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Wolverine Worldwide is a global marketer of branded footwear, apparel, and accessories. With an established global footprint that spans approximately 200 countries and territories, as well as a rock-solid infrastructure, Wolverine Worldwide is dedicated to advancing the following brands that comprise the ever-expanding portfolio: Bates, Chaco, Cat Footwear, Harley Davidson Footwear, Hush Puppies, Merrell, Saucony, Sweaty Betty and Wolverine. Wolverine Worldwide’s continued success is driven by our ability to stay true to our simple mission: we empower, engage and inspire our consumers – every step of the way.

Imagine what you could accomplish here! The Network Infrastructure team delivers an enterprise network that supports our global operations and portfolio of brands. We are responsible for creating cutting-edge designs, selecting software and hardware, and building next-generation networks that are available, reliable, scalable, and secure—keeping all our team members safely connected and productive across all datacenters, offices, distribution centers, retail stores, and showroom spaces. Dynamic, diverse, and intelligent people are the norm here. You will help solve a constant stream of challenges with continuous innovation, using an evolving set of inspiring technologies in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where innovation and reliability are paramount. We champion a collaborative culture where we challenge each other to excel, invest in career growth, share knowledge freely, and celebrate wins—big and small—as a unified team. If you’re a technical leader who is energized by complex challenges and contributing to a team to achieve exceptional results, this is your opportunity!

As a Lead Network Engineer on the Global Infrastructure and Networking team, you will work in a high-performance team environment and be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting network and security technologies to solve large, strategic problems, transforming these complex problems into simple solutions. You will evaluate and define network security policies and controls; manage network infrastructure; perform security risk assessments; respond to security events; make data-driven optimizations; and resolve complex operational issues in production through improvements to designs, software, and processes.

This role requires extensive experience in engineering and operation of large-scale enterprise networks, including LAN, WLAN, WAN, Cloud, and Datacenter, as well as experience in developing and operating security systems and applications to defend the network infrastructure against cyber threats—protecting data, applications, devices, and systems connected to the network.

Minimum qualifications:

• A collaborative leader who thrives in a high-performance and dynamic team environment and is motivated by collective success.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.

• 8 years of experience in network engineering with a proven track record of leading complex projects and mentoring team members.

• 8 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting networks and security systems in organizations with wide area networks.

• Industry certification, such as CCNP or equivalent training and development.

• In-depth experience with TCP/IP network fundamentals, routing and switching technologies and protocols (BGP, OSPF, DMVPN, SDWAN, BFD), and network platforms (Cisco, Palo Alto, Meraki).

• Experience in enterprise network security and data protection technologies, including identity/access management, encryption, key management, and data loss prevention.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with cloud networking (Azure), Cisco ISE, Umbrella, SIEM, ThousandEyes, and WAF.

• Experience in major incident management and security incident response.

• Experience with infrastructure automation and orchestration, secure software development, application security and pen testing.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

• Proven ability to adapt priorities in a dynamic business landscape, managing multiple high-stakes projects simultaneously.

• Demonstrable ability to mentor others in a team environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and support secure solutions for a hybrid cloud network infrastructure, defining and developing automations to enable large-scale deployments and operations.

• Lead by example through hands-on engineering, promoting best practices in network design, automation, and security.

• Obsess over customer experience and drive operational excellence through strong technical leadership, continuous learning, and mentorship.

• Own the end-to-end delivery of network initiatives, from concept to production deployment, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.

• Collaborate directly with Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering, and Support Services team to assess and build robust, integrated infrastructure solutions that support rapid product development.

• Champion and uphold rigorous standards for network reliability, security, and performance (99.999% uptime).

• Act as a primary escalation point for major network incidents; lead the collaborative troubleshooting efforts to quickly diagnose and resolve critical issues under pressure.

• Foster a blameless post-mortem culture, leading retrospectives to turn incidents into valuable learning opportunities and process improvements for the team.

• Develop technical and business proficiency through education, work assignments, and research to facilitate knowledge sharing sessions and constructive code/design reviews to promote the team’s learning agility.

• Develop policies and documentation on best practices for new network technologies, as well as adoption methods.

• Function as an area leader on large projects and/or project leader on medium and large projects. Coordinate resources, milestones, schedules, and related communication to meet project deliverables.

• Identify and prioritize security vulnerabilities in our environment, while performing security reviews and audits to help our Cybersecurity team with compliance activities and response to cyber threats, incidents, and anomalies.

• Collaborate with vendors, industry organizations, and cross-functional teams on the development of new network capabilities, translating network roadmaps and business requirements into actionable technical strategy.

• Participate in rotating on-call schedule; support disaster recovery initiatives and change management processes; and assist in developing workflow standards and procedures.

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.