Traverse City Light & Power (TCLP) is a municipally owned electric and telecom utility serving approximately 13,000 electric and 900 fiber customers. With a team of 55 dedicated employees, we are committed to delivering reliable, innovative, and community-focused services to the residents and businesses of Traverse City.
Position Overview
TCLP is seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Network Engineer to join our IT Department. This role is responsible for the design, configuration, performance, reliability, and security of the utility’s enterprise-wide network infrastructure, including electric operations, IT systems, and the fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) broadband network.
The Senior Network Engineer will serve as the primary technical authority for all utility network environments, encompassing carrier-grade broadband systems, operational technology (OT) networks, and enterprise IT infrastructure. This position ensures network stability, provisioning accuracy, traffic performance, resiliency, and compliance with enterprise architecture and cybersecurity standards established by the CTO.
This position participates in an on-call rotation to address after-hours network and broadband operational needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, administer, and support enterprise and broadband network infrastructure, including LAN/WAN, wireless, FTTP, routing, switching, firewalls, and virtualization platforms.
- Ensure secure, segmented, and resilient network architectures across IT, OT, and broadband environments, supporting high availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery.
- Monitor and optimize network performance, reliability, and capacity, including troubleshooting outages and service degradation impacting operations and customers.
- Support broadband network operations, including FTTP infrastructure, traffic management, QoS, firmware lifecycle management, and capacity planning.
- Integrate network systems with enterprise platforms such as identity management, provisioning, billing, CIS, and monitoring tools.
- Maintain network documentation, standards, configurations, and performance baselines while supporting cybersecurity controls, audits, and incident response.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Fiber Business, Electric Operations, IT, and leadership on service delivery, capital planning, and infrastructure lifecycle decisions.
Why TCLP?
- Be part of a mission-driven organization that directly impacts your community.
- Enjoy a collaborative, supportive work culture with a strong focus on employee well-being.
- Competitive compensation and benefits including health insurance, 100% employer paid dental and vision insurance, 10% employer contribution to a 457 deferred compensation retirement plan, and a defined benefit pension retirement plan.
- Opportunities for professional development and growth.
Salary range dependent on education and experience. To view a detailed job description, additional minimum qualifications, benefits summary, and to apply visit https://jobs.tclp.org/careers/. The position is open until filled.
TCL&P is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
A diverse team makes a strong team. As an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, we are strongly committed to creating a dynamic and equitable workforce that mirrors the community and world that we serve. TCL&P encourages people from all backgrounds to apply.
