Cargill

Senior Network Engineer

Reposted 4 Hours Ago

Atlanta GA USA

In-Office

Senior level

Food • Greentech • Logistics • Sharing Economy • Transportation • Agriculture • Industrial

Reimagining what's possible for food and agriculture

The Role

The Senior Network Engineer will lead the design and migration of Cargill's networking infrastructure to modern software-defined solutions mentor teams and provide technical expertise.

Summary Generated by Built In

Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food ingredients agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials - from eggs to edible oils salt to skincare feed to alternative fuel. Our 160000 colleagues operating in 70 countries make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Senior Network Engineer will design transformation deployment automation operation and own Cargill's software defined network infrastructure with an initial focus on migration of legacy networking infrastructure to modern software defined networking infrastructure. In this role you will provide thought leadership and actively engage in a network transformation project to migrate legacy physical networking infrastructure to Modern software defined networking infrastructure to architect build secure and maintain.
Key Accountabilities

Provide technical leadership and influence the use of software development and infrastructure as code practices to design build and support software defined network capabilities.
Provide expert leadership across network teams to resolve complex problems and remove roadblocks.
Participate in the engineering community by being a coach and mentor to engineers share new technical trends and develop modern skills and engineering best practices across Cargill.

Qualifications

Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
4+ years experience in the field of Networking (Routing Switching and SD WAN) having good understanding of Software Defined Networks. The person should have experience on Versa & Cisco products with ability to design implement and troubleshooting skills.

Preferred:

8 years of experience in network engineering in a large scale distributed IT team
Around 5 years of experience in the design and implementation of wireless technologies
Expert level knowledge on WAN technologies and protocols not limited to BGP OSPF QoS CoS ACLs NAT/CGNAT MPLS VPNs & IPSec.
Experience across various areas of network including switching routing software and traditional WAN firewall load-balancing networking protocols DNS DHCP network observability.
At least 8 years' experience in maintaining and managing networks running OSPF and BGP routing protocols with QoS implementations. CCIE SP or Enterprise certification is preferred.
Ability to develop low-level design (LLD) for proposed network architecture.
Knowledge of automation and scripting of network configurations with know-how of python bash docker is preferred. Working experience in source code management tools like GitHub.
Experience working with agile teams leveraging modern engineering tools and practices to manage team backlog planned work and issue tracking
Experience providing technical leadership across multiple engineering teams

Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vet.

What the Team is Saying

Cargill Compensation & Benefits Highlights

Retirement Support—Feedback suggests the 401(k) with immediate eligibility a clear company match paid quarterly in company stock and employer-funded retirement components (e.g. ESOP/ERA) offer strong long-term savings value. Vesting timelines are defined supporting predictable planning.
Leave & Time Off Breadth—Feedback suggests PTO scales from 15 to 30 days with service and follows a clear June 1–May 31 plan year. Standard holidays and floating days further expand time away options.
Parental & Family Support—Feedback suggests up to 6 weeks paid bonding leave and 4 weeks for family care adoption/surrogacy reimbursement up to $10000 and resources like Bright Horizons and Milk Stork provide meaningful support for families. Eligibility on a 12‑month cadence with FMLA‑style requirements increases practical usability.

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The Company

HQ: Wayzata MN

155000 Employees

Year Founded: 1865

What We Do

We are a family company providing food ingredients agricultural solutions and industrial products to nourish the world in a safe responsible and sustainable way. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials— from eggs to edible oils salt to skincare feed to flooring. By providing customers with products that are vital for living we help businesses grow communities prosper and consumers live well in their daily lives.

Why Work With Us

The decision to join Cargill can open the door to a world of possibility. As part of our Digital Technology & Data team you’ll get to be part of a large and diverse group full of unique perspectives united by a common higher purpose while building a rewarding career full of opportunity growth and the satisfaction of knowing your work matters.