos.

Trabajo en equipo y colaboración.

Capacidad de decisión y autonomía en entornos críticos y complejos.

Comunicación activa con perfiles técnicos y no técnicos.

Delegación efectiva en base a diferentes perfiles y situaciones.

Capacidad de priorización.

Orientación a resultados y optimización de procesos.

Seguimiento de KPIs y métricas de rendimiento.

Enfoque en entregar valor al negocio.

Capacidad de motivar y desarrollar talento.

Capacidad de diseñar arquitecturas.