Bemidji, Minnesota, US (On-site)1 open job
Member-owned broadband cooperative running the GigaZone all-fiber network across northern Minnesota, with internet, TV, voice, managed IT, and computer repair services.
Paul Bunyan Communications is a member-owned broadband cooperative serving northern Minnesota, where the operational surface is unusually concrete: a fiber network, GigaZone, spanning more than 6,000 square miles across Beltrami County and surrounding areas, plus television, voice, and high-speed internet delivered over it. The company reports more than 70 years serving communities in the region and operates in Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Buhl, Cook, Marble, Nashwauk, and Keewatin. For anyone thinking in terms of attack surface, that means transport infrastructure, subscriber edge, voice systems, and residential and business customer networks - the kind of footprint where availability is the product.
The business lines beyond connectivity shape the threat model further. Managed IT solutions cover business customers and include specialized IT support for school districts, which brings endpoint fleets, identity, and third-party software under someone's care; computer repair runs through a certified Apple Service Provider operation, meaning devices physically arrive for service. Technical domains in play across the organization include fiber optic networking, broadband internet, telecommunications, television and voice services, managed IT, and IT support.
Governance is a seven-person Board of Directors elected by the members, and the company describes itself as keeping customer needs at the forefront of business decisions. Structurally, that is a cooperative with long-standing community ties rather than a venture-backed operator - decisions are accountable to the membership it serves. Domain expertise candidates would bring spans network engineering, managed services operations, and the support workflows that sit between them.
