Foster Farms has been a family-owned and operated company for four generations. Since our founding days back in 1939, we have always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. The hope is that our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our people will shine through in everything we do.

We are always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms team. We offer the experience of a large organization, but operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage employees to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

This position is responsible within the Enterprise Security function for the:

• Baseline support and enhancement; including monitoring, maintenance, support, improvement and integration of assigned enterprise security and infrastructure-based products (Infrastructure Functions) in the Foster Farms computing environment.

• Solution recommendation and implementation of new vendor-supplied and/or in-house developed security solutions (Infrastructure Solutions) within assigned Infrastructure Functions.

The System Engineer I (SE I) will work closely with IT staff to provide effective and efficient business solutions in the assigned Infrastructure Functions. This position will monitor and analyze assigned Infrastructure Solutions to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of the Foster Farms Infrastructure environment. This requires a limited degree of creativity and latitude.

The SE I may also play a role in enforcing standards relating to the use of assigned Infrastructure Functions

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Low to Moderately complex systems engineering duties within assigned

Infrastructure Functions including:

Systems integration, upgrade, support, rollout

Systems administration, monitoring, performance tuning and systems documentation

Project participation

Additional Functions:

As assigned

Requirements:

Education/experience FOR ALL Systems Engineer I positions

2 – 4 years of industry experience

BS in Computer/Management Information Systems, Computer Science or equivalent experience

Exposure to and familiarity with scripting

Minimum of 2 years of progressive responsibility supporting Windows/Unix/Linux technology

Minimum of 3 years experience in IT infrastructure support

Must be goal and results oriented and have strong problem-solving skills, sound judgment, critical thinking, and decision-making ability.

Demonstrated ability to educate peer staff

Demonstrated ability to teach/educate self in the infrastructure arena, both within assigned functions and outside of assigned functions.

Must possess solid critical thinking skills with the capability to envision creative solutions to low to moderately complex business/infrastructure process/system issues.

Very good interpersonal and communications skills with the ability to communicate effectively with management, users, staff and team members, both written and verbal.

Common sense skill sets.

Infrastructure support FOR ALL Systems Engineer I positions

Exposure to assigned enterprise infrastructure technologies

Experience in solution installation, configuration, testing, trouble shooting and repair

Exposure to disaster recovery technologies

end-user/application support FOR ALL Systems Engineer I positions

Business perspective, seeing IT as business-driven, rather than technology-driven

Ability to travel and work from home in order to provide 24 x 7 support

Strong service orientation with a desire to help others

Experience working with consultants and software vendors

For Systems Engineer I – Enterprise Security positions – Specific – Enterprise Security Administration

2+ years of experience working with routers, switches and firewalls

Experience with and strong knowledge of TCP/IP, Network protocol suite

Understanding of network security features, principles and best practices

Understanding of enterprise wireless networking security

Understanding of VOIP security technology

Experience with network monitoring solutions

Fluency with common AV, DLP, IPS, IDS and intrusion detection tools

Solid knowledge of Identity Management solutions

Experience with application security best practices

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

Master’s Degree

3+ years of IT experience working in a manufacturing organization for a $1+ billion organization.

2+ years of experience in Infrastructure Services

Experience supporting Infrastructure Services in an SAP/ERP environment

Experience with server virtualization

Industry certification (s) to include:

Security+ or equivalent

Possess the ability to move up within the organization

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new employees.