Staff Systems Engineer/Systems Engineer - Enterprise Firewall Administration - Corporate Office (Austin, MN)

Hormel Foods•Austin, MN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

STAFF SYSTEMS ENGINEER/SYSTEMS ENGINEER – ENTERPRISE FIREWALL ADMINISTRATION – CORPORATE OFFICE (AUSTIN, MN) HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION To save time applying, Hormel Foods does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas for this position at this time. ABOUT HORMEL FOODS — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™ Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minnesota, is a global branded food company with approximately $12 billion in annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands include Planters ® , Skippy ® , SPAM ® , Hormel ® Natural Choice ® , Applegate ® , Wholly ® , Hormel ® Black Label ® , Columbus ® , Jennie-O® and more than 30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named one of the best companies to work for by U.S. News & World Report, one of America’s most responsible companies by Newsweek, recognized by TIME magazine as one of the World’s Best Companies, and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts. The company lives by its purpose statement — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™ — to bring some of the world’s most trusted and iconic brands to tables across the globe. For more information, visit www.hormelfoods.com . SUMMARY: This position works on the IT Communications team with a focus on firewalls and other security software solutions used in our production warehouse and manufacturing facilities at an enterprise scale. The role requires providing support to remote sites as well as project-based deployments, discovering new technologies, improving existing technologies, and keeping our networks and data systems secure. This role will require occasional evenings and weekends to provide support or implement systems during outage windows.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, or related field or 5 – 7 years of experience engineering, deploying, and supporting enterprise network communications systems
3+ years of experience in IT Security or a related field
Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure and strong troubleshooting experience, including networking and TCP/IP Concepts
Advanced technical experience in security architecture and firewall administration
Pattern of initiative and technical innovation, proven problem solving, decision making and project management skills, strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Excellent organizational, time management skills, well-developed written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work on nights, weekends, holidays for 3rd level support and/or system upgrades in support of plant downtime availability windows
Applicants must not now, or at any time in the future, require sponsorship for a work visa
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer

Nice To Haves

Technical experience with remote access solutions
Technical experience in web content filtering
Technical experience in cloud security

Responsibilities

Architect, implement, and manage enterprise network security environment(s) and services used throughout the company: in subsidiaries, production and warehouse locations
Administer and maintain business critical enterprise network security environment(s) and services used throughout the company in subsidiaries, production plants, and warehouse locations
Provide firewall / security Level 3 support issue/problem resolution of business-critical infrastructure environment(s) and services
Provide project management of medium and large network security related projects across the enterprise