Consultant, I&O Operations - Ag & Trading

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 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

• The Professional, Operations job maintains the smooth operation of the organization's infrastructure by performing moderately complex tasks, including monitoring systems, troubleshooting issues, and implementing security measures. With limited supervision, this job resolves network issues, responds and handles incidents, and conducts protocol analysis to ensure proper communication between network devices. This job collaborates with vendors and internal teams to document moderately complex network and infrastructure issues and implement security measures to protect the network infrastructure.

• MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE:
  Monitors network performance to maintain smooth and efficient operations, applying tools to track network traffic, identify issues, and maintain optimal performance.
• TROUBLESHOOTING & RESOLVING ISSUES:
  Diagnoses and resolves moderately complex network and hosting problems affecting routers, switches, servers, and communication circuits, including performing root cause analysis and implementing solutions to prevent future occurrences.
• INCIDENT MANAGEMENT:
  Monitors and responds to network and hosting incidents, outages, and performance alerts, including categorizing issues and coordinating with technical teams for timely resolution.
• PROTOCOL ANALYSIS:
  Performs moderately complex protocol analysis to troubleshoot network issues and sustain proper communication between network devices.
• CONFIGURATION & DEPLOYMENT:
  Partners to configure and deploy new hardware and software while ensuring compatibility with existing systems, including setting up servers, network devices, and other infrastructure components.
• COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION:
  Partners with vendors, third party service providers, and internal teams to resolve moderately network issues and improve network performance, providing effective and efficient communication, coordination and timely updates.
• DOCUMENTATION & REPORTING:
  Documents network issues, resolutions, and performance trends, and provides reports to senior technical personnel and stakeholders to inform decision making and improve network operations.
• BACKUP & DISASTER RECOVERY:
  Maintains and partners to develop backup and disaster recovery plans to ensure data integrity and availability in case of system failures or data loss.
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
  Co-leads information technology projects, such as system upgrades, migrations, and new implementations, delivering projects on time and within budget.
• AUTOMATION & SCRIPTING:
  Partners to develop automation scripts and tools to streamline infrastructure management tasks and improve operational efficiency.

• Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of Virtual systems
• Strong understanding of network infrastructure
• Manufacturing IT knowledge
• Control System/DCS experience

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.