Senior Manager CTO Cloud Engineering

M&G plc; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

M&G India, the digital hub for M&G, is hiring an experienced Azure DevOps Architect to design and deliver complex cloud infrastructure in Azure from Mumbai/Pune campuses. You will work with global teams to automate deployment and governance.

Minimum 7–10 years in cloud automation, strong Kubernetes, Terraform, YAML, and Azure DevOps experience are required. You will mentor peers and drive end-to-end CI/CD, security, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7–10 years of relevant experience delivering end-to-end cloud automation.
• Experience with Azure core infrastructure and governance.
• Strong knowledge of container orchestration (Kubernetes) and Helm charts.
• Hands-on experience in IaC and CI/CD using YAML and Azure DevOps.
• Ability to design secure, scalable Azure-based solutions and mentor team members.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver complex Azure infrastructure solutions with security and governance.
• Develop applications or scripts in the language of choice and adapt to changing environments.
• Act as SME and go-to person for the product, validating technical changes and maintaining high standards.
• Mentor team members and promote knowledge sharing within an Agile/Scrum/Kanban setup.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure delivery aligns with business value and roadmaps.
• Create and maintain build and release pipelines across Azure DevOps projects.
• Focus on scalability, resilience, security, and reducing technical debt.

Skills

DevOps

Containerisation

Kubernetes

Azure

Terraform

CI/CD

YAML

Azure DevOps

Packer/Ansible

Networking

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in related field

Cloud certifications (added advantage)

Tools

Azure DevOps

Helm

GitOps

Packer

Ansible

Terraform

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.

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.