Sr Manager, Cloud Engineering

Introduction Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more. Overview ADUSA Cloud Engineering group is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to help lead, build, and coach the team responsible for developing enablement platform for cloud services. As a leader of this group, you will be leading Engineering, Automation and Cloud adoption functions to provide cloud services to the business. You will be a leader ready to build Cloud as a product with roadmap, product planning, enable infrastructure to be deployed and changed by code, solid design principles and enable agreed upon business objectives. This role requires global collaboration with leaders, managers, and engineers across different regions to support and drive the effective functioning of engineering efforts local to US. You will have the opportunity to shape the future of our developer experience by creating user-friendly, re‑deployable templates, self‑service options, and tools that make cloud usage easy and secure. Success in this role requires highly technical skills in Cloud, not just people management. Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations are Salisbury, NC; Chicago, IL; Quincy, MA. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Responsibilities Deliver cloud solutions that includes Core Azure Services, Container platforms, Networking, Security, Cost management, Operating systems, Web applications and data services. Define clear and actionable problem statements to help teams deliver results while displaying a comprehensive understanding of iterative software delivery, capable of thin‑slice MVP grooming. Own and prioritize the near‑term product roadmap to deliver on business outcomes, quickly identifying points of leverage in complex problems or systems and utilizing data effectively to define success metrics and measurable outcomes. Work with teams that practice DevOps and Agile delivery, Development engineering and SRE mindset. Excellent stakeholder management skills and a proven ability to build strong relationships and trust throughout the organization, including with senior leadership. You will act as a sounding board for the team members looking for direction, and your experience helps to avoid pitfalls in adopting new cloud services, methodologies and or technologies. Drive technical projects and provide leadership in an innovative and fast‑paced environment. Plan and manage departmental budget and performance reviews of associates Contribute to team culture and recruiting by leading activities to attract and retain top talent and mentoring and developing junior product associates. Collaborate with Solution architecture, Platform Reliability engineering, Managed service providers and Product teams for delivering solutions. A highly collaborative leader that is capable of formulating and advocating for a clear, impactful product vision and strategy and working cross‑functionally to deliver on that roadmap. Ensure operational stability of a 24/7/365 grocery retail environment by providing technical support, system monitoring, and issue resolution which may be required during off‑hours, weekends, and holidays as needed. Requirements Experience crafting, implementing, and operating highly scalable and reliable platform solutions at scale on the public cloud like Azure or AWS. Deep understanding of cloud technologies preferably Azure, including design, standard methodologies around securing cloud environments and hands on experience with IAC and SDLC models. Hands on experience managing Azure Enterprise‑scale reference architecture implementations. Experience in Full stack Cloud Infrastructure Engineering, Operations, and Application knowledge. Ability to work in an Extreme Programming environment and work in a paired programming/engineering model. Able to manage diverse teams, multi‑task, and work under pressure to meet aggressive schedule targets. Hands on experience with IaC tools like ADO, ARM, Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, azcli, GitHub. Experience working with and automating enterprise scale cloud infrastructure deployments. Prior experience working in/with DevOps, Agile and automation and SRE teams. Prior experience managing Infrastructure and software development or DevOps teams with automation focus. Negotiation skills, stakeholder management and strong ability to manage opposing viewpoints. Willingness to engage in discourse, ability to build strong business cases and understand various tradeoffs in architectural discovery engineering. Asks questions to encourage others to think differently and enrich their analyses of complex situations. Knowledge and education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, CIS or related (or equivalent related work experience). 10 or more years of experience in relevant job or field of technology. Experience in an advanced role or technical capacity. 5 or more years' experience directly responsible for managing, guiding, training and onboarding team members in relevant technologies, capabilities or skills. 10+ years' experience in Infrastructure technology solutions, DevOps, Agile development, architecture, consulting, and/or cloud/infrastructure technologies. 5+ years of experience leading, managing, supporting, maintaining, and automating private and public cloud environments. 3+ years in management roles, managing resources, projects, and budgets. 3+ years of experience using IaC tools (ARM, Terraform, JSON, YAML, PowerShell, GitHub, etc.) Certification in Azure Administrator -preferred, Azure DevOps -preferred, Azure Solutions Architect -preferred. Preferred Qualifications Master's Degree in relevant field of study, Additional trainings or certifications in relevant field of study. Experience in Agile teams and or Product/Platform based operating model. Experience in retail or grocery. Salary Range: $151,200 - $226,800 Actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on their unique qualifications and experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Final compensation decisions will be made in accordance with company policies and applicable laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr