Lead Infrastructure Engineer – Integration

Position Title

Function/Group

Digital and Technology

Location

Mumbai

Shift Timing

General

Role Reports to

D&T Manager – Integration

Remote/Hybrid/in-Office

Hybrid

ABOUT GENERAL MILLS

We make food the 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 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 the provided Link

Purpose of the role

We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Infrastructure Engineer to join our Enterprise Integration Team. The role focuses on managing and optimizing platform-level operations for Google Cloud Composer and Tidal Scheduler. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining infrastructure solutions, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability for critical integration workflows. This is a key role requiring a strong technical background, problem-solving skills, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver robust infrastructure solutions supporting enterprise integration processes.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Experience on configuring, administering and maintaining Google Cloud Composer and Tidal Enterprise Scheduler platforms.
• Planning the installation, upgrades & configurations of above products in Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience on configuring, managing, troubleshooting & optimizing cloud composer (Airflow).
• Design, implement, and manage infrastructure to support scheduling workflows and orchestration pipelines.
• Monitor platform performance, ensuring high availability, scalability, and reliability of Composer and Tidal environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to Tidal, Composer, and supporting infrastructure tools.
• Perform platform upgrades, patches, and routine maintenance to ensure security and stability.
• Setting up CI/CD pipelines for owned solutions.
• Setting up Monitoring dashboard and implement observability in all our owned services.
• Design and implement Disaster Recovery strategies for owned tech stacks.
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements by automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery for greater scalability, etc.
• Work with stakeholders including the Product, Developers, Data & Analytics teams and support their infrastructure needs.
• Comply with audit and other reporting requirements.
• Lead cultural change for adoption of new technologies.
• Own the technical/product road map for Integration.
• Translation of strategy and architecture into a highly available and secure technical implementation, in accordance with best practices
• Continuous support and collaboration with other data engineers, developers, data and analytics teams and projects.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of configurations, workflows, processes, and best practices.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education – Full time graduation from an accredited university (Mandatory- Note: This is the minimum education criteria which cannot be altered).
• Workflow Management: Google Cloud Composer & Airflow jobs
• Cloud: Google cloud platform (GCP).
• Experience managing Google Cloud Composer, Tidal Scheduler from a platform/infrastructure perspective.
• Terraform
• Scripting Languages: Python, Bash
• Experience with other integration tools like Kafka, or MuleSoft.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and related tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Strong aptitude to learn and passion for problem solving.
• Excellent communication skills in coordinating with different stakeholders.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong knowledge of infrastructure components, including networking, storage, and compute in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies
• Familiarity with modern Software Engineering principles
• Workflow Management: Google Cloud Composer & Airflow jobs
• Cloud: Google cloud platform (GCP)
• Experience managing Google Cloud Composer, Tidal Scheduler from a platform/infrastructure perspective.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and logging tools for performance and issue resolution.