Manager, Infrastructure Engineering

Vera Bradley • Roanoke, IN

2d • $121,000 - $166,450 • Onsite

About The Position

The Manager, Infrastructure Engineering is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and operation of enterprise infrastructure systems while guiding a team of system administrators to deliver secure, stable, and scalable solutions. This role blends deep technical expertise with team leadership, owning both the hands-on architecture and engineering outcomes as well as the day-to-day operational performance of infrastructure services.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering or systems engineering
• 1+ years of experience in a technical leadership or team lead role required; 3+ years preferred
• Strong experience across: Networking (LAN/WAN, VPN, firewalls) preferred
• Compute (on-prem and cloud platforms)
• Storage and virtualization
• Experience designing and supporting highly available infrastructure systems
• Experience with automation and modern infrastructure practices preferred
• Strong understanding of: Monitoring and performance tuning
• Backup and disaster recovery
• Security and vulnerability management
• Strong technical problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
• Ability to lead through influence and drive execution across teams
• Clear communicator, able to translate technical concepts for business stakeholders
• Ownership mindset with focus on outcomes, stability, and continuous improvement

Nice To Haves

• Networking (LAN/WAN, VPN, firewalls)
• Experience with automation and modern infrastructure practices

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and support of infrastructure systems across network, compute, storage, and cloud environments
• Architect infrastructure solutions to ensure 24x7x365 availability, security, and performance aligned to business objectives
• Establish and maintain infrastructure standards for configuration, security, and scalability
• Drive adoption of automation, monitoring, and modern infrastructure practices (e.g., infrastructure-as-code where applicable)
• Own delivery of infrastructure capabilities supporting enterprise applications and product teams
• Partner with product and application teams to design and implement infrastructure solutions for new and existing services
• Lead capacity planning to ensure infrastructure performance during peak periods and future growth
• Design, implement, and validate backup, restore, and disaster recovery solutions
• Oversee day-to-day infrastructure operations to ensure reliability, uptime, and service quality
• Lead troubleshooting of complex performance, availability, and system issues
• Ensure proactive monitoring, patching, and vulnerability remediation across systems
• Partner with Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to execute operational support while maintaining accountability internally
• Ensure infrastructure systems adhere to security and compliance standards (e.g., SOX, PCI)
• Monitor, scan, and remediate vulnerabilities across infrastructure systems
• Support enterprise disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of infrastructure engineers and administrators
• Provide technical coaching and hands-on guidance in architecture and problem solving
• Establish clear ownership, accountability, and execution standards
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, learning, and operational excellence
• Partner with Product, Security, and Business teams to enable scalable and secure solutions
• Translate business needs into infrastructure designs that support growth and innovation
• Communicate risks, tradeoffs, and priorities clearly to leadership
• Execute against the infrastructure roadmap, including: Stabilization of current environment, Security uplift, Infrastructure modernization
• Contribute to operating model decisions (internal vs. external capabilities)
• Support vendor strategy and MSP integration

Benefits

• Variety of medical, dental and vision programs
• Medical plan options including both a HDHP/HSA plan and a PPO plan
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employer provided 2X your salary in life insurance
• Accidental Death and Disability insurance
• Voluntary life insurance for you, your spouse and your children
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• 401k with generous company match, immediate vesting (age and service requirement)
• Strong line up of professionally managed funds
• Safe-harbor plan design
• Up to 3 weeks of paid time off in your first year of employment with opportunity to earn more
• 9 paid holidays a year
• Paid bereavement leave
• Voluntary Time Off
• Access to a variety of financial, physical, and mental wellness experts
• Employee Assistance Program with access to work/life wellness support including no cost unlimited telephonic counseling services
• Opportunities for leadership development, skill development and career advancement
• Generous employee discount on Vera Bradley products
• Bonus opportunity
• identity protection
• legal services
• pet insurance
• cell phone discount
• employee referral bonus
• annual birthday gift
• DailyPay
• corporate fitness facility
• individual policies through Aflac

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree