Job Title:

Field Systems Engineer - Dairy & Livestock Networks Not a helpdesk role.

Position Summary:

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. You own the system end to end: survey the site, choose wired vs wireless, size power and PoE, stand up servers and network services, install the hardware, document it, and support it after go-live. Work is on customer farms, often outdoors, at height, around livestock, with regular travel and an on-call rotation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

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.

Required qualifications:

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.

Work environment:

In person. Regular travel to customer sites. Physical installation work. Livestock and weather. Company vehicle. On-call rotation.

Benefits:

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

License/Certification:

Driver's License (Required)

Work Location:

In person