Manager CTO Engineering Enablement

Accountabilities / Responsibilities:

• Design, architect, and deliver complex Azure infrastructure and platform solutions ensuring security, compliance, and governance best practices are consistently applied.

• Champion automation-first approaches through Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep) and CI/CD pipelines.

• Drive adoption of modern DevOps and GitOps practices, enabling seamless deployments and platform consistency across environments.

• Collaborate with application, security, and operations teams to ensure end-to-end solution delivery.

• Establish and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines for build, release, and infrastructure deployments.

• Define and implement cloud governance, cost optimization, RBAC policies, and compliance controls at enterprise scale.

• Oversee Kubernetes / ARO platforms, containers, registries, and related services to enable modern application hosting.

• Guide teams in the use of Agile frameworks (Scrum/Kanban) and tools such as Jira/Confluence.

• Support development teams with scripting, APIs, and automation to accelerate delivery.

• Promote knowledge sharing, provide mentorship, and drive cloud community of practice within M&G.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Education al Qualification :

Knowledge & Skills:

Required

• Strong leadership in Azure IaaS and PaaS (VMs, Networking, Storage, SQL DB, App Services, Monitoring).

• Expertise in CI/CD with Azure DevOps and pipeline automation.

• Hands-on with Terraform, ARM templates , Ansible and PowerShell scripting.

• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, ARO, Helm).

• Proven ability to design and enforce Azure governance & RBAC models .

• Working knowledge of network security concepts (Firewalls, NSGs, Palo Alto preferred).

• Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to work independently in Agile/DevOps environments and resolve complex problems.

Desired

• Experience in Linux/Windows OS administration .

• Proficiency with Bash or advanced PowerShell scripting for automation.

• Experience in hybrid and multi-cloud integration.

• Knowledge of enterprise platforms ( Apigee, OpenShift, JFrog Artifactory).

• Programming experience in Python or JavaScript .

• Hands-on with application monitoring and APM suites .

• E xposure to Power Platform and Power BI .

• Familiarity with FinOps practices for cloud cost governance.

• Leverage AI tools wherever appropriate to improve productivity

• Proficient in monitoring tools such as SonarQube and ELK/Kibana .

Experience:

Minimum 5 + years of relevant experience as a cloud engineer who can showcase working independently and along with the team.

Education al Qualification:

• Graduate /Masters in any discipline

• Cloud certifications would be an added advantage