Cloud Administrator (HYBRID) Bolingbrook, IL

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Company Overview

S&S Activewear is the leading wholesaler to the imprintable apparel and uniform market in the United States and Canada. Since 1988, we’ve provided high-quality, imprintable apparel to our broad wholesale customer base. We offer high-quality apparel that allows your customers to express their creativity through wearable art through concert merchandise, school & team apparel, marathons and fun runs company stores, theme park gift shops and everyone in between!

Today, we offer the most extensive and accessible collection of fashion-forward styles around. And we get you the goods fast. We operate eight nationwide distribution centers—that’s 4 million square feet of efficient warehouse space—and uniquely offer the largest one & two-day distribution footprint in the industry, with its products reaching 99% of the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico within two days and 44 states in just one day.

We offer more than 100 brands, including Adidas, Champion, Columbia, Dickies, Fruit of the Loom, Gildan, Oakley, Richardson, Tommy Hilfiger, etc.

We have grown from a successful midwestern t-shirt and fleece distributor into an industry leader with approximately $2.5 billion in annual sales. In March 2021, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) acquired S&S Activewear. CD&R believed S&S to be a leading distribution platform with sustainable competitive advantage following significant strategic investments in its geographic reach, people, and technology.

About Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is all about investing with a purpose. They're a private investment firm that really focuses on turning companies into stronger, more profitable versions of themselves. From the beginning they have overseen the investment of over $35 billion across 100 different companies, and those deals add up to a total value of more than $150 billion. The CD&R firm has offices in both New York and London.

Job Description

S&S Activewear is seeking a motivated Cloud Administrator to join our team. As a Cloud Administrator, you will play a pivotal role in managing and optimizing our Amazon Web Services (AWS) Infrastructure. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for AWS services, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our cloud journey!

Schedule

Monday-Friday, Full-Time, Exempt (Hybrid)

Location - Bolingbrook - IL

Benefits

• Vacation, Personal, and Sick time.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short/Long term disability.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• 401K with 3% company contribution.
• Discounts on brand name apparel.
• Employee events.
• Opportunities for advancement – Internal Promotions.

Duties & Responsibilities

AWS Infrastructure Management

• Use trusted advisor to investigate recommendations, proposing and implementing best practices.
• Utilize CloudWatch to monitor resources and remediate issues when they arise.
• Manage tickets from the Amazon Managed Services team.
• Utilize Config to track and investigate configuration issues, proposing and implementing remediations.

AWS Infrastructure Development

• Participate in the design of new infrastructure.
• Deploy new resources using CloudFormation.
• Work with cross functional teams to troubleshoot issues during the development process.
• Utilize scripting to automate server setup and other commonly occurring tasks.

Cloud administration

• Assist with third party integrations into Microsoft 365.
• Leverage tools to automate tasks.
• Help facilitate the onboarding and implementation of cloud technologies.

Requirements

• 2-3 years of experience in managing Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• An excellent understanding of VPC concepts such as subnetting, security groups, and routing.
• Experience with deploying EC2 instances through CloudFormation.
• An excellent understanding of load balancing and high availability.
• An excellent understanding of IAM, roles and policies.
• Experience with PowerShell and Windows server.
• Fundamental understanding of Linux.
• Experience with writing CloudFormation templates using YAML.
• Experience with SAML integrations.
• Experience with Microsoft 365.
• AWS Certifications are a plus.

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

Currently, S&S has a remote work policy which provides for employees to be in the office Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and work from home on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which is subject to change based on business need. Position location: Bolingbrook, IL.

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

S&S Activewear welcomes people of all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to creating a diverse culture and supporting human growth. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. We conduct business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. Our policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer, and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons. S&S participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S. This job offer is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background check.