Posted in General Business 30+ days ago.
Type: Full-Time
Job Overview
As a Senior Network Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining Great Lakes Cheese's (GLC) complex network infrastructure to ensure low-latency, high-performance, and high-availability systems. This role is responsible for all aspects of Great Lakes Cheese's IT network including analyzing and troubleshooting system related issues, identifying, evaluating, and developing system solutions, and providing systems support. Your responsibilities will include, developing strategic and operational plans to introduce and deploy new network and data center infrastructure, ensuring security, availability, performance, quality, and responsiveness. As the Network and Communications Manager, you will hold a pivotal role in leading the initiative to transform and modernize the enterprise network and telephony environment to address the increasingly complex needs of resilience and cybersecurity. Reporting to the Division Director of Technical Services, this is a widely visible role, where you can bring your experience, vision, and creativity, to grow the team and technology solutions to meet the needs of GLC.
Job Responsibilities
Design and implement Network solutions:
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems or related field from an accredited institution.
Minimum 7 Years of network engineering experience.
Deep knowledge of network protocols, topologies, and architectures, with a focus on low-latency networks and proficiency in configuring and troubleshooting network devices, including routers, switches, and firewalls.
Strong technical knowledge, skills, and experience in multiple of the following areas:
Cisco networking technologies (LAN / WAN / WLAN / VLAN)
Routing protocols such as BGP & OSPF.
Layer 3 designs, including VRRP, VRFs, and SDWAN
Layer 2 designs, including VLANs, MST and RSTP.
ACL's/Route maps/prefix lists, and objects
Wireless Control Systems, Access Points, and 802.1x, PKI, EAP, TLS technologies
VXLAN design, implementation, and support
Network storage technologies and file system management.
Understanding of the implications of changes and events within your domain upon applications, and the business as a whole.
Skilled and experienced with systems change control.
Linux and Microsoft SQL Server experience.
Strong analytical skills and have good written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to handle multiple tasks, troubleshoot and problem solve beyond routine issues.
Strong teamwork approach to problem solving with the ability to make sound, independent decisions based on functional expertise and experience.
Preferred Education and Experience
Master's degree in relevant discipline
Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA) certification OR Relevant certifications; Microsoft, Rockwell, VMWare, etc.
Manufacturing industry expertise (ideally food)
Hands on experience in:
Network engineering (routing, switching), monitoring, and analysis tools (such as SolarWinds) and automation such as Cisco, Juniper and/or Meraki.
Server and desktop virtualization and ability to execute using VMWare solutions.
Storage & SANs, using Fiber Channel, iSCSI, FCoE, & NFS.
Windows Server Operating Systems up to and including 2016-2022.
Shop floor controls (Rockwell/AB PLCs).
Working Conditions
• Work is performed in an office setting.
• Occasional exposure to industrial operations including: temperature extremes from approximately 35°F to 100°F; noise levels in excess of 85 dB; moisture and moving machinery.
EEOC & Disclaimer
Great Lakes Cheese is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.
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