Engineer, Network

Darling Ingredients repurposes and recycles materials from the animal agriculture and food industries—transforming them into essential ingredients that feed animals, fertilize crops, fuel planes, and nourish people. We operate a global family of brands across more than 260 facilities in over 15 countries, making entire industries less wasteful and more sustainable.

About the role

The Network Engineer provides expert-level network troubleshooting, creates network standards, documents network environments, and converts business requirements into technical specifications and designs. This role validates new network solutions through proof of concepts and pilots.

Responsibilities

• Researches new technology advancements and conducts evaluations to optimize and improve network configuration, performance, capacity, availability, and operational reliability
• Plans, designs, implements, and documents all network-related projects
• Defines and maintains technology standards
• Establishes and maintains backup and version control of network configurations
• Troubleshoots network designs and makes recommendations for system fixes and enhancements
• Makes recommendations for leveraging network installations and reducing operational costs
• Partners with cross-functional peers from both infrastructure and application teams
• Manages hardware/software vendors, service providers, and third-party partners
• Leads network-related work for Mergers and Acquisitions
• Provides final tier of support for all networking issues including routing, switching, Wi-Fi, and firewall
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in a Network Engineering role in an enterprise environment with geographically dispersed locations
• 8+ years of specific experience with Cisco Meraki switch/Wi-Fi, Palo Alto NGFW, Infoblox DDI, Cisco ASA, ISR, ASR, Catalyst/Nexus switches, SD-WAN, and SASE
• Mature understanding of EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VPN, Ethernet, DSL, DMVPN, QoS, CoS, SNMP, VoIP, VLANs, subnetting, supernetting, trunking, virtual networking, IPS, WLAN, WAN acceleration, URL filtering, NetFlow, network monitoring systems, and cloud service providers such as MS Azure and OCI
• Extensive experience supporting and troubleshooting global networks, including multi-site, high-availability, load-balanced infrastructure solutions (active/active)
• Cisco CCNP or related industry certification required

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organization and planning skills
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Works well with others in a team environment
• Self-motivated and self-starter

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off

Working Conditions

This role involves occasional exposure to electrical hazards and travel to offsite locations. Physical demands include:

• Constantly required to remain in a stationary position (sit), move about inside/outside the office or work location (walk), and operate a computer and other office machinery (use hands to finger, handle, or feel)
• Occasionally required to position oneself to maintain computers in the lab, including under desks and in the server closet (stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl)
• Occasionally lifts up to 10–25 pounds