Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.
About the Job
Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured—for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.
At
Prudential Health India (PHI)
, we are on a mission to make Indians healthier, while bridging the health protection gap. This is a Zero-to-One team undertaking a greenfield health insurance deployment in India committed to building journeys that truly empathise with the customer and offer a differentiated, bespoke experience.
To partner us in this mission, we are looking for a talented candidate for the role of…
Tech Infra Lead
Note:
The title will depend on (1) Experience (2) Expertise and (3) Performance. So the title could be:
Tech Infra Lead
Senior Tech Infra Lead
(Associate Director) Infrastructure Engineering
People Manager Role
Experience:
10–18 years
Location:
Mumbai
Work Mode:
Work from office only
Job Profile Summary
PHI is building a cloud-native, modular, scalable, and secure health insurance platform hosted on
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
. The
Tech Infra Lead
will be responsible for designing, provisioning, and managing the infrastructure backbone of this platform, ensuring it is resilient, secure, and optimised for performance and cost.
This role is critical to PHI’s ambition to be a “Tech-first” organisation, delivering best-in-class infrastructure capabilities from Day 1.
Job Description
Lead the design and implementation of PHI’s infrastructure architecture across GCP, ensuring modularity, scalability, and security.
Own the provisioning of infrastructure using
Terraform
and
Infra-as-Code
principles.
Manage container orchestration using
GKE
, and ensure secure deployment pipelines via
GitHub Actions
.
Implement and maintain
HashiCorp Vault
for secrets management,
CyberArk
for privileged access, and
Azure AD
for identity and access control.
Ensure infrastructure is compliant with Prudential Group’s security standards, including
DLP
,
encryption
, and
endpoint protection
.
Drive performance tuning, capacity planning, and cost optimisation across all infrastructure layers.
Collaborate with application, data, and security teams to ensure seamless integration and operational readiness.
Lead incident response and root cause analysis for infrastructure-related issues.
Maintain high availability and disaster recovery readiness across environments.
Implement automated monitoring, alerting, and remediation using tools like
Prometheus
,
Grafana
, and
Splunk
.
Ensure infrastructure supports real-time integrations, omnichannel engagement, and modular product configurations.
Who We Are Looking For
Technical Skills & Work Experience
Bachelor's in Engineering or equivalent; certifications in GCP, Kubernetes, or SRE are a plus.
10–18 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
Deep expertise in
GCP
,
Kubernetes
,
Terraform
,
GitHub Actions
, and
CI/CD
.
Strong understanding of
SQL and NoSQL databases
, including BigQuery, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
Experience with
networking
,
firewall rules
,
load balancers
, and
reverse proxies
(e.g., Apigee).
Familiarity with
Checkmarx
for SAST, DAST, and SCA integration in pipelines.
Proven track record in managing infrastructure for high-availability, low-latency systems.
Personal Traits
Strategic thinker with strong execution capabilities.
Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
High attention to detail and a proactive mindset.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage vendor relationships.
What Can Make You Extra Special
Experience in setting up infrastructure for greenfield platforms in regulated industries.
Exposure to health insurance or financial services infrastructure.
Experience with
VDI compliance
,
data classification
, and
encryption standards
.
Familiarity with
incident response
,
threat management
, and
security audits
.
Language
Fluent written and spoken English
Equal Opportunity Statement
Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity and benefits for all who apply and perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability, part-time/fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Prudential is an equal opportunity employer.
We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with
individual physical or mental health requirements.
