Sr.Specialist / Expert - Cloud Infrastructure

Established in 1806 as a small soap and candle business in New York City, Colgate-Palmolive is now a truly global company with products sold in over 200 countries and territories under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Sanex, Ajax, Axion, Soupline, Haci Sakir, Suavitel, PCA SKIN, EltaMD, Filorga and Hello as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading consumer products company that serves hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide with brands and products across four core businesses – Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. We are committed to offering products that make lives healthier and more enjoyable, and programs that enrich communities around the world.

Every day millions of people trust our products to care for themselves and the ones they love. Our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live.

A career at Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

Travel Required?: Travel - up to 10% of time

Date: Oct 9, 2024

Hybrid

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
# 163260 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

In today’s dynamic technology environment, it is an exciting time to be a part of the information technology team at Colgate. Our highly technical and innovative team is dedicated to driving growth for Colgate Palmolive in this constantly evolving landscape.

What role will you play as a member of the Colgate?

Design, develop and test to create quality solutions on time and within budget. To collaborate with business teams / functional teams and IT counterparts for daily support incidents and project activities in different business areas across all geographies.

Ability to understand the requirements related to business problems and transform that into a solution design.

You are a Cloud Engineer -

Collaborate with Application Development, FinOps, Cloud, Governance, and Security teams to help formulate and implement a comprehensive cloud strategy. This includes developing frameworks, internal standards, governing policies, and procedures that align with organizational goals.

Support FinOps initiatives by working closely with finance teams to optimize cloud spending, providing insights into cost management, and helping to forecast future cloud expenditures.

Guide application teams by offering technical leadership in cloud architecture, ensuring that solutions are designed for optimal deployment, security, performance, and high availability.

Develop and maintain a balanced cloud governance framework based on industry standards, ensuring compliance with security protocols and other regulatory requirements.

Evaluate and implement proof-of-concepts for emerging cloud services and technologies, ensuring that the organization stays ahead of industry trends.

Drive cloud adoption and innovation by exploring new cloud services, finding opportunities to demonstrate them for business growth, and ensuring seamless integration with existing systems.

Collaborate with teams on new and existing business/technology solutions, ensuring they align with established standards and contribute to long-term cloud strategy.

Perform regular cloud cost reviews and provide recommendations to improve efficiency and reduce waste.

Mentor and support teams in understanding cloud technologies, standard methodologies, and operational processes.

Stay informed of industry-wide trends and their potential impact or application to the business, ensuring the organization’s cloud strategy remains forward-looking and innovative.

Complete other responsibilities as assigned and ensure compliance with all company policies and standards.

You connect the dots -

• Support day to day business requirements according to global SLA
• Ensure the proper use of information technology project management methodology to align with governance practices

You are a collaborator -

• Build effective working relationships, make sound decisions, successfully make changes, initiate action and achieve results as a trusted advisor
• Collaborate by organizing discussions with department stakeholders to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment, security, and high availability in the cloud.
• Consult with stakeholders on requirements for new and existing business/technology solutions and assure compliance to standards.
• Mentor and coach junior resources within and across teams

You are an innovator -

• Stay updated with the latest technological advancement. Adapt to these changes by self-training and research work and evaluate how / where it can contribute to the business and strengthen the cloud environment

At least 4-6 years in Cloud Engineering

Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, team environment

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbally

Superior organization, project management skills and attention to detail

Strong understanding of cloud computing capabilities and limitations, business drivers, virtualization technologies, Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service Cloud delivery models

A strong ability to learn new technologies

Thorough understanding of system and infrastructure management in the Cloud environment (Linux/Windows servers, firewalls, load balancers, hypervisors, storage, monitoring, security etc.)

Experience with cloud infrastructure and services (GCP, AWS, etc.)

Experience with GCP services such as Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, and Kubernetes Engine. Hands-on experience with AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda is acceptable and can be considered as a good foundation for the required GCP expertise

Proficiency in configuring and handling virtual networks, including VPC, subnets, and firewall rules.

Experience handling infrastructure deployments using Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform).

Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, Bash etc for automating cloud operations.

Command of software automation production systems (GitHub, Selenium, etc.).

Good understanding of security principles and standard methodologies, including identity and access management, encryption, and compliance requirements.

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Information Technology or Engineering.

Google Cloud Architect within 1 Year (Preferred) or AWS Certified Solution Architect - Professional.

Experience in architecting, implementing, and handling multi-cloud environments.

Understanding of infrastructure correlations with knowledge of servers, networking, AD, security etc.

Proficiency in handling and optimizing cloud costs using tools like Google Cloud's Cost Management tools or AWS Cost Explorer and other Finops methodologies.

Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

Understanding of or ability to design solutions across on-premise and multiple public cloud tiers (hybrid).

Our Commitment to Sustainability
With the Colgate brand in more homes than any other, we are presented with great opportunities and new challenges as we work to integrate sustainability into all aspects of our business and create positive social impact. We are determined to position ourselves for further growth as we act on our 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Strategy.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our purpose starts with our people — ensuring our workforce represents the people and communities we serve —and creating an environment where our people feel they belong; where we can be our authentic selves, feel treated with respect and have the support of leadership to impact the business in a meaningful way.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.