Senior Manager, Cloud Engineering and Infrastructure

The Senior Manager, Cloud Engineering and Infrastructure leads the strategy, engineering standards, and operational excellence for global hybrid infrastructure across data centers, co-location environments, cloud platforms, and related enterprise services. This role manages a global engineering team accountable for reliability, scalability, performance, security, resilience, and cost-effectiveness in support of manufacturing, R&D, commercial, and corporate operations.Associates must be onsite at least 4 days per week.ResponsibilitiesLead and develop a global Infrastructure & Cloud Engineering team; establish operating models, engineering standards, documentation, escalation paths, and performance expectations for 24x7x365 support.Own strategy, architecture alignment, lifecycle management, and modernization for compute, virtualization, storage/backup, Azure, data center, Microsoft 365 dependencies, and related hybrid platforms.Drive platform reliability through SLAs/SLOs, KPI reporting, observability, capacity/performance management, patching, backup, vulnerability remediation, and configuration compliance.Lead major incident response and problem management; ensure effective triage, communications, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and post-incident learning.Advance automation, infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, and repeatable deployment patterns to improve delivery speed, consistency, and operational efficiency.Partner with Cybersecurity to maintain secure-by-design infrastructure, hardening standards, access controls, vulnerability management, audit readiness, and compliant operations.Own disaster recovery and resiliency planning for critical platforms, including runbooks, testing, RTO/RPO reporting, and remediation plans.Manage strategic vendors, budgets, demand forecasts, cloud/infrastructure cost optimization, and executive communication of platform health, risks, roadmaps, and trade-offs.Communicate effectively with associates, leaders, and suppliers regarding infrastructure performance, incidents, risks, and priorities.Participate in incident response, problem management, escalation calls, and after-hours support as needed.Review technical documentation, vendor materials, and industry updates to remain current on infrastructure practices.Essential Functions of the RoleVision-setting and alignment with business strategy.High-level decision-making and resource allocation.Oversight of compliance, risk, and organizational culture.Communicate effectively via email, phone, and virtual platforms.Collaborate across departments to support organizational goals.Serve as a point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.Maintain and analyze data using tools like Excel, SAP, or HRIS systems.Prepare reports and dashboards for internal stakeholders.Demonstrate initiative in identifying process improvements or automation opportunities.Manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.