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Our culture is constantly energized by new and exciting growth opportunities and at a rapid pace. Below are details on an open job. If the role interests you and you would like to be considered we encourage you to apply!\nJob Profile Summary\nAs the Technical Manager of Cloud Computing Engineering, you will be the senior hands-on technical leader for Scotts Miracle-Gro’s cloud infrastructure. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is our primary platform, with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a key secondary platform. You will lead our Kubernetes and container strategy - including Amazon EKS and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) - and drive infrastructure-as-code and automation practices using GitHub.\nThis is a technical leadership role with no direct reports. You will set technical direction, lead cloud projects, and mentor engineers across the Infrastructure team, reporting to the Director, Infrastructure Operations & Services.\nIn this role you will:\nGCP Engineering & Operations: Design, build, and operate our GCP environment - Compute Engine, GKE, VPC networking, Cloud IAM, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, and Cloud Logging/Monitoring - and serve as the top escalation point for GCP issues.\nKubernetes & Containers: Design, deploy, and support containerized workloads on Amazon EKS and GKE, including cluster architecture, upgrades, networking, autoscaling, RBAC, container registries, and Helm-based deployments.\n AWS & Multi-Cloud: Engineer and support AWS infrastructure (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EKS) and the connectivity between AWS, GCP, and our on-premises environment.\nInfrastructure as Code & CI/CD: Build and maintain Terraform and automation in GitHub and other code repositories; set branching and code-review standards and build CI/CD pipelines.\nSecurity & Compliance: Implement cloud security best practices - least-privilege IAM, network segmentation, encryption, secrets management, and image scanning - in partnership with Information Security.\nTechnical Leadership: Lead cloud projects from design through delivery, mentor engineers, run design and code reviews, and write architecture standards and runbooks.\nCost Optimization: Monitor and optimize GCP and AWS spend through rightsizing, commitments, and tagging standards.\nVendor Engagement & Reporting: Work with Google Cloud, AWS, and partner engineers, evaluate new services and tools, and report on project status, risks, and recommendations to IOS leadership.\n\nWhat you’ll need to be successful:\nRequired\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.\n6-10 years of infrastructure or cloud engineering experience, including 3+ years of hands-on GCP engineering.\nDeep hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (Compute Engine, GKE, VPC networking, Cloud IAM, Cloud Storage, Cloud Logging/Monitoring).\n2+ years building and operating production Kubernetes clusters, ideally Amazon EKS and GKE.\nStrong experience with Docker or similar container tooling, container registries, and Helm.\nWorking experience with core AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EKS).\nDaily use of Git with GitHub and/or other code repositories (GitLab, Bitbucket).\nStrong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.\nExperience with infrastructure as code, preferably Terraform.\nSolid understanding of cloud networking and identity/access management.\nExcellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical designs and trade-offs to engineers and leadership.\nPreferred\nCI/CD experience (GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, Jenkins, or Argo CD).\nScripting in Python, Bash, or Go.\nConfiguration management with Ansible.\nObservability tools such as Datadog, Cloud Monitoring, CloudWatch, or Prometheus/Grafana.\nExperience with cloud cost management (FinOps).\nExperience connecting public cloud to on-premises data centers and Active Directory/Entra ID.\nPrior experience as a tech lead, architect, or senior engineer leading projects and mentoring others.\nDesired Certifications\nGoogle Professional Cloud Architect or Associate Cloud Engineer (strongly preferred)\nAWS Solutions Architect - Associate or higher\nCertified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Application Developer (CKAD)\nFinOps Certified Practitioner\nThe starting budgeted pay range for this role will generally fall between $145,600.00 - $171,300.00 per year. Scotts will consider various factors in determining the actual pay including your skills, qualifications, experience, and geographical location.In addition to the determined base salary, this role is also incentive eligible under our corporate bonus programs.For remote roles where the final candidate resides in Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oregon or Washington, state required pay thresholds will be factored into base salary.Here at ScottsMiracle-Gro, we believe providing an enriching and engaging employee experience is what sets us apart from other organizations. We recognize our employees are so much more than just their job title so we offer programs and benefits that support them in all aspects of their lives. Wondering how we do it? Below is a glimpse of our highlight reel…\nOur Live Total Healthprogram provides you with options to align to your personal needs. Selections range from medical, dental and vision coverage for you, your spouse/domestic partner and dependents to an outstanding wellness reimbursement program to an unbelievable 401K match (up to 7.5%) as well as a 15% discount on company stock and much more\n\nWe know ourtalent is our most precious asset and your unique development contributes to our organization’s success now and in the future. Career growth at our company is not always a ladder. It’s much more like a rock climbing adventure. Grow through exploration and experiences rather than a predictable linear path.\n\nWe value the importance of family.We provide access to Maven Family Planning and up to $30,000 to accommodate for adoption, fertility and surrogacy.\n\nBe part of something bigger by joining one of our Employee Resource Groups focusing on diversity and inclusion, family, education and sustainability: Scotts Women’s Network, Scotts Black Employees’ Network, Scotts Veterans Network, Scotts Young Professionals, Scotts Pride Network (GroPride), Scotts Associates for a Greener Earth (SAGE), Scotts Family TREE and our Associate Boards.\n\nJoin a company with a strong belief in giving bac kto the communities where we live and work. We have a shared passion for service and volunteerism and believe participating in community service benefits our communities and strengthens our team.\n\nNot interested in this role? 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