Date: Aug 13, 2026
Location(s): Libertyville, IL, US, 60048-3781---4 days onsite
Client operates in a hybrid work environment. Associates are required to be onsite a minimum of 4 days per week.
Summary
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.
Responsibilities
- Lead 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.
- Travel by plane or automobile as required, typically 10% or less.
Essential Functions Of The Role
- Vision-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.
Education & Work Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree with 12-15 years of related experience
Education & Work Preferences
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum 12 years of progressive IT experience, including 8+ years supporting enterprise hybrid infrastructure and cloud platforms in a 24x7 environment.
- Minimum 7 years leading engineering and/or infrastructure operations teams with accountability for production services, controls, metrics, and continuous improvement.
- Experience operating at enterprise scale, including vendor management, budgeting/forecasting, executive reporting, and cross-functional leadership with cybersecurity, architecture, and application teams.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Senior engineering leadership with demonstrated success improving reliability, operational maturity, KPIs/SLOs/SLAs, and team performance.
- Strong hybrid infrastructure expertise across Windows and/or Linux, virtualization, storage/backup, data centers, Azure, Microsoft 365 dependencies, networking integration, identity/RBAC, monitoring, and cost management.
- Proven mastery of ITIL-aligned incident, problem, and change management, including major incident leadership, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and post-incident learning.
- Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Bicep/ARM, PowerShell, source control, configuration management, and repeatable deployment patterns.
- Strong observability and reliability engineering mindset, including monitoring/logging strategy, dashboards, capacity/performance management, and service readiness reviews.
- Demonstrated partnership with Cybersecurity on hardening, vulnerability management, secure operations, audit readiness, and disaster recovery/resiliency planning.
- Executive presence and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate risks, trade‑offs, priorities, and business impact clearly.