Advanced Engineer, Networks

TriMark USA is the country's largest provider of design services, equipment, and supplies to the foodservice industry. We proudly serve our customers by providing design services, commercial equipment, and foodservice supplies across a wide range of industries and business sectors. Headquartered in Massachusetts, with a history dating back to 1896, we have locations across the country that offer foodservice operators an unparalleled level of service by combining our unique design capabilities and our expert market knowledge with the purchasing strength, delivery, installation, and after-sales service capabilities of a national company. Our employees are focused on creating customized solutions for our clients to ensure they achieve their culinary goals while upholding our I.C.A.R.E. values: Integrity, Customer Service, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. For more information, please visit: www.trimarkusa.com

Why you'll love it here!

+ Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Tuition Reimbursement, Pet, and Legal Insurance

+ 401k
+ Community Service Day

+ Spotlight Awards

+ National Sales Excellence Awards

+ CFSP Prep Certification Program

POSITION SUMMARY:

• The Advanced Networks Engineer reports to the Director, NetComm Operations
• Located in Mansfield, MA
• Full-Time
• Hybrid

The Advanced Network Engineer owns the architecture, strategy, design, security, and operational excellence of national enterprise networks spanning corporate offices, distribution centers, data centers, and cloud environments. This role serves as a senior technical leader responsible for ensuring secure, highly available, and scalable network services that support business-critical operations. This position carries significant influence over enterprise network standards and long-term architecture decisions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, deploy, and support enterprise LAN/WAN/Wi-Fi infrastructure across geographically distributed locations serving corporate offices, distribution centers, and data center environments.
• Lead ongoing optimization and performance management of the Cato SD-WAN environment, including policy management, site onboarding, and security service configuration.
• Architect and maintain secure, scalable network solutions aligned with business needs and operational demands across a 2,800+ endpoint environment.
• Strengthen network security posture in partnership with the Security team, with emphasis on network segmentation, Zero Trust principles, and hardening standards.
• Lead lifecycle management initiatives including hardware refreshes, firmware upgrades, and technology modernization roadmaps.
• Serve as the Tier 3 escalation resource and own root cause analysis and post-incident review for major network events.
• Drive improvements in network monitoring, alerting, and observability across the enterprise.
• Create and maintain detailed, accurate network documentation including topology diagrams, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Participate in on-call rotation and is expected to support after-hours maintenance windows as needed. Given the national scope of the environment and the criticality of network availability to distributions operations, candidates should be comfortable with occasional evening and weekend commitments.

COMPETENCIES:

• Expert-level proficiency in advanced network design principles, protocols, and technologies.
• Proven experience in configuring and optimizing intricate and advanced network devices.
• Exceptional project leadership skills, demonstrated through a history of successful execution of complex projects.
• In-depth knowledge of advanced network security principles and compliance standards.
• Outstanding troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills at an advanced level.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• 7+ years of enterprise network engineering experience in a distributed, multi-site environment.
• Direct, hands-on experience with Cato SD-WAN is a meaningful differentiator and candidates with production Cato deployment and management experience are strongly preferred.
• Strong Cisco/Meraki switching and routing experience with working knowledge of OSPF, BGP, VLANs, and QoS; Cisco Meraki certifications (ECMS1/ECMS2) preferred.
• Relevant industry certifications such as CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, or equivalent are preferred.
• Enterprise wireless design, deployment, and optimization experience, particularly in high-density environments. Proven ability to resolve high-impact incidents under pressure while communicating clearly with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience with AWS cloud networking including virtual networking, VPN, Direct Connect, and security group management.
• Proficiency in Python scripting with applied experience in infrastructure as code practices - candidates who can automate configuration workflows, enforce network standards programmatically, and leverage tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation to manage cloud network resources are strongly preferred.
• Prior experience functioning as a technical lead or subject matter expert within a network team.
• Strong documentation discipline, this role is expected to leave things better than they were found. Collaborative, ownership-driven mindset with the ability to operate effectively in a geographically distributed team environment.

The range provided represents the national average pay range for this position and is considered to be a general guideline. Pay for this position will reflect the candidate's unique qualifications and may be higher or lower than the range provided based on employee geographic location. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other local, state, and federal law.

In addition to base salary, this role will be eligible for participation in TriMark's' benefits programs, including medical, dental, vision, 401K (with employer match), etc. Leadership positions may also qualify for participation in bonus programs commensurate with role and scope of responsibility.

TriMark's commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging is a purposeful mission of strengthening our organization and those we serve by uniting the unique and beautiful differences of our employees. This mission is instilled in the fiber of who we are as a company, setting the standard for our industry. We are committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and belonging through sharing, education, and experiences.

TriMark USA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to accommodations@trimarkusa.com.

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