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Principal, Network Engineer

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ID de la oferta 323520 Fecha de publicación 03/25/2026 Location : Wayzata, Minnesota Category  Digital Data & Technology Job Status  Salaried Full Time

Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. 
Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life’s essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing—today and for generations to come.

Job Purpose and Impact

  • The Prinicpal Network Engineer job leads designing, implementing and maintaining network infrastructure to provide reliable and secure communication across the organization. As a recognized subject matter authority in network engineering, this job reviews and advises the network devices configuration, maintenance and upgrades and network performance monitoring, troubleshoots highly complex issues, and leads system optimization and automation to improve efficiency and scalability. This job influences and leads adopting innovative technologies and best in class industry standards to sustain a cutting edge network environment.

    Internal Title is: Advisor, Network Engineering 

Key Accountabilities

  • NETWORK SOLUTIONS: Leads designing and implementing network solutions in line with organizational needs, including creating network diagrams and blueprints, and ensures the network infrastructure supports business objectives.
  • NETWORK DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE: Leads and advises designing and architecting highly complex network systems and software defined networking, ensuring scalability, security and efficiency.
  • TROUBLESHOOTING & DIAGNOSTICS: Performs highly complex troubleshooting and diagnostics to resolve network issues, ensuring minimal downtime and network reliability.
  • NETWORK MAINTENANCE: Advises on maintaining and updating network systems, including applying patches, service packs and security configurations.
  • PERFORMANCE MONITORING & OPTIMIZATION: Monitors network performance and advises on maintaining system availability and reliability, recommends continuous improvement initiatives and leads necessary adjustments.
  • SECURITY MANAGEMENT: Leads and mentors implementing and maintaining robust network security measures to protect against threats and ensure data integrity.
  • DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING: Leads and advises on developing and implementing disaster recovery plans to ensure business continuity in case of network failures.
  • NETWORK AUTOMATION: Leads developing and implementing automation and tools to streamline network operations, including configuration management, device provisioning and software updates.
  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION: Stays current with emerging technologies and industry trends, influences and leads innovation and modernization within the network infrastructure.

Qualifications

  • Minimum requirement of 6 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 10 years or more of relevant experience.
  • 6+ 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: 

  • 10 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

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Compensation Data

The expected salary for this position is $144,000-$200,000. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance and your personal performance. At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

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