Network Infrastructure Supervisor - Information Technology #759

 Location: Department 759  1813 Kramer Street  La Crosse , WI  54603  
Requisition: 166260  
Shift: Daytime
Education Experience: Associates Degree
Employment Experience: 5+ year

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Kwik Trip’s Information Technology Department has an opening for a Network Infrastructure Supervisor.

What you will be doing… 

You will supervise and provide leadership for the Network Infrastructure team members and be responsible for the installation and maintenance of all Kwik Trip campus network, retail network, and data center operations.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Lead the procurement, installation, disaster recovery planning, and maintenance of all Kwik Trip campus network and data center equipment and related software.
• Lead the procurement, installation, disaster recovery planning, and maintenance of all Kwik Trip retail network equipment and related software.
• Oversee the day-to-day operation of the Kwik Trip Network Infrastructure team members.
• Plan, design, and implement data connectivity for the local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and wireless LAN.
• Coordinate and implement special projects including network-related wiring plans.
• Maintain documentation including hardware/software configuration information.
• Provide after-hours escalated support in an on-call rotation.
• Review budgets on a continual basis, identify areas of opportunity and implement necessary improvements to achieve profit expectations.
• Effectively manage, coach, and develop coworkers on the Network Infrastructure Team.
• Manage and maintain vendor relationships.

You will need to have:

• Associate degree in Information Systems/Network Administration or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven experience with architecture and design of large-scale local area, wide area, and wireless networks.
• Strong understanding of Network Security practices and procedures.
• Strong understanding of practices and procedures involving the use of protocol analyzers and network sniffing technologies.
• Experience managing networking in a virtual server environment.
• Advanced experience with routing protocols.
• Strong understanding of LAN, WAN, and WLAN practices and procedures for identification, troubleshooting, and resolution of network issues.
• Strong understanding of technologies practices and procedures for configuration and performance tuning of routing, switching, and WLAN deployments.
• Strong technical documentation skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to meet project and department deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Supervisory and leadership experience.

Even better if you have:

• Knowledge of Data Center and Core network technologies.
• Knowledge of access control systems and Firewalls.
• Experience with managing retail networks, MPLS, or similar protocols.
• Experience working with manufacturing and automation networks.
• Experience with Packet Capture, NetFlow, and other system monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
• Experience with public cloud platform networking.
• Any networking certifications.
• Experience with structured cabling best practices and procedures.
• Experience with SD-WAN solutions, including implementation, maintenance and best practices.
• Experience with ITIL – Incident/Task/Project/Change/Problem.
• Experience with Network Automation.

Work Schedule:  Monday through Friday, daytime hours with rotating on call responsibilities. Weekend and non-business hours work may be required as needed.

Kwik Trip, Inc. OVERVIEW:

For over 50 years, Kwik Trip, Inc. has operated friendly, clean, trusted, family-owned, local convenience stores in communities throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. With a commitment to generosity, Kwik Trip, Inc. is dedicated to treating coworkers and guests like family. We continue to look for ways to improve our guest shopping experience and product offerings, as well as to ensure we provide a safe and fun work environment for our coworkers. We offer competitive wage and benefits and continue to invest in our family of coworkers and provide them with career advancement and growth opportunities.

Kwik Trip, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Function: Information Technology; Design; Education; General Business; Installation - Maint - Repair; Management; Professional Services; QA - Quality Control; Research; Skilled Labor - Trades; Strategy - Planning; Training