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Senior Infrastructure & Cyber Security Engineer
Byrne Dairy
Other Engineering
lafayette, ny, usa
USD 125k-152,500 / year
Posted on Apr 1, 2026
Senior Infrastructure & Cyber Security Engineer
Why Byrne
At Byrne, we foster a culture built on teamwork, excellence, and professionalism. Our greatest strength lies in the exceptional talent and dedication of our team members across every part of the organization. We value their contributions and ensure they’re recognized, rewarded, and compensated in ways that reflect their impact and expertise.
Pay and Benefits
- Salary Range – $125,000 - $152,500 per year
- Competitive bonus programs
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits available day 1 of employment
- Supplemental benefits available on day 30 of employment
- Eligible for 401 (k) with a company match available on day 90 of employment
- Educational Support via tuition reimbursement and scholarship program
Work Shift and Location
2394 US Rte 11 LaFayette, NY 13084
Monday - Friday
This position is expected to be fully onsite at our LaFayette facility.
Job Overview
The Senior Infrastructure & Cyber Security Engineer plays a key role in executing assigned IT tasks. This includes taking technical ownership of core IT infrastructure, networking, and cybersecurity platforms supporting our dairy manufacturing plants, engineering networks, and warehousing operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide oversight for physical access and door security systems as part of a unified access governance approach.
- Collaborate with facilities, engineering, and operations teams to ensure system reliability and security.
- Serve as a technical mentor to infrastructure, network, and security team members.
- Establish and maintain clear standards, documentation, and best practices.
- Influence outcomes through partnership with: plant engineering, maintenance teams, warehouse, operations leadership, corporate IT and security leadership.
- Participate in architecture reviews, vendor selection, and long-term planning.
- Define and enforce technical standards for infrastructure, networking, and security platforms.
- Approve or reject architectural designs that impact security, reliability, or plant operations.
- Prioritize security and infrastructure remediation efforts based on risk and operational impact.
- Ensure consistent access governance across corporate IT, plant, engineering, and cloud environments.
- Partner with application owners to ensure secure identity integrations.
- Provide technical ownership of the Microsoft 365 environment which includes Entra, Purview, Exchange-Online, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive.
- Manage MFA to endure secure user access.
- Define standards for collaboration, file sharing, and data protection.
- Ensure security, compliance, and lifecycle management for cloud collaboration tools.
- Own the design and security posture of enterprise, warehouse, and engineering networks.
- Provide technical leadership for: LAN, WAN, WLAN, and SD WAN connectivity, Firewall and VPN architecture, and Network segmentation between IT, OT, and engineering systems
- Serve as escalation support for production-impacting network issues.
- Coordinate with ISPs and technology vendors across multiple sites.
- Own the security posture of infrastructure and endpoint environments.
- Provide leadership for: Endpoint protection and detection, SIEM and centralized logging, vulnerability management and remediation prioritization and email and web security controls.
- Lead infrastructure-focused incident response and post-incident reviews.
- Balance cyber risk reduction with manufacturing uptime and safety requirements.
- Make technical decisions during incidents to protect safety, uptime, and data.
- Recommend tooling, vendor changes, and modernization initiatives to leadership.
Min. Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience across Windows infrastructure, networking, and cybersecurity.
- Demonstrated experience owning platforms, not just administering them.
- Strong expertise in: Active Directory and Group Policy, Enterprise networking and firewall technologies, and Endpoint security, SIEM, and vulnerability management.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, warehousing, or industrial environments.
- Strong PowerShell and automation skills.
Byrne
Headquartered in LaFayette, Byrne is a Central New York-based dairy company with a legacy spanning over 90 years. Its operations include an extended shelf-life (ESL) and ultra-high temperature (UHT) pasteurization plant in DeWitt, as well as an ESL manufacturing facility in Cortlandville. Byrne also maintains warehouse facilities in Syracuse and East Syracuse, along with a dedicated ice cream center in Syracuse. As a recognized industry leader, Byrne continues to drive innovation at the forefront of dairy processing and product development.