Senior Manager, IT Infrastructure Engineering

Workwear Outfitters•Nashville, TN

22h

About The Position

Workwear Outfitters has a strong legacy of building innovative and authentic market-right products and is a leading supplier of work apparel and footwear for diverse occupations in industries such as automotive, manufacturing, oil and gas, utilities, government, food services, telecommunications, hospitality, and many more. Workwear Outfitters is based in Nashville, Tennessee with over $800 million in sales and we employ more than 5,800 people in facilities spanning the globe. Brands under the Workwear Outfitters umbrella include Red Kap®, Bulwark®, Image Authority®, Kodiak®, Terra®, Walls®, Liberty ®, Work Authority®, Workrite® Fire Service, Chef Designs®, and Horace Small®. Workwear Outfitters is also the exclusive licensee for Dickies® apparel in the B2B channel. Our Purpose: “We champion and empower workers who make our world work better” Major benefits include medical, vision and dental, Life and Disability coverage. Other benefits included: 401K, Tuition reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Flexible Spending Accounts, and many others. What You Will Do as a Senior Manager, IT Infrastructure Engineering: The Senior Manager, Infrastructure Engineering is accountable for leading all technology infrastructure engineering for the organization. This leader has deep expertise in technology engineering (the design, development, implementation, diagnosis, or repair of technology solutions), modern engineering practices, and solution delivery in both cloud and on-prem environments. Infrastructure solutions include platforms (compute, storage), network, integration (middleware, databases), end-user computing (communication and collaboration), and data engineering (information modeling and information engineering). This role is accountable for leading a team of 15+ staff members, and solution vendor/engineering professional services contracts in excess of $1M (and possibly higher depending on the level of investment each year). This key technology leader is accountable for infrastructure solution delivery and leading change and modernization in both technology and ways of working across engineering teams. How You Will Make a Difference:

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field/experience; advanced degree preferred
Proven experience in leading on-premises infrastructure engineering
Proven experience in leading infrastructure engineering using cloud providers such as Azure, AWS, or GCP
Excellent leadership and change management skills, with experience leading teams of 15+ staff
Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Nice To Haves

Specific experience leading infrastructure engineering in Microsoft Azure is preferred
Knowledge of the clothing manufacturing and apparel industry is a plus

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a team of staff members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment
Select and contract with technology solution vendors and engineering professional service providers for the delivery of infrastructure solutions
Drive the adoption of modern integration engineering practices while leading team through process and practice changes
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, especially application engineering teams, to define and execute infrastructure engineering strategies that align with business and technology goals
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the infrastructure engineering team, promoting professional growth and development
Establish and track engineering KPIs that measure the effectiveness of solution delivery, and the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of delivered solutions