Network Engineer Sr
$127,062–$166,769 year
Hybrid · Irvine, California, United States or Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Senior Network Engineer role at Ventura Foods responsible for designing, implementing, operating, and improving enterprise and plant networks with emphasis on availability, security, and performance across multiple locations. Hands-on senior escalation resource for complex incidents and leading network modernization initiatives including SD-WAN/SASE, Palo Alto firewall upgrades, cloud connectivity (Azure/AWS), Zero Trust access, and IT/OT segmentation. Uses monitoring/automation to reduce downtime and ensure secure connectivity for business systems and production-critical OT workloads. Location options: Irvine, CA or Ft. Worth, TX with hybrid work arrangement. Requires Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of hands-on enterprise network engineering experience; up to 20% travel. Certifications such as CCNP/PCNSE are greatly helpful.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of hands-on enterprise network engineering experience
- Ability to travel up to 20%
- Ability to work in either Irvine, CA or Ft. Worth, TX
- CCNP, PCNSE, or equivalent hands-on expertise (preferred)
- Knowledge of Cisco routing and switching
- OSPF, BGP, VLANs, STP, EtherChannel
- Firewall operations (Palo Alto preferred)
- WAN/SD-WAN connectivity experience
- Wireless operations familiarity
- Strong documentation and diagramming skills
- Manufacturing/OT networking exposure (desirable)
Additional Requirements
- Education required: bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Willingness to travel up to 20%
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