Senior Manager - Cloud Engineering & Automation

$153,750 - $225,500/Yr

Eaton Corporation - Houston, TX

Full-time - Senior

Houston, TX

Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Manager - Cloud Operations will lead a geographically diverse cloud automation and engineering team within Eaton's Corporate IT department. This role focuses on driving digital transformation through the development of end-to-end automation solutions and managing a complex multi-cloud ecosystem. The position emphasizes collaboration with IT and business leaders to achieve impactful outcomes, while also mentoring team members and fostering a culture of innovation and security.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with thought leaders across IT and the Business to drive business-focused outcomes.
• Deliver metric-driven outcomes and effectively communicate status and trends to leadership.
• Provide leadership to the broader organization beyond direct responsibilities.
• Drive security into every aspect of the platform and collaborate with CYBER for a secure environment.
• Evolve the cloud and automation team as the space matures.
• Work with Architects to set a Strategy and Roadmap for end-to-end automation and self-service for the Cloud environment.
• Drive evolution in service catalog capabilities, adding functionality and managing the lifecycle.
• Establish processes to efficiently manage a multi-cloud ecosystem with agility and velocity.
• Interface with key vendors on automation and cloud solution implementations and ongoing management.
• Integrate with other Cloud leaders to effectively manage cloud and automation platforms.
• Assist the FinOps team in driving cost-efficient solutions and provide necessary technical assistance.
• Work with the Engineering function on the development and implementation of new cloud solutions.
• Develop and implement solutions with the SRE team for a highly available and protected environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution required.
• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience within an IT engineering function and/or consulting team.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience managing teams.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on cloud computing/technology experience.
• Candidates must reside within a 50-mile radius of one of the listed Eaton locations in the United States.
• Candidate must be authorized to work in the United States on a continuous basis without company sponsorship.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in sophisticated, global, matrixed organizations within a world-class IT function.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience over a cloud operations team.
• Strong background in automation, and familiarity with Terraform.
• Experience leading large-scale IT projects, preferably in the cloud migration space.
• Comfortability with Azure and/or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Experience managing budgets and financials associated with large-scale projects.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and a variety of benefit programs for eligible employees.
• Variable incentive program based on performance.