Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Storage, Backup, Azure)

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE:WWW) is one of the world’s leading designers, marketers, and licensors of footwear and apparel; It’s global footprint spans 170 countries and territories. The Company’s portfolio includes Merrell®, Saucony®, Sweaty Betty®, Hush Puppies®, Wolverine®, Chaco®, Bates®, HYTEST®, and Stride Rite®. The Company is also the global footwear licensee of brands Cat® and Harley-Davidson®.

In 2025, the Company was recognized by Footwear News as Company of the Year, by Forbes as one of America’s Dream Employers, America’s Best Employers for Women, and America’s Best Employers for Company Culture, and by Inspiring Workplaces as one of the Most Inspiring Workplaces Globally.

Wolverine Worldwide is a Certified™ Great Place To Work®.

Bring deep expertise across enterprise infrastructure, with a track record of designing, building, and supporting modern system architectures at scale. This role leverages hands-on experience with platforms such as Commvault, Nasuni, Pure Storage, Brocade Fibre Channel, Microsoft Azure, and HPE 3PAR and MSA to drive reliability, performance, and innovation across the environment.

Primary Duties Architect infrastructure solutions that balance cost, efficiency, and impact, centered on Microsoft Azure and the broader Microsoft ecosystem

Lead cross-functional initiatives, translating business needs into scalable infrastructure solutions delivered on time and within budget

Serve as a key consultant and escalation point for high-priority technical issues

Own infrastructure reliability, security, service performance, risk assessment, disaster recovery, and change management

Drive best-in-class delivery through implementation oversight, problem resolution, and operational excellence

Define and guide large-scale initiatives, including Statements of Work and Service Level Agreements

Participate in an on-call rotation, upholding high global service standards

Act as both a hands-on expert and mentor, empowering team members while driving accountability

Support budget planning and monthly cost allocation in partnership with leadership

Contribute to hiring and team growth decisions, providing input on recruiting strategy

Manage and account for organizational infrastructure assets and resources

Collaborate across teams to meet customer and business needs

Perform additional duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Experience 10+ years of enterprise infrastructure experience designing, building, and supporting modern system architecture

Ability to design solutions that are technically strong and aligned with business strategy

Proven success in cross-functional environments balancing autonomy and collaboration

Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Experience leading go-live and post-go-live support while managing multiple initiatives

Experience building and maintaining systems aligned to ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI compliance standards

Ability to operate at both deep technical levels and high-level strategic communication

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent experience (12+ years)

Required Nasuni administration and design or similar

Commvault administration and design or similar

SAN storage administration, with preference for Pure Storage and HPE 3PAR

Brocade Fibre Channel storage networking

Preferred Cisco UCS, Central, and Intersight administration and design

VMware administration

Microsoft Azure administration

Working Conditions Must be based in Michigan or willing to relocate to Michigan

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The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills which may be required.

Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. is committed to creating a company that is as diverse as our consumers. We value the differences in one another and believe our differences make us stronger. Our diverse and inclusive corporate culture starts with the recruitment process. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create equal opportunities for our associates, customers, and suppliers regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.