With 2,500 employees and net sales of $1.7 billion, Sargento is a family-owned, privately-held company that has been an innovator in cheese for more than 70 years. Founded in 1953 in Plymouth, Wisconsin, Sargento successfully introduced America to pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses. Today, Sargento is still based in Wisconsin, where they manufacture and market amazing shredded, sliced and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients. Company leadership lives to serve local communities and employees who are part of the Sargento Family.

Industry: Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Company Size: 1,001-5,000 employees

Sargento

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The Network Administrator is responsible for building, supporting, and administering network and telecommunications infrastructure across manufacturing and office environments. This role partners closely with Engineering, Electrical contractors, Wireless SMEs, and AV vendors to deliver MDF/IDF telecom room buildouts, fiber and copper cabling, wireless deployments, paging systems, and enterprise telephony. The Network Administrator also performs ongoing administration of Cisco network platforms (Catalyst, Nexus), Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) and Informacast Fusion, ensuring reliable connectivity and operational uptime for plant and business operations.

**Your Passion. Our Culture.**

At Sargento, you work for a company you believe in, with a family of people who believe in you. Our culture stems from a simple premise: Hire good people and treat them like family. At Sargento, you can make decisions based on how they affect people as well as the long-term health of our company. You will be encouraged to make a meaningful difference in the community, in the company and in your career. With diverse experiences and tools to learn and develop, you can transform your aspirations into reality. If you’re ready for the right place to belong and grow your career, you can find it here.

**Benefits That Set Us Apart.**

- Comprehensive medical including Fertility, Adoption benefits, Dental, and Vision Insurance

- Remote ½ day Fridays

- Onsite Health & Wellness Center

- Employer 401K contribution in the top 1% of the nation

- Relocation Assistance

- Tuition Assistance

- Access to Employee Store

**What You Do.**

- Provide Tier-2 network support, troubleshooting complex LAN, WAN, WLAN, Voice, and security incidents while maintaining clear documentation and collaborating with service desk and cross-functional teams.

- Administer, monitor, and maintain enterprise network infrastructure, including Cisco routers, switches, wireless controllers and access points.

- Collaborate with engineering and facilities teams to design and build MDF/IDF telecom rooms, coordinating racks, power, UPS, grounding, pathways, and environmental requirements while ensuring adherence to standards.

- Partner with electrical vendors to plan fiber routes, structured cabling, and network drops, overseeing installation, termination, testing, labeling, and as-built documentation.

- Support manufacturing and office connectivity, including switchport configuration, VLANs, cutovers, and validation for laptops, printers, phones, and plant endpoints.

- Coordinate with AV and wireless teams to deploy paging systems and wireless networks, including site surveys, access point installation, and performance validation in high-noise plant environments.

- Administer and support Cisco-based network infrastructure (Catalyst, Nexus), performing upgrades, monitoring, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management.

- Provide telephony administration for Cisco CUCM and Microsoft Teams, including phone provisioning, moves/adds/changes, and basic call routing support.

- Maintain accurate network documentation, follow change management processes, support IT/OT networks, and participate in on-call incident response.

**Your Education And Experience. **

- Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or equivalent

- Experience:

- 3+ years of Network administration and deployment experience.

- Ability to read and interpret engineering/facility drawings and translate requirements into cabling/network implementation plans

- Working knowledge of copper and fiber cabling standards, including labeling, certification testing expectations, and documentation best practices

- Experience coordinating MDF/IDF buildouts, structured cabling, and vendor-led installs

- Experience with telephony administration/support such as Cisco CUCM, Microsoft Teams Phone

- Experience with wireless site survey tools/processes (e.g., Ekahau or similar)

- Experience designing/installing paging systems for industrial/manufacturing facilities

- Exposure to OT/Industrial networking concepts (AGVs/AMRs, PLC environments, Level 2/3 segmentation)

- Strong troubleshooting, communication, and vendor management skills

- Certifications: CompTIA Network+ or CCNA required.

- On-call: Yes (rotation approximately once per month)

- Travel: Frequent travel required to other sites

**Our Story.**

With over 2,400+ employees and net sales of $1.8 billion, Sargento Foods is a family-owned company that has been a leader in cheese for more than 70 years. We created the world’s first, successful pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses. Sargento is based in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where we manufacture and market shredded, sliced and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients and sauces. Sargento is known for the exceptional quality of our products and for product design, packaging and merchandising innovations that have transformed our industry.

To learn more about our culture and values, please visit our website at https://careers.sargento.com/us/en.

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