Network Engineer

Indiana Packers Corporation (IPC)is seeking a Network Engineer todesign, implement, and maintain the enterprise network across multiple offices and plants.

IPC is a fully integrated foodservice and private label producer of fresh and processed meats based in Delphi, Indiana (near Lafayette, Indiana). Since the start of operations in 1991, we have experienced rapid growth from a single pork processing company into a multi-plant diversified producer of fresh and processed meats, with locations throughout America's Heartland.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor Network performance and reliability.
• Copper and Fiber Cable Management.
• Suggest improvements to the network to increase capacity, scalability, and resilience.
• Maintain understanding of current vulnerabilities, attacks and countermeasures.
• Identifying operational security risks and accurately reporting risks to management with recommendations for corrective action.
• Report performance against established security metrics by monitoring, measuring, testing, and reporting on the effectiveness and efficiency of information security controls.
• Work with software manufacturers to ensure best practices are implemented.
• Provide a technical point of escalation and technical guidance for Systems Support Analysts, Tier I and II.

Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in Information Technology or related and sufficient work experience.
• 5+ years related Network Engineer experience in a Cisco environment to include in-depth background in Routing and Switching.
• Experience in designing and setting up SD-WAN platforms.
• Virtual Networking for Type 1 Hypervisors.
• Cloud Networking (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• CCNA or equivalent certification.
• In depth technical and hands-on knowledge of protocols and standards: TCP/IP, 802.1x, OSPF, BGP, IPSec, EVPN, SNMP, DNS, DHCP, GRE, RADIUS, IPAM and NTP.
• Experience with management of Palo Alto firewalls, including Panorama, High Availability setup
• Experience with management of Palo Alto firewalls, including Panorama, High Availability setup, FIPS operating mode, GlobalProtect client VPN, SSL Decryption, App-ID updates, User-ID deployment.
• Strong experience in building site-to-site IPsec tunnels, routing protocols, VLANs, threat prevention and intrusion detection/protection.
• Wireless network management, access point configuration and management.

Benefits:

We reward our team members with compensation and benefits above the competition, including three health care options (including a HSA), two dental options, two vision options, a very competitive 401(k) plan (with two different company match components), and a number of other supplemental benefits (including a generous tuition reimbursement program).

Culture and Environment:

Indiana Packers is part of a large multi-national organization that maintains the feel of a much smaller organization. We value our team members as they are the heart and soul of our organization and strive to maintain the safest work environments for them as well. Workplace safety is not just a term we use, it's our core philosophy and the only way we know how to operate. Quite simply, we walk the talk.

In addition, our work environments encourage and support a collaborative approach while promoting and recognizing individual contributions. This truly unique combination, typically not found in most large organizations, provides a catalyst for our corporation's rapid success since beginning operations in 1991.

Physical Requirements:

Work is primarily performed in an office and plant environment requiring the ability to sit, talk, hear, frequent walking, standing, and sitting; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close visio and distance vision. Ability to use standard office equipment such as telephone, computer, and copier.

EOE, including Disability/Veteran

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