Senior Manager CTO Cloud Engineering

M&G India; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

M&G India, the strategic innovation and digital hub for M&G, seeks an experienced Azure DevOps professional to architect and deliver secure cloud infrastructure. You will drive automation, governance, and CI/CD practices, collaborating with global teams across Agile environments.

You will mentor peers, optimize pipelines, and ensure scalable, compliant cloud solutions using Kubernetes, Terraform, and Azure tools within a dynamic, inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Automation and DevOps at the heart of all work you tackle.
• Created solutions using containerisation and hands on experience in Kubernetes implementations (Preferably Azure redhat Openshift / OpenShift).
• Proficiency in developing infrastructure automation scripts using Terraform.
• Thorough understanding of CI and CD using YAML & Azure DevOps.
• Comfortable with ARM templates, Shell script and Azure PowerShell scripts.
• Good working knowledge of Azure core infrastructure resources.
• Effective communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to solve problems independently in an Agile/Scrum/Kanban environment.
• Proficiency integrating Azure resources to deliver end-to-end automation.
• Proficiency with Azure RBAC and governance policies.
• Knowledge of building VM images with Packer/Ansible or config management tools.
• Networking knowledge on DNS and Firewall security.
• Experience with containers, registries, Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver complex Azure infrastructure solutions ensuring security and governance best practices are followed.
• Embrace and adapt to the changing environment by developing applications or scripts in the language of choice.
• Torch bearer for the team – SME or go-to person for the product/project and maintain high delivery standards.
• Develop products with minimal instructions and troubleshoot complex incidents.
• Mentor team members and share knowledge to enable collaboration.
• Articulate business value to senior stakeholders and manage expectations.
• Understand risk and controls around cloud applications.
• Follow the SDLC within the team and work in an Agile/DevOps setting.
• Collaborate across levels for experiential learnings, using Jira/Confluence.
• Focus on scalability, resilience, security, quality, and reducing technical debt.
• Promote cloud best practices and mentor others.
• Create and maintain build/release pipelines across Azure DevOps projects.

Skills

Automation & DevOps

Kubernetes (Azure OpenShift/OpenShift)

Terraform

CI/CD with YAML & Azure DevOps

Azure ARM templates & PowerShell

Azure core infra

Communication skills

Agile/Scrum/Kanban

Azure resources integration

Azure RBAC

Azure governance & compliance

VM image build (Packer/Ansible)

Networking and security (DNS, Firewall

Containers, registries, Helm, GitOps

Education

Graduate/Masters in any discipline

Cloud certifications (advantage)

Job description

About M&G India

We are M&G India, the strategic innovation and digital hub for M&G. Established in 2003, we have offices in Mumbai and Pune.

About M&G India

We are M&G India, the strategic innovation and digital hub for M&G. Established in 2003, we have offices in Mumbai and Pune.

Our teams work closely with colleagues across the Group worldwide to drive transformation, build digital capability, and support sustainable growth. By leveraging technology, AI, automation, and process excellence, we bring new ways of thinking to improve outcomes for both customers and colleagues.

Grounded in a vibrant culture with strong foundations, we are central to how M&G is transforming as a business.

About M&G

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

Accountabilities/Responsibilities

• Design and deliver complex Azure infrastructure solutions ensuring security and governance best practices are followed
• Embrace and adapt to the changing environment by developing applications or script in the language of choice.
• Torch bearer for the team – being a SME or go to person for the product/project. Validate and challenge the technical changes by maintaining the high standard for the delivery. Keep very relevant to the technology space.
• Can develop products with little instructions, should be able to troubleshoot in case of adverse incident and should be able to dissect complex problems.
• Should be able to Mentor the team members, proactively look for sharing the knowledge and encourage collaboration.
• Should be able to clearly articulate business values to the senior stakeholders and manage their expectation well.
• Understand the risk and controls around the applications running in cloud.
• Follow the software development lifecycle defined within the team .
• Be able to appreciate truly Agile ways of working/development using tools like Jira/Confluence.
• Collaborate with peers across various levels for experiential learnings.
• Focus on Scalability, resilience, security, quality and continuous rigour to reduce technical debt.
• Advance the cloud community through sharing of best practice and mentoring others.
• Create and maintain build and release pipelines across Azure DevOps projects in order to support infrastructure deployments.

Knowledge & Skills

Required

• Automation and DevOps at the heart of all work you tackle
• Created solutions using containerisation and hands on experience in Kubernetes implementations (Preferably Azure redhat Openshift / OpenShift)
• Proficiency in developing infrastructure automation scripts using Terraform
• Thorough understanding of Continuous integration and continuous delivery using YAML & Azure DevOps.
• Comfortable with ARM templates, Shell script and Azure Power Shell scripts which can then be provided to application teams as consumables.
• Good working and hands on knowledge of Azure core infrastructure resources
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to independently solve problems and build robust solutions and enjoy working with minimal supervision within an Agile/Scrum/Kanban environment
• Proficiency in Integration of various Azure resources (IaaS and PaaS - SQL DB, App Service, Application Insights, Storage accounts etc) to deliver an end-to-end automation.
• Proficiency and thorough understanding of Azure RBAC model.
• Good grasp of Azure governance principles and hands-on experience in rolling out compliance and governance polices.
• Knowledge around building VM images using Packer/Ansible or any config management tool.
• Sound understanding of networking knowledge on DNS and Firewall security like Palo Alto.
• Experience with containers, registries, and related orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Helm charts ). Knowledge of GitOps and the most common tools

Experience

Minimum 7-10 years of relevant experience and 10 years of industry experience who can showcase delivering with the help of the team by taking responsibility end to end

Educational Qualification

• Graduate/Masters in any discipline
• Cloud certifications would be an added advantage

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G Global Services, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.