Technical Manager, Cloud Computing Engineering

ScottsMiracle-Gro • Marysville, OH

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About The Position

The Technical Manager of Cloud Computing Engineering is the senior hands-on technical leader for Scotts Miracle-Gro’s cloud infrastructure. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is the primary platform, with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a key secondary platform. The role leads Kubernetes and container strategy, including Amazon EKS and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and drives infrastructure-as-code and automation practices using GitHub. This is a technical leadership role with no direct reports. The manager sets technical direction, leads cloud projects, and mentors engineers across the Infrastructure team, reporting to the Director, Infrastructure Operations & Services.

The position designs, builds, and operates cloud environments and infrastructure across GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, and the company’s on-premises environment. It also establishes engineering standards and practices for automation, security, cost optimization, and delivery, while working with cloud vendors and reporting project status, risks, and recommendations to IOS leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 6–10 years of infrastructure or cloud engineering experience, including 3+ years of hands-on GCP engineering.
• Deep hands-on experience with GCP, including Compute Engine, GKE, VPC networking, Cloud IAM, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Logging/Monitoring.
• 2+ years building and operating production Kubernetes clusters, ideally Amazon EKS and GKE.
• Strong experience with Docker or similar container tooling, container registries, and Helm.
• Working experience with core AWS services, including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, and EKS.
• Daily use of Git with GitHub and/or other code repositories such as GitLab or Bitbucket.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, preferably Terraform.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking and identity/access management.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain technical designs and trade-offs to engineers and leadership.

Nice To Haves

• CI/CD experience with GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, Jenkins, or Argo CD.
• Scripting experience in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Configuration management experience with Ansible.
• Experience with observability tools such as Datadog, Cloud Monitoring, CloudWatch, or Prometheus/Grafana.
• Experience with cloud cost management (FinOps).
• Experience connecting public cloud to on-premises data centers and Active Directory/Entra ID.
• Prior experience as a tech lead, architect, or senior engineer leading projects and mentoring others.
• Google Professional Cloud Architect or Associate Cloud Engineer certification (strongly preferred).
• AWS Solutions Architect – Associate or higher certification.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Application Developer (CKAD) certification.
• FinOps Certified Practitioner certification.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate GCP services including Compute Engine, GKE, VPC networking, Cloud IAM, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, and Cloud Logging/Monitoring; serve as the top escalation point for GCP issues.
• Design, deploy, and support containerized workloads on Amazon EKS and GKE, including cluster architecture, upgrades, networking, autoscaling, RBAC, container registries, and Helm-based deployments.
• Engineer and support AWS infrastructure, including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, and EKS, and connectivity between AWS, GCP, and the on-premises environment.
• Build and maintain Terraform and other automation in GitHub and code repositories; establish branching and code-review standards and build CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement cloud security best practices, including least-privilege IAM, network segmentation, encryption, secrets management, and image scanning, in partnership with Information Security.
• Lead cloud projects from design through delivery, mentor engineers, conduct design and code reviews, and write architecture standards and runbooks.
• Monitor and optimize GCP and AWS spending through rightsizing, commitments, and tagging standards.
• Work with Google Cloud, AWS, and partner engineers; evaluate new services and tools; and report project status, risks, and recommendations to IOS leadership.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible family members.
• Wellness reimbursement program.
• 401(k) match up to 7.5%.
• 15% discount on company stock.
• Access to Maven Family Planning and up to $30,000 for adoption, fertility, and surrogacy.
• Employee Resource Groups focused on diversity and inclusion, family, education, and sustainability.
• Opportunities to participate in community service and volunteerism.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior