Field Systems Engineer - Dairy & Livestock Networks

The Field Systems Engineer independently designs, installs, configures, and maintains the full technology stack at dairy and livestock facilities: switching and routing, fiber and copper cabling, point-to-point and local wireless, Windows servers, workstations, and camera systems., * Design site networks from scratch: addressing, VLANs, routing, DHCP/DNS, wireless coverage, fiber vs radio backhaul, and camera/server placement.

• Install and commission switches, wireless bridges and access points, servers, workstations, NVRs/recorders, and related hardware to company and customer specs.
• Run, terminate, test, and organize copper and fiber. Work with wireless radios for barn-to-barn and remote-building links.
• Build and maintain Windows Server roles needed on site (file, print, AD/workgroup as used, DHCP, storage, remote access) and keep the computers that run parlor and farm software working.
• Troubleshoot across layers: cable and fiber, radios, switching, TCP/IP, servers, cameras, and parlor-connected systems. You isolate the fault instead of escalating the whole problem.
• Work safely with hand tools, ladders, and bucket trucks. Install and service in elevated areas, confined spaces, and livestock environments.
• Drive a company vehicle to customer sites, deal directly with farm owners and managers, and leave the site documented so the next person can support it.
• Participate in on-call as assigned.

Who this is for:

You have built complete environments, not only worked a ticket queue or one slice of a large corporate stack.

You can explain why a site is designed a certain way: when to pull fiber instead of shooting a radio, how VLANs and routing keep cameras off the office LAN, how a server and storage plan supports recording and farm software, and what fails first in rain, heat, or a dirty barn.

Corporate specialists who only own wireless, or only servers, or only cameras, will struggle unless they have also designed and installed full sites themselves.

• High school diploma or equivalent; additional technical training is useful but does not replace hands-on build experience.
• Several years building and supporting networks, servers, and computers in the field or in small environments where one person owned the whole stack. Ten-plus years in a narrowly scoped corporate role is not a substitute.
• Proven work with cabling, network hardware, and camera or similar IP systems.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, switching, VLANs, and basic routing. You can trace a packet from camera to server without guessing.
• Hands-on experience with fiber and/or licensed or unlicensed wireless radios.
• Broad, practical knowledge of Windows Server roles and Windows workstations as they are used on a real site (not only theory).
• English must be your primary language.
• Able to lift 50 pounds and work indoors and outdoors in heat, cold, and livestock facilities.
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
• Please apply only if you have personally designed and commissioned systems, not only supported them.

Preferred:

• Dairy, livestock, or other agricultural / industrial site work.
• Familiarity with parlor, barn, or process equipment that sits on the same network.
• Experience documenting as-built networks (diagrams, addressing, credentials, test results).

Key competencies:

• End-to-end ownership: design through install through repair.
• Strong troubleshooting across physical plant, network, and servers.
• Detail and documentation: the next tech should not have to reverse-engineer your work.
• Independent judgment on site when conditions and customer needs change.
• Clear communication with farmers and with the rest of the team.
• Willingness to learn new radios, camera platforms, and farm software without needing a separate department for each., * High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Network, server, cabling, wireless, or camera systems: 1 year (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance