Network Administrator

City Brewing Company – Who We Are

With our roots in La Crosse, WI, we are proud to be North America’s largest co-packager of a multitude of beverages throughout our four locations across the United States. Through our focuses on Safety throughout our facilities, Quality of products produced for our customers, Communication at all levels, Growth of not just our locations but also of our employees in their careers, and Performance with our ability to meet deadlines and goals for ourselves and our customers, we pride ourselves on the brand we have created and continue to grow.

 Job Summary

The Network Administrator is responsible for the overall management and maintenance of our enterprise network infrastructure, which includes both local and remote networks across City Brewery’s facilities. Under the direction of the IT Network Manager, this position will join our Network and System Administration team and be responsible for network monitoring, security, configuration, troubleshooting and capacity planning.

The Network Administrator will play a key role supporting City Brewery’s Digital Transformation plans by ensuring the reliability, security, and scalability of the company’s network infrastructure. To accommodate the increasing demands of the digital transformation the Network Administrator is responsible for planning, designing, and implementing a network that can scale efficiently. This includes expanding network capacity, adding new devices, and supporting increased traffic. Working closely with our security team, you will also be tasked with implementing best practice security measures to support the increasing need for integration of IoT devices, cloud services and remote access to support growing business needs. The Network Administrator must also proactively monitor the network to detect and address issues ensuring minimal downtime and high availability in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring network performance; proactively identifying and resolving issues
• Performing maintenance and upgrades to keep the network infrastructure up to date
• Administering the operation of all LAN/WAN related services according to best practices and company standards
• Installing, configuring, and supporting network equipment including access points, switches, routers, DNS and DHCP
• Performing network design and capacity planning
• Work closely with Security team to implement network security protocols; including LAN/WAN security and conducting regular security assessments to address vulnerabilities
• Managing network backup and disaster recovery plans to ensure continuity
• Creating and maintaining documentation of network diagrams, configurations, processes and procedures
• Reporting network status to key stakeholders
• Coordinates all changes and updates with stakeholders
• Utilize helpdesk software, provide all levels network support
• Maintain hardware and software needed for projects to be completed efficiently
• Works with vendors to resolve incidents and escalates to IT/CBC management when appropriate
• Assist in on-site hardware troubleshooting
• Participate in Tier 2 on-call rotation and server patching rotation
• Assist in on-site hardware troubleshooting

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology/Computer Science
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar Network Administrator or Systems Administrator role; equivalent combination of education/work experience/military leadership will also be considered
• Certification in network administration (CCNA, CompTIA Network+)
• Must have demonstrated ability to function within a team and have led/mentored others
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Intermediate PC and server hardware experience
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to documentation and best practices
• Must have strong working knowledge of:

• Configuration and maintenance of enterprise grade access points, switches, routers and firewalls. (Aruba, Cisco, FortiGate)
• Network Protocols including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, STP, iSCSI and VPN.
• Network Monitoring Tools
• Familiarity with network security principles and best practices

City Brewery is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all applicants will be considered without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.