Assistant vice president - Cloud Enterprise Architect

We are M&G Global Services Private Limited (formerly known as 10FA India Private Limited, and prior to that Prudential Global Services Private Limited). We are a fully owned subsidiary of the M&G plc group of companies, operating as a Global Capability Centre providing a range of value adding services to the Group since 2003. At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.

M&G Global Services has rapidly transformed itself into a powerhouse of capability that is playing an important role in M&G plc s ambition to be the best loved and most successful savings and investments company in the world.

Our diversified service offerings extending from Digital Services (Digital Engineering, AI, Advanced Analytics, RPA, and BI & Insights), Business Transformation, Management Consulting & Strategy, Finance, Actuarial, Quants, Research, Information Technology, Customer Service, Risk & Compliance and Audit provide our people with exciting career growth opportunities. Through our behaviours of 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.

The Role: Enterprise Architecture: Azure Cloud

• Working with Technology Leaders on their Microsoft cloud adoption strategy from Lansing and UK exit.
• Creating high level architectural designs based on customer requirements for infrastructure and applications. IN areas of security cloud architecture, colleague technology, collaboration and cloud workloads.
• Act as the Technical Design Authority on projects alongside the wider Enterprise Architects.
• Provide governance to projects and mentor members of the team, including helping grow solution architect skill in azure.
• Engage with technology stakeholders and ensure our solutions are understood throughout our 3rd party partners. Act as a guide to consumption of cloud technology patterns.
• Engage with customers on a long-term basis and drive Microsoft Azure adoption. Key to this wll be maturity in cloud security posture, cloud resilience posture and cost.
• Work on proposals and RFI s alongside the wider architecture.

Core Technical Knowledge Required:

• Proven experience in leading technical projects (Cloud Adoption, Landing Zone design and deploy, Cloud Migration, Cloud Readiness, Cloud Maturity)
• Solid background in on premises infrastructure, virtualisation technologies or applications.
• Proven experience with Azure IaaS (virtual machines, storage, networking, security).
• Proven experience with Azure Backup & Recovery Services.
• Proven experience with Azure Governance (Blueprints, policies, tagging, cost management).
• Proven experience with Azure SQL Databases (Managed Instances, PaaS, IaaS).
• Proven experience with Azure Security (Zero Trust, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Azure AD, AIP).
• Proven experience with Azure Serverless and integration (Batch, Function, Logic Apps, EventGrid).
• Proven experience with Azure Containers (AKS, ACI, ACR).
• Proven experience with Active Directory (Azure AD, Azure AD DS, on premises AD DS).
• Experience with Windows Server\Linux OS.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform, PowerShell).
• Proven experience with Solution Architecture (Cloud, Security, Hybrid).
• Experience with Microsoft 365, migrations and security.

Desirable:

• Azure Migration
• Azure Security
• Data Migration
• Integration Architecture
• Data Architecture

The person should have extensive experience in cloud or infrastructure delivery and demonstrate:

• Builds and cultivates strong relationships and shows technical and operational leadership to deliver quality, client-centric solutions using Microsoft technologies.
• Manages the architecture, preparation and delivery for large projects and engagements.
• Advocate s innovation both within M&G Technology and with clients and takes a leading role in developing team members to their full potential and promoting collaboration among larger teams.
• Provides advanced technical knowledge, direction and training to others and participates in team practice decisions such as resource allocation, recruitment, and training.
• Datacentre transformation experience - migration of applications, virtual machines and databases.
• Experience leading client engagements and managing technical teams.
• Experience or knowledge of how to modernise applications and processes using the Azure platform and technologies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and manage a range of relationships in a complex environment.
• Strong communication skills (verbal, written and listening): an ability to present information concisely, to communicate in a manner applicable to all levels.
• Able to produce high quality and professional presentations.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to ensure documents are consistent in language, terminology and style.
• Flexible approach to work with a focus on delivery to deadlines and high standards.
• Ability to handle highly confidential information with tact and discretion.
• Ability to engage with C level stakeholders.

KILLS & COMPETENCIES

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Time management & prioritization skills - things can get a little hectic, so the ability to effectively manage yourself and your workload is critical
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (in English or/and other European languages) - you must be able to organize your thoughts in a way that others find clear and compelling. You will be expected to together well-written, grammatically correct emails and other communications. When communicating verbally - whether over the phone, on video calls, in person or in meetings - you will need to be articulate, warm and engaging
• Flexibility - being an effective team player means being flexible in your approach and open to getting involved with new things, even if they are not spelt out in your job description
• Intellectual Curiosity - we are looking for someone who is truly interested in our profession and has the intellectual curiosity to delve deep into topics and bring fresh ideas to the team
• IT Literacy - you need to be comfortable with IT systems and working with data (you should have at least intermediate-level excel)
• Delivery focus - it may sound obvious, but the ability to proactively churn through work at pace and deliver quality outputs really matters
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills

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.