Manager, Infrastructure Engineering

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES (Note: Other duties may be assigned)

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• 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)

Infrastructure Engineering & Delivery

• 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

Operations & Stability

• 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

Security Risk & Compliance

• 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

Team Leadership & Development

• 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

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• 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

Strategy & Roadmap Execution

• 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

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors 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

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skills and/or abilities required to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 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

Success Measures

• Improved uptime performance and stability of infrastructure systems
• Reduction in critical incidents and faster resolution times
• Progress against infrastructure roadmap (stabilize secure modernize)
• Strong team engagement and capability development
• Effective partnership with MSP and internal stakeholders

ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those an individual must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Flexibility to provide after hours support (on call) and to occasionally work 2nd and 3rd shifts as well as weekends
• Office environment. Utilizing an office desk sitting reading listening or speaking with the ability to move intermittently throughout the day
• Strong sensory skills such as good eyesight good hearing and dexterity
• Ability to operate office equipment including computers copiers fax machines and phones
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds (PC/server setup and installation)

We are proud of the competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefit package provided to our associates and their families. Our compensation package is designed to meet our associates today and help them plan for the future.

Health Benefits

Vera Bradley offers a variety of medical dental and vision programs to meet your familys health care needs.

• Medical plan options including both a HDHP/HSA plan and a PPO plan

• Dental

• Vision

• Flexible spending accounts

Survivor Benefits

Life insurance provides peace of mind for your family should the unexpected happen.

• Employer provided 2X your salary in life insurance

• Accidental Death and Disability insurance

• Voluntary life insurance for you your spouse and your children

Income Protection

If you are unable to work due to illness or injury Vera Bradley provides several programs to protect your income at no cost to you.

• Short-term disability

• Long-term disability

Retirement Plan

The Vera Bradley 401k plan helps you accumulate savings for retirement

• 401k with generous company match immediate vesting (age and service requirement)

• Strong line up of professionally managed funds

• Safe-harbor plan design

Paid Time Off

Enjoy generous time off programs.

• Earn 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

Give Back Opportunities

Vera Bradley offers the opportunity to serve your community.

• Voluntary Time Off

Holistic Wellness

• 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

Product Discount

• Generous employee discount on Vera Bradley products

Ancillary Benefits and Programs

• Bonus opportunity identity protection legal services pet insurance cell phone discount employee referral bonus annual birthday gift DailyPay corporate fitness facility and individual policies through Aflac

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vets/Disabled

Vera Bradley is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer.

Vera Bradley provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

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Our intention is to fill this opening within 30 days of the original posting date and applications will be accepted on an on-going basis until the position is filled.

Base Pay Range:

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Vera Bradleys compensation ranges are based on market data and comply with all local state and federal regulations. Individual pay within the listed range depends on work location skills experience and relevant education. The posted salary reflects base pay only and excludes bonuses equity or other incentives if applicable.