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®.

Wolverine Worldwide is driven by a Vision to Make. Every Day. Better. for its consumers, partners, communities, and shareholders.

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®.

This role involves more than just maintaining systems. You will help design and support the infrastructure that powers our global operations. Working in an Azure-first environment, you will use tools across the Microsoft ecosystem to improve collaboration, performance, and reliability.

Primary Duties:

You’ll be joining a team of highly talented individuals by architecting solutions that balance cost, efficiency, and impact, all centered on Microsoft Azure and our expanding Microsoft ecosystem.

Lead cross-functional initiatives that translate business needs into infrastructure solutions on time, within budget, and aligned with long-term strategy.

Act as a key consultant and escalation point for high-priority technical issues. When you help us Win Together, we all grow stronger.

Own infrastructure/systems reliability/security, service performance, assess risk, disaster recovery, and change management Acting Now to minimize disruption and maximize opportunity.

Drive best-in-class delivery by guiding teams through implementation, problem resolution, operational excellence and award-winning customer service.

Guide priorities for large-scale initiatives, shaping Statements of Work and Service Level Agreements with clarity and precision, keeping us track toward our ambitious goals.

Participate in team on-call rotation, ensuring and upholding high global customer service standards.

Serve as both a hands-on expert and trusted mentor for fellow technologists, empowering team members while driving initiatives forward with ownership and accountability and Staying Curious.

Assist Manager in preparation of annual budgets and monthly cost allocations.

Assist with providing input in team growth recruiting process. We want to hear from you and value your opinion!

Manages and accounts for Wolverine resources and assets.

Interacts in a cross-team capacity to meet customer and organizational needs

Performs other duties as required/assigned by Manager.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

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

Expertise in CommVault, Nasuni, Pure Storage, Brocade Fibre Channel Switches, Microsoft Azure and HPE 3PAR and MSA Storage.

Ability to design and deliver solutions that are both technically elegant and strategically aligned.

Proven success working in high-impact, cross-team roles balancing autonomy with collaboration.

A passion for continuous learning, paired with strong communication and analytical skills.

A bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent experience (12+ years).

Experience leading front-line problem resolution, go-live support and post go-live support while successfully leading projects concurrently.

The following certificates preferred or equivalent training and development a plus.

203: Nasuni Administration

CCE/CCP: Commvault Certified Engineer/Professional.

CCA: Commvault Cloud Administrator

FASP: Pure FlashArray Storage Professional

350-601 DCCOR: : Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center Unified Computing.

INTUCSX: Admin Cisco UCS X-Series Solutions with Intersight.

DCEIS: Cisco Intersight Essentials

VMware VCP-DCV (2V0-21.23)

AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

AZ-104: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Strong analytical, problem solving and organizational skills.

Experience with designing and maintaining systems to be ISO 27001, SOC2 and PCI compliant.

Strong ability to converse with and scale into the most technical details while zooming out to understand, plan and articulate the broader strategic picture to all involved, both technical and non-technical.

Working Conditions:

Normal office environment.

Wolverine Worldwide has a flexible, hybrid work schedule, with three days in office and two days remote.

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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.

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