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Come join the Tillamook Team, one of the fastest-growing dairy brands in the US, where we Play to Win to create over 200 dairy products in 7 different categories: cheese, ice cream, yogurt, sour cream, butter, cream cheese and frozen meals.Our Uncompromising Quality has led us to become the #1 Cheddar, #2 Cream Cheese and #3 Family Size Ice Cream brand, but we're not stopping there. We're loading up for our best years to come and want you to join us.

As a farmer-owned cooperative since 1909, we know that being Good Stewards for our stakeholders and doing a little extra always pays off. We're looking for team members with a One Team and Genuine Care mindset who are inspired to share the delight of the Tillamook brand with each other and others every day.

What you will do:

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, and execution of enterprise network infrastructure across a multi-site environment. This role helps steward the technical architecture and operational integrity of LAN, WAN, wireless, cloud, and security networking platforms supporting both corporate IT and manufacturing/OT environments.

This position requires advanced hands-on expertise, strong documentation discipline, and the ability to translate business and manufacturing requirements into secure, scalable, and resilient network solutions. The Senior Network Engineer plays a critical role in maintaining operational continuity, supporting real-time production systems, and ensuring high availability across all locations. Success in this role also requires the ability to work collaboratively with employees, management, and external vendors to align technical solutions with operational needs.

Here's a day in the life:

• Design, implement, and support enterprise network infrastructure across LAN, WAN, wireless, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring secure, scalable, and highly available connectivity for corporate, manufacturing, and retail operations. Ensure alignment with regulatory and security frameworks.

• Develop and maintain network architecture standards, configurations, documentation, and disaster recovery capabilities to ensure operational continuity and long-term reliability

• Administer and optimize network technologies including routing, switching, wireless, firewalls, VPNs, cloud networking, network services, and security protocols.

• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex network issues, leading troubleshooting, root cause analysis, incident response, and resolution of production-impacting events.

• Monitor network performance, availability, and capacity; identify risks, implement corrective actions, and drive continuous improvement of network reliability and service delivery.

• Partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, operations, and application teams to implement secure network solutions and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, security, and operational standards.

• Lead and support infrastructure projects, including upgrades, site expansions, migrations, modernization initiatives, and integration of emerging technologies.

• Leverage automation, scripting, AI, and infrastructure-as-code practices to improve operational efficiency, scalability, and service quality.

• Manage relationships with network vendors, carriers, managed service providers, and external partners to ensure effective delivery, support, and service performance.

• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge sharing while collaborating effectively with employees, management, and business partners across multiple locations.

• Perform onsite support, implementation, and troubleshooting at corporate, manufacturing, and retail facilities and participate in on-call and after-hours support activities as required.

• Perform other related duties as required or assigned.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

EDUCATION

• CCNP, HPE Aruba Certified Switching Professional/Professional-level networking certification, Azure Network Engineer Associate, or equivalent hands-on experience required.

• Advanced Cisco, HPE Aruba, cloud networking, security, or architecture certifications preferred.

• Security-related certifications, such as CISSP, or equivalent experience, are a plus.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in hands-on network engineering. 8-10 years of experience preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to design, configure, implement, troubleshoot, and support enterprise network environments with high availability requirements.

• Experience supporting Cisco and HPE Aruba networking, routing, switching, wireless, WAN technologies including BGP/OSPF/MPLS/SD-WAN, firewalls, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, IP address management, and related network services is required

• Security-related certifications such as CISSP, or equivalent experience, are a plus.

• Experience with OT/ICS networking, industrial control environments, SCADA-supporting networks, and standards such as ISA-95/ISA-100 is preferred.

• 5+ years experience operating in compliance-driven environments such as PCI, SOX, ISO, food safety, or manufacturing/OT control environments is preferred.

OTHER

• Ability to work flexible hours (including evenings and/or weekends) and respond to incidents as needed.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Proven ability to operate collaboratively in a peer engineering team, contributing technical depth while partnering on design and operational decisions.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to work in a food manufacturing plant environment.
• Standing, raising and lowering up to 55 pounds
• Moving tools and equipment
• Occasional lifting supplies, moving tools and equipment

Industry leading benefit and reward programs:

We offer outstanding benefits to our employees. For more information, please visit the careers page:www.tillamook.com/careers.

We are committed to creating a culture of inclusion where all employees are heard, valued and feel a sense of belonging. We rely on different perspectives, thoughts, backgrounds and cultures to inform our work, to help us be better as a brand and as an employer and to fuel our success. Weare seeking talent from a wide range of diversity, perspectives, and backgrounds to joinour exceptional organization and help us build our future.

Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) is a Drug-Free Workplace.EEO

TCCA prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability status (including those related to pregnancy and childbirth), protected veteran status, membership/non-membership in a labor organization, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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