Senior Manager - Cloud Architecture and Engineering

Overview Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and high-performance organization. If you are looking to build a strong career, we have an opportunity for you! We are searching for a Senior Manager - Cloud Architecture and Engineering to join our team located at our headquarters in Lake Forest, IL.

Responsibilities:

Your Role:

As the Senior Manager - Cloud Architecture and Engineering, you will lead the architecture, design and delivery of all cloud platform solutions across the enterprise. The focus of the role is to assure secure, reliable and flexible services in support of RCP digital enterprise. The scope includes architecture and engineering activities in collaboration with operations team, security team and business stakeholders. Reporting to the Director of Architecture and Engineering, you will interface with internal teams and managed services partners to maximize the value of RCP’s investment in cloud technology.

You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen! Own and evolve the enterprise cloud architecture by leading the strategic direction and technical oversight of the organization’s cloud architecture, ensuring alignment with business goals, scalability, and long-term sustainability.

• Design and implement resilient cloud solutions: Architect cloud environments that prioritize high availability, disaster recovery, performance, and security for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications and internal workloads.
• Drive modernization and optimization initiatives: Evaluate existing IaaS-based solutions and lead efforts to transition toward PaaS and native cloud services to maximize operational efficiency and business value.

Enable FinOps practices across cloud operations. Develop and implement financial governance strategies that promote cost transparency, accountability, and optimization across cloud resources and services.

• Lead deployment of commercial software in the cloud: Oversee the integration, configuration, and lifecycle management of COTS applications within cloud environments, ensuring compliance, performance, and supportability.
• Establish and maintain cloud governance frameworks. Implement robust technical and financial governance models to ensure consistent standards, policy adherence, and optimal performance across the cloud landscape.

Champion cloud-native adoption and automation. Promote the use of cloud-native tools, services, and automation techniques to enhance agility, reduce manual effort, and improve scalability across the technology ecosystem. You will love it here if… You put safety first, always You listen, learn, and evolve

You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity You are committed to improving our impact on local communities

Qualifications:

We need you to have:

8+ years of work experience of leading hosting operations, manufacturing environments preferred. Ability to assess and communicate hosting and cloud operations concepts, cost models and practices, with both business and IT stakeholders. Proven experience in working in hybrid delivery models, where services are delivered by internal teams, partnering with managed services providers.

Prior experience with AWS supporting hybrid environment including PaaS and IaaS.

Thorough understanding of the following concepts, practices, and technologies:

Cloud Infrastructure Solutions Cloud Security and Identity Management Automation and Infrastructure as a code High availability solutions Disaster recovery Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to lead the team through critical incident resolution and service restoration. Knowledge of and experience in building and running hosting operations teams, including managed services partners.

Strong people skills, collaborative ability to work with IT stakeholders inside and outside of the organization. Thorough understanding of both ITIL practices.

Experience working with Waterfall and Agile project management frameworks.:

Experience with AWS cloud platform.:

Working knowledge and understanding of CI/CD.

Experience with securing cloud-based workloads.:

Prior experience of participating in design, implementation, and migration to a cloud environment. Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills. Must be able to work independently, exercising sound judgment and initiative.

• Perform well under pressure and stressful situations.

Ability to travel 5%. If you answer yes to the following…we want to meet you! Intellectual Curiosity: Do you have an inquisitive nature? Problem Solving: Do you have a knack for tackling issues head-on? Entrepreneurship: Do you enjoy taking ownership of your work? Customer Centricity: Do you always act in the best interests of the customer, putting their needs first?

Growth Mindset: Do you focus on progress rather than perfection? Continuous Improvement: Are you never satisfied with the status quo? Want to know more? Check out our website or connect with us on LinkedIn! Apply today to join a fast-growing innovative company! Not a good fit but know someone who is? Please refer them!

Local candidates only, no relocation assistance available #LI-Hybrid Join Reynolds Consumer Products and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! For applicants or employees who are disabled or require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, you may request assistance by emailing us at Recruitment@ReynoldsBrands.com.

No recruiter calls or emails please. RCP affords equal employment opportunities to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, disability status, sex, marital status, protected veteran status, pregnancy, national origin, genetics, genetic information, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. RCP conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

Posted Salary Range

USD $175,000.00 - USD $185,000.00 /A:

Bonus Eligibility Role is eligible for 18% annual incentive provided the business meets financial goals and the individual meets their performance goals, subject to plan administration guidelines.