Atlanta, GA

Salary
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Posted
Aug 11, 2026
Location
Atlanta, GA
Last confirmed open
Sep 24, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A senior-level network DevOps engineering role at a large global food and agriculture company, focused on designing, automating, and operating software-defined network infrastructure — primarily the Versa SD-WAN platform. The position blends traditional network engineering (routing, VPN, security, high availability) with modern software practices including infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and Python-based automation. It also carries a technical leadership dimension, spanning cross-functional teams and mentoring responsibilities.

Senior level · 5+ years · Full-time

Must have (7)
PythonGitREST APIsAnsible or TerraformTCP/IPVPNSD-WAN
Nice to have (14)
OSPFIPsecGitHub Actions, Jenkins or Gitlab CiCI/CDFastAPIGoJavaScriptJSONYAMLpytest, Pyats or BatfishDatadogSNMPAWS, Azure or GCPLinux

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

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How this req sits in the market our data

What gives you an edge
SD-WAN3%VPN10%Ansible11%TCP/IP12%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
Python51%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 12, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (8)

No work location is specified in the posting — CBSA and state fields are left blank. The role may be remote or at a Cargill campus; the posting does not clarify.

SOC classification required a judgement call: the role writes and ships automation code (Python, CI/CD, IaC) which points to Software Developers (15-1252), but a substantial portion of day-to-day work is operating and maintaining network infrastructure, which is characteristic of Network/Systems Admins (15-1244). Software Developers was chosen because the posting explicitly emphasizes building automation services, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code as primary deliverables.

Ansible and Terraform appear together in the required qualifications as interchangeable examples of 'configuration or infrastructure-as-code tools'; Ansible is listed as the primary with Terraform as an alternative. Both also appear separately in the preferred section.

The minimum experience requirement is stated as 'five years or more' in the qualifications; the preferred threshold is eight or more years. Total years minimum is set to 5 per the hard gate.

Versa Networks SD-WAN, BGP, OSPF, IPsec, and all other items in the preferred section are marked as preferred, as they appear under explicitly preferred qualifications.

pytest, pyATS, and Batfish are listed as interchangeable automated network testing frameworks in the preferred section.

No compensation information is provided in the posting.

Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Versa Networks SD-WAN.

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