ABOUT THE ROLE The Network Systems Manager is responsible for the strategic oversight, design, delivery, and ongoing operation of S&S Activewear's enterprise network infrastructure across all North American locations. This role leads a team of engineers while remaining hands-on in architecture, ensuring secure, scalable, and highly available WAN, LAN, and wireless environments. The position drives modernization initiatives, enforces technical governance, and ensures network performance aligns with business operations across distribution centers, corporate offices, and cloud platforms. This position requires the use of a personal vehicle for work-related travel.
SCHEDULE & COMPENSATION Monday-Friday, Full-Time, Non-Exempt (Remote Available)
Base Pay: $115,000 - $145,000 annually with bonus potential
Hybrid Schedule
Location: 220 Remington Blvd, Bolingbrook, IL
BENEFITSWe offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your life, health, and future. Benefits begin 0-90 days after hire and include Vacation, Personal, and Sick time; Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Disability coverage; Flexible Spending Accounts; and a 401(k) plan. You'll also enjoy discounts on brand-name apparel, fun employee events, and meaningful opportunities for growth and advancement. Join a company that invests in you from day one
WHAT YOU WILL DO Leadership & Team Management- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing network engineering team.
- Manage day-to-day operations, priorities, and incident response.
- Partner with IT leadership and business stakeholders to align network strategy.
- Establish performance expectations and career development plans.
Network Architecture & Strategy- Own enterprise network architecture and technical governance.
- Drive segmentation, automation, and cloud integration initiatives.
- Design highly available and resilient network solutions.
- Lead capacity planning and lifecycle roadmaps.
Operations & Service Delivery- Oversee infrastructure across routers, firewalls, switches, wireless, SD-WAN, and VPN.
- Ensure proactive monitoring, alerting, and observability.
- Lead incident management and root cause analysis.
- Manage WAN circuits and ISP relationships.
Security, Compliance & Governance- Enforce network security standards and segmentation strategies.
- Align operations with audit and compliance requirements.
- Lead structured change management practices.
Documentation & Standards- Maintain diagrams, standards, and operating procedures.
- Establish configuration templates and governance standards.
Vendor & Financial Management- Manage vendor relationships and service contracts.
- Develop and manage infrastructure budgets.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 7+ years of network engineering experience.
- 2+ years in a leadership role.
- Strong expertise in routing, switching, firewalls, wireless, VPN, and SD-WAN.
- Experience in multi-site enterprise environments.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory.
Preferred Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Relevant certifications (Palo Alto, Aruba, Security+).
- Experience with automation or infrastructure-as-code tools.
Core Competencies- Strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration.
- High accountability and adaptability.
Work Environment & Travel- Support of multi-site operations across the U.S. and Canada.
- Participation in on-call escalation for critical incidents.
Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen.
Working Environment This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely involves standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
