Sr. Consultant, I&O Operations

Nebraska Ag Connection; Blair (NE); On-site; USD 105,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill is seeking a Senior Professional, Operations to sustain and enhance plant infrastructure, monitor systems, troubleshoot issues, and implement security and reliability improvements across manufacturing sites.

This onsite role may travel within the territory and requires hands-on support for infrastructure and workplace technology, with several years of related experience. The position emphasizes collaboration with vendors and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience.
• Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
• Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

Responsibilities

• Monitor infrastructure performance across network, virtual and physical devices.
• Diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure and workplace tech issues.
• Lead incident management for network and hosting problems.
• Perform protocol analysis to troubleshoot connectivity issues.
• Configure and deploy new hardware and software with existing systems.
• Collaborate with vendors, remote teams and internal groups on onsite work.
• Validate documentation of issues, resolutions and asset inventories.
• Develop and maintain backup and disaster recovery plans.
• Lead IT projects, upgrades, migrations and new implementations.
• Develop automation scripts to improve efficiency.

Skills

Infrastructure monitoring

Troubleshooting

Incident management

Protocol analysis

Configuration & deployment

Vendor collaboration

Documentation & reporting

Backup & disaster recovery

Project management

Automation & scripting

Job description

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 Senior Professional, Operations job maintains the smooth operation of the organization's infrastructure by performing complex tasks, including monitoring systems, troubleshooting issues, and implementing security measures. With minimal supervision, this job serves as a trusted onsite IT partner physically based within manufacturing facilities, providing hands‑on support for infrastructure and workplace technology. The role may support multiple facilities within an assigned geographic territory and may require travel to nearby sites. This job collaborates with vendors and internal teams to document and resolve complex network and infrastructure issues, maintain technology asset inventories, and implement solutions that improve reliability, availability, and security across plant environments.

Key Accountabilities

• MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE: Leads performance monitoring of network, virtual, and physical devices to maintain smooth and efficient operations, applying tools to track network traffic, identify issues, and ensure optimal performance.
• TROUBLESHOOTING & RESOLVING ISSUES: Diagnoses and resolves complex infrastructure and workplace technology problems affecting routers, switches, servers, communication circuits, PCs, scanners, printers, and other site technology assets, including performing root cause analysis and implementing solutions to prevent future occurrences.
• INCIDENT MANAGEMENT: Leads monitoring and responding to network and hosting incidents, outages, performance alerts, and production‑impacting technology issues including categorizing issues, and facilitating with technical teams for timely resolution.
• PROTOCOL ANALYSIS: Performs complex protocol analysis to troubleshoot network issues and sustain proper communication between network devices.
• CONFIGURATION & DEPLOYMENT: Configures and deploys 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, remote technology teams, and internal teams to execute onsite technology work, resolve complex issues and improve performance, providing effective and efficient communication, coordination and timely updates.
• DOCUMENTATION & REPORTING: Validates the documentation of network and infrastructure issues, resolutions, performance trends, and technology asset inventories; reviews and provides reports to stakeholders to inform decision making and improve operational performance.
• BACKUP & DISASTER RECOVERY: Develops and maintains backup and disaster recovery plans to ensure data integrity and availability in case of system failures or data loss.
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Leads information technology projects, such as system upgrades, migrations, and new implementations, delivering projects on time and within budget.
• AUTOMATION & SCRIPTING: Develops automation scripts and tools to streamline infrastructure management tasks and improve operational efficiency.

Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.