For more than a century, Ben E. Keith Company has been a leader in fine food and premium beverage distribution, and we strive to consistently exceed our customers’ expectations.

Our Food Division is a complete broad line multi-state distributor, and our Beverage Division operates throughout the state of Texas as a proud distributor of Anheuser-Busch products, craft and import beer brands, spirits, and wine.

We are dedicated to the growth and success of our business, our customers, and our employees—continuing our commitment to delivering quality since 1906.

Position Summary and Responsibilities:

Reporting directly to the Sr. Director of Infrastructure, this candidate will lead the team that is responsible for provisioning, deploying, administering, and monitoring of the Network infrastructure for the firm.  This includes all switches, routers, firewalls, wireless technology and wide-area network components.  The successful candidate will be a hands-on technology subject matter expert, well-organized and adept at delivering complex projects in the Network domain.  Duties will include

• Coordinating with other team members to ensure timely and effective management of incidents related to network faults
• Ensure appropriate security measures are practiced to protect company assets
• Organize and manage resources to ensure delivery of services meet or exceed expectations
• Manage & develop the Network team members as a high-performance team                                                
• Develop & maintain standard operating procedures for the acquisition, evaluation, deployment and configuration of network technology
• Communicate with all levels of the organization during high priority problem events.
• Participate in 24 X 7 on-call rotation for any Network services events

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or commensurate experience
• 5+ years direct network management work experience preferred
• Effective written and oral communication skills; ability to utilize interpersonal skills to work with team members and business units within the company.
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly terminology.
• Networking with a security mindset, ideally coming from a regulated environment
• Proficient with Cisco networking technologies
• Proficient with Ruckus or other enterprise wireless technologies
• Proficient with Fortinet or other enterprise firewall technologies
• Experience managing wide are network carriers & associated contracts (MPLS, DIA, Broadband)
• Financial acumen & budget/planning experience
• Experience working with multiple service providers to deliver a world-class service
• Ideally experience with large warehouse environments
• Experience managing within an Agile framework leveraging Jira is a plus 

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 20 lbs 

Ben E. Keith (BEK) Company is one of the largest food and beverage distributors in the United States. We are a family-owned business with a long-standing tradition of supporting the diverse communities in which we live and work. Our competitive employee benefits provide health and financial protection to our employees and their families.

We have sought to create an environment in which the contributions of each employee at Ben E. Keith are fully valued. This means more than simply treating one another with respect; it also means considering how all our people can positively impact the quality of the decisions we make about our business.

Here at Ben E. Keith, we recognize that our workforce reflects the increasingly diverse nature of our society, and we want to do all we can to take advantage of that diversity with both our external and internal customers. We believe our differences are also our strengths and we want to do all we can to use those strengths to find more creative solutions for the business challenges we face. Ben E. Keith is an equal employment opportunity, affirmative action employer. VEVRAA Federal Contractor