Product Owner – Cloud & Compute

Role overview

Product Owner – Cloud & Compute at Diageo India

Cloud & Compute Leadership Lead the architecture, deployment, and management of enterprise-scale cloud and compute environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage cloud compute services, virtual machines, containers, storage, networking, and associated infrastructure.
• Drive cloud migration, modernization, and transformation initiatives across applications and infrastructure.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, performance, and resilience of cloud platforms.
• Establish cloud governance, standards, best practices, and operational processes.
• Manage and optimize enterprise on-premises and hybrid compute environments, including physical and virtual server infrastructure.
• Lead and manage server and virtualization platforms including VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix, and Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI).
• Cloud Architecture & Engineering Design secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
• Evaluate and implement cloud services across AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
• Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives, including virtualization, containerization, and cloud-native technologies.
• Review technical designs and provide architectural guidance to engineering teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve infrastructure performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Automation & DevOps Drive infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
• Implement and improve CI/CD processes for infrastructure and application deployments.
• Promote automation for provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, patching, and operational tasks.
• Work closely with DevOps, SRE, application, and security teams to improve deployment and operational processes.
• Support container and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Infrastructure Operations Provide technical leadership for cloud infrastructure operations and production environments.
• Establish and monitor SLAs, SLOs, availability, capacity, and performance metrics.
• Lead incident, problem, and change management for critical cloud infrastructure.
• Participate in root-cause analysis and ensure effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Develop disaster recovery, backup, business continuity, and high-availability strategies and responsible to execute Annual DR activities.
• Ensure infrastructure lifecycle management, patching, vulnerability management, upgrades, and capacity planning.
• Manage enterprise cloud and on-premises Windows/Linux server environments.
• Manage enterprise virtualization environments across VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix/AHV, and Azure Local.
• Manage enterprise backup and recovery infrastructure using Azure and Commvault Experience with SCOM and enterprise infrastructure monitoring, including health, availability, and performance monitoring.
• Security & Compliance Partner with security teams to implement cloud security controls and best practices.
• Ensure appropriate identity and access management, encryption, network security, and security monitoring.
• Support compliance requirements and cloud security assessments.
• Implement least-privilege access and secure configuration standards.
• Identify and mitigate infrastructure and cloud security risks.
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management Lead and mentor cloud, compute, infrastructure, and platform engineering teams.
• Provide technical direction and support career development of team members.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, application teams, cybersecurity, DevOps, and business stakeholders.
• Manage technical vendors, cloud service providers, and strategic partners.
• Present architecture, infrastructure strategy, risks, and transformation plans to senior leadership.
• Drive technical decisions and ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives.
• Point of contact for OEM / internal teams and ensure for on time renewals of contracts Experience/skills required: Minimum 10 years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud computing, compute platforms, or related technologies.
• Strong hands-on and architectural experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS/Microsoft Azure/Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Strong knowledge of cloud compute services such as EC2, Azure Virtual Machines, GCE, autoscaling, load balancing, and serverless technologies.
• Strong understanding of Cloud architecture and design, Virtualization, Compute and storage, High availability and disaster recovery, Monitoring and observability, Cloud security Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of Linux and/or Windows server administration.
• Experience with DevOps tools and CI/CD platforms.
• Experience with scripting/automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar technologies.
• Experience implementing cloud migration and modernization programs.
• Strong understanding of cloud governance, security, compliance, and cost optimization.
• Experience leading technical teams and large-scale infrastructure initiatives.
• Strong experience with enterprise on-premises server and virtualization technologies, including VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix/AHV, and Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI).
• Experience with enterprise backup and data protection platforms, preferably Commvault, including backup, recovery, retention, capacity management, and disaster recovery.
• Provide governance and oversight of enterprise infrastructure monitoring using SCOM and other monitoring platforms.
• ITIL Certification and Cloud Certification would be added advantage Working with Us Flexibility is key to our success.
• Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.
• We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including: Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments.
• And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives and talents, who make that possible.
• We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute and strive for their personal best.
• You’ll work alongside people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives — challenging, supporting and learning from one another as one outstanding team.
• Together, we’re constantly learning and improving, combining the strength of our people, capabilities and iconic brands to raise the bar, grow and win.
• Wherever you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute, make an impact and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.
• Ready to bring your best?
• This could be your opportunity.
• If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application.
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• All communications regarding your application will come from an email address ending in @diageo.com.
• In our recruitment process, we'll never ask for money.

Employment details

• Location: Bangalore [India]

About the employer

• With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks.
• From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations.
• Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other.
• Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other.
• Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more About the Function: Digital & Technology (D&T) is transforming how Diageo works, from how we source ingredients to how we connect with customers and consumers around the world.
• This is where data, technology and creativity come together to solve real business challenges and unlock new opportunities.
• Whether it’s building platforms, using data to drive decisions or shaping digital experiences, the work here has tangible impact across every part of our business.
• You’ll be part of a team that’s constantly learning, experimenting and pushing boundaries, with the freedom to explore new ideas and the support to turn them into reality.
• About the role The role requires a combination of technical leadership, architecture, hands-on engineering, operational excellence, security, automation, and stakeholder management.
• The candidate will be responsible for driving cloud transformation initiatives, improving infrastructure reliability and scalability, and mentoring cloud and infrastructure engineering teams.