Network Engineer

Caterpillar; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 82,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness perks

Creativity training

Flexible hours

Job summary

Caterpillar in Dallas, TX seeks a mid-level Network Engineer to own key initiatives involving Cisco IOS and Linux Bash. With ~3 years of tech experience, you will design APIs, improve pipelines, and translate business needs into technical tasks while collaborating across teams.

Expect ownership early in your role, competitive salary, and comprehensive wellness perks. Applications submitted this week will enter the current review cycle.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of technology experience in network engineering.
• Ability to translate complex Ticketing Systems topics for non-technical audiences.
• Strong collaboration across teams and with stakeholders.
• Documentation discipline maintained while work is in progress.

Responsibilities

• Design Cisco IOS APIs for internal Dallas teams.
• Maintain green CI/CD pipelines for Cisco IOS builds in Dallas.
• Replace brittle hacks with robust Cisco IOS solutions scalable for Dallas.
• Strengthen Caterpillar's security and audit readiness for TX operations.
• Improve legacy Ticketing Systems modules and code quality.
• Reduce latency on critical technology paths used by Caterpillar users.
• Set Cisco IOS coding standards for the engineering group.
• Translate business requirements into actionable technical tasks.

Skills

Network engineering

Interpersonal skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Cisco IOS

Tools

Cisco IOS

Linux Bash

Job description

We are looking for a mid-level Network Engineer who thrives on solving hard problems with Cisco IOS and Linux Bash. Backed by 3 years of technology experience, you'll own key initiatives, partner closely with the team, and earn $82,000 - $119,000.

Key Responsibilities

• Design Cisco IOS APIs other Dallas, TX teams will still thank you for next year
• Keep the Cisco IOS build pipeline green so Dallas deploys never wait on a red light
• Replace the brittle Decision Making hack with a Cisco IOS solution that survives Dallas scale
• Harden Caterpillar's Creativity auth so the TX audit comes back clean
• Reach into legacy Ticketing Systems modules and leave them cleaner than you found them
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Caterpillar users feel every click
• Set the Cisco IOS coding standards the rest of Caterpillar engineering follows
• Translate genuinely-flexible business requirements into technical specifications and tasks

What You'll Bring

• Experience translating Ticketing Systems complexity for a non-technical audience
• Cross-functional ease, from Ticketing Systems engineers to Decision Making marketers
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten

At Caterpillar, our mission is to make technology simpler, faster, and more accessible for everyone in Dallas, TX and beyond. We hand new Network Engineer hires real ownership early because trust given freely tends to be returned.

Money matters, so we lead with $82,000 - $119,000; then come the wellness perks, the Creativity training, and hours you actually control.

Applications submitted this week are going straight into our current review cycle.

If Dallas is where you want to build a career, Caterpillar wants to hear from you.