Virtual Systems Engineer III, Operational Technology

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Job Title: Virtual Systems Engineer III, Operational Technology
Location: Des Moines, IA, Midwest United States, USA

Company: Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Input Retail, Cooperative and Related Crop Services
Career Type: Engineering
Job Type: Full Time

Job Description: Job Description

Virtual Systems Engineer III, Operational Technology (OT)

This is an exempt level position.

***ADM would consider placing this position in any large ADM manufacturing facility. Potential locations include: Decatur, IL; Cedar Rapids, IA; Clinton, IA; Marshall, MN; Columbus, NE.

Position Summary:

As a key member of the Operational Technology (OT) team, you will be responsible for advancing the capabilities and performance of technology systems infrastructure within the ADM OT/Process Automation (PA) environment, including server hardware, physical and virtual machine deployment and maintenance.

You will work closely with OT engineers and PA engineers, and partner with key business segments, Global Technology (GT, which is ADM's IT dept.), and your global OT peers to provide enhanced plant support and high-quality system delivery.

Job Responsibilities:

Create standards and build instructions for system infrastructure, including physical and virtual servers, VM farms, and other systems
Incorporate security-by-design into all solutions, ensuring that security requirements are considered concurrently with technical requirements
Deploy systems per ADM standards and build instructions
Monitor, troubleshoot, and repair systems
Provide support to others who deploy or maintain systems
Provide end user support both for systems related issues and other infrastructure and applications supported by the OT team
Seek out opportunities for continuous improvement of systems and processes and propose improvement activities
Liaise with 3rd party vendors when appropriate to create engineering solutions and continuous improvement proposals
Continuous personal development, ensuring technical skills are kept up to date and non-technical skills are gained and improved
Apply base cross-functional technical knowledge during design processes
Provide boots on the ground support for ADM plants - limited PC/end user support, AD administration, application upgrades/break fix, etc.
Accurately document existing systems and basic physical networking
Some travel and on-call work are expected as part of this position

Required Skills:

Solid knowledge of Windows Sever based infrastructure services such as Hyper-V, Active Directory, and DNS
Expert knowledge of the MS Windows Server Operating System
Knowledge of VMWare Cloud Foundation products, including vSphere, vSAN, vCenter
Experience of working as a technology generalist with a high-level understanding of end-to-end solutions including infrastructure, applications, databases, networking, and security
Familiarity with the use of out-of-band server management for monitoring and configuring servers
Integrations between segregated network zones such as OT, iDMZ, IT
Experience in providing systems engineering expertise in support of incident and request resolution
Ability to create implementation and build documentation
Thorough understanding of system and virtualization security principles and technologies
Technical experience with Process automation systems, including Rockwell or Emerson would be considered a valuable skill, but not a requirement for this position.

Required Qualifications:

B.S. Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a similar technical discipline
1+ years' experience supporting enterprise-level technology operations and services, including experience managing the lifecycle, maintenance, and upgrades of network technologies

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience designing and deploying VMWare virtual environments
Networking knowledge and experience.
Experience with Linux operating systems
Experience with Docker or other containers and container orchestration
Experience in a manufacturing environment and 24/7 environments
5+ years' experience

Excited about this role but don't think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.

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Job Post Date: 06/19/25