Senior Network and Infrastructure Engineer
Why Byrne
At Byrne, we foster a culture built on teamwork, excellence, and professionalism. Our greatest strength lies in the exceptional talent and dedication of our team members across every part of the organization. We value their contributions and ensure they’re recognized, rewarded, and compensated in ways that reflect their impact and expertise.
Pay and Benefits
- Salary Range – $107,500 - $138,000 per year
- Competitive bonus programs
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits available day 1 of employment
- Supplemental benefits available on day 30 of employment
- Eligible for 401 (k) with a company match available on day 90 of employment
- Educational Support via tuition reimbursement and scholarship program
Work Shift and Location
Lafayette
Monday - Friday
Job Overview
The Senior Network and Infrastructure Engineer plays a key role in executing assigned IT tasks. This includes supporting the reliability, performance, security, and documentation of the company’s multi-site network environment, with a primary emphasis on hands-on network administration.
The successful candidate will possess substantial hands-on experience with switching, routing, firewalls, wireless networks, VPNs, VLANs, subnetting, network segmentation, and advanced troubleshooting. This position may also provide support for related infrastructure and cybersecurity initiatives; however, the primary responsibilities of the role are network administration, technical ownership, and the consistent support of the company’s network environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and troubleshoot enterprise switching, routing, firewall, wireless, VPN, VLAN, circuit, and IP addressing environments.
- Maintain network documentation, including diagrams, device inventories, IP addressing schemes, DHCP scopes, firewall rules, circuit details, and configuration standards.
- Analyze and resolve connectivity, routing, wireless, firewall, latency, packet loss, segmentation, and performance issues across multiple locations.
- Implement and maintain firewall policies, VPN access, NAT rules, network segmentation, and secure network configuration practices.
- Support manufacturing, warehouse, distribution, and OT network requirements while maintaining secure separation from business systems.
- Coordinate network upgrades, WAN connectivity, SD-WAN administration, ISP support, circuit changes, hardware replacements, vendor support, and infrastructure project work.
- Manage ISP relationships and circuit lifecycle activities, including new service requests, renewals, upgrades, disconnects, billing coordination, outage escalation, and documentation.
- Assist with cybersecurity alerts, vulnerability remediation, incident response, and security tools when network expertise is required.
- Support related servers, VMware, backups, patching, authentication integrations, and disaster recovery testing as assigned.
- Assist with escalated helpdesk tickets where network or infrastructure expertise is required.
- Participate in scheduled maintenance, on-call escalation, emergency changes, and routine system maintenance. Perform other duties as assigned.
Min. Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in network administration, infrastructure support, or a closely related role.
- Strong hands-on experience with enterprise switching, routing, firewalls, wireless, VPNs, VLANs, subnetting, and network troubleshooting.
- Experience supporting multi-site environments and documenting network standards, configurations, and procedures.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, networking, engineering, information technology, or equivalent industry experience.
- Preferred but not required: CCNA/CCNP, JNCIA, Aruba Certified Professional, Network+, or similar networking certifications.
- Preferred: Experience supporting manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, or operational technology network environments.
Byrne
Headquartered in LaFayette, Byrne is a Central New York-based dairy company with a legacy spanning over 90 years. Its operations include an extended shelf-life (ESL) and ultra-high temperature (UHT) pasteurization plant in DeWitt, as well as an ESL manufacturing facility in Cortlandville. Byrne also maintains warehouse facilities in Syracuse and East Syracuse, along with a dedicated ice cream center in Syracuse. As a recognized industry leader, Byrne continues to drive innovation at the forefront of dairy processing and product development.
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Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in network administration, infrastructure support, or a closely related role
- Strong hands-on experience with enterprise switching, routing, firewalls, wireless, VPNs, VLANs, subnetting, and network troubleshooting
- Experience supporting multi-site environments and documenting network standards, configurations, and procedures
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, networking, engineering, information technology, or equivalent industry experience
- CCNA, CCNP, JNCIA, Aruba Certified Professional, Network+, or similar networking certification
- Experience supporting manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, or operational technology network environments
What We Do
Byrne is a Central New York dairy and beverage producer and co-manufacturer serving national brands and private-label customers. It specializes in extended-shelf-life (ESL) refrigerated and ultra-high-temperature (UHT) aseptic shelf-stable processing and packaging. Its portfolio includes conventional and organic milk, cream, creamers, flavored milk, high-protein and non-dairy beverages, plus Byrne-branded milk and ice cream. It also provides product development, testing and distribution capabilities.
