Lead Cloud Engineer

Position Title

Lead Cloud Engineer (Lead Cloud Architect)

Function / Group

Digital & Technology

Location

India

Shift Timing

Regular Shift (with On-call Support)

Role Reports to

Sr. D&T Manager

Remote / Hybrid / in-Office

Mumbai / Pune

ABOUT GENERAL MILLS

We make foodthe world loves : 100 brands. In 100 countries. Across six continents. With iconic brands like Cheerios, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Nature Valley, and Häagen-Dazs, we've been serving up food the world loves for 155 years (and counting). Each of our brands has a unique story to tell.

How we make our food is as important as the food we make. Our values are baked into our legacy and continue to accelerate us into the future as an innovative force for good. General Mills was founded in 1866 when Cadwallader Washburn boldly bought the largest flour mill west of the Mississippi. That pioneering spirit lives on today through our leadership team who upholds a vision of relentless innovation while being a force for good. For more details check out

General Mills India Center (GIC) is our global capability center in Mumbai that works as an extension of our global organization delivering business value, service excellence and growth, while standing for good for our planet and people.

With our team of 1800+ professionals, we deliver superior value across the areas of Supply chain (SC) , Digital & Technology (D&T) Innovation, Technology & Quality (ITQ), Consumer and Market Intelligence (CMI), Sales Strategy & Intelligence (SSI) , Global Shared Services (GSS) , Finance Shared Services (FSS) and Human Resources Shared Services (HRSS). For more details check out

We advocate for advancing equity and inclusion to create more equitable workplaces and a better tomorrow.

JOB OVERVIEW

Function Overview

The Digital and Technology team at General Mills stands as the largest and foremost unit, dedicated to exploring the latest trends and innovations in technology while leading the adoption of cutting-edge technologies across the organization. Collaborating closely with global business teams, the focus is on understanding business models and identifying opportunities to leverage technology for increased efficiency and disruption. The team's expertise spans a wide range of areas, including AI / ML, Data Science, IoT, NLP, Cloud, Infrastructure, RPA and Automation, Digital Transformation, Cyber Security, Blockchain, SAP S4 HANA and Enterprise Architecture. The MillsWorks initiative embodies an agile@scale delivery model, where business and technology teams operate cohesively in pods with a unified mission to deliver value for the company. Employees working on significant technology projects are recognized as Digital Transformation change agents.

The team places a strong emphasis on service partnerships and employee engagement with a commitment to advancing equity and supporting communities. In fostering an inclusive culture, the team values individuals passionate about learning and growing with technology, exemplified by the 'Work with Heart' philosophy, emphasizing results over facetime. Those intrigued by the prospect of contributing to the digital transformation journey of a Fortune 500 company are encouraged to explore more details about the function through a provided Link

Purpose of the role

Partner with General Mills Solutions Architects, Infrastructure Engineers, Data Architects, Cyber Security Engineers and Analytics Engineers to architect, build and deploy sustainable, secure, reliable & resilient public cloud infrastructure & foundation to support General Mills' Cloud Line of Business and Data & Analytics projects including associated standards, procedures & processes.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Task

Technology Roadmap / Product Lifecycle

• . Prepare and own Cloud technology road map along as per business need
• . Collaborate with the architects and other stakeholders to develop comprehensive long-term technology roadmaps and associated deliverables.
• . Lead Transformation initiatives - Design, Plan, implement and support
• . Continue to improve technology recovery strategy and process for Cloud engineering activities.

Operational Support

Project Implementation

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

Administrative

SPECIFIC JOB EXPERIENCE OR SKILLS NEEDED

Experience / proficiencies in multiple areas, including :

Desired knowledge / exposure :

COMPETENCIES / BEHAVIORS REQUIRED FOR JOB

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This is a new role in the Cloud Engineering team which will be located at our Mumbai (or Pune), India location. This person will have other peer team members who work similar hours located in Mumbai, US and UK offices. The person who is hired for this position should possess a solid cloud architecture & technology background, preferably at a Lead level. The candidate will be working as a member of the support team but will be expected to act as a key technical resource after-hours to drive resolution to cloud related issues that occur after-hours of his or her US counterparts. A keen ability to make decisions and resolve problems on his or her own is highly desired.

Hiring Manager

Sweta Srivastava

Date

12-05-2025

Hiring Manager (EMT)

Date

Reviewed by - HR Contact

Date

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Preferred Degree Requirements :

Bachelors

Preferred Major Area of Study :

Cloud, Computer Science, Engineering

Preferred Professional Certifications :

Google Cloud Certification

Azure Cloud Certification

DevOps Certification

Kubernetes / Container Certification

Experience

Preferred years of related experience :

15+years, supporting / delivering complex IT solutions

Skills Required

New Relic, Splunk, Artifactory, Grafana, Ansible, Datadog, Aws, Prometheus, Nexus, Python, Bash, Kubernetes, Azure, Terraform, Gcp, Elk Stack