About the role

  • Network Security Engineer maintaining network stability and security at Clearwater Paper. Responsible for operational support, troubleshooting, and security administration across enterprise networks.

Responsibilities

  • The Network Security Engineer is a hands-on L2 infrastructure and security role that operates between day-to-day network operations and deeper L3 engineering
  • Responsible for reliable execution, operational support, controlled changes, troubleshooting, and security administration across enterprise and site networks
  • Help maintain network stability, security posture, and service continuity across firewalls, switching, routing, remote access, wireless, and connected security platforms
  • Supporting both enterprise IT and site / mill operational environments with disciplined change control, documentation, and uptime focus
  • Own L2 execution for standard incidents, service requests, recurring maintenance, and approved changes
  • Monitor and support firewalls, switches, routers, VPN connectivity, NAC-related components, wireless infrastructure, and core network security services
  • Work assigned incidents, alarms, and service requests within defined SLAs and operating procedures
  • Restore service for common failures involving routing, switching, access policies, interfaces, tunnels, wireless connectivity, and device health
  • Implement standard and pre-approved changes for firewall rules, NAT objects, security zones, switch ports, VLAN updates, ACLs, routing changes, VPN updates, and device hardening activities
  • Administer day-to-day security configurations in line with approved standards and policy
  • Work collaboratively with infrastructure, cybersecurity, service desk, server, cloud, application, and plant / site teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field preferred
  • 4-7 years of experience in infrastructure, networking, or network security support and administration
  • Experience supporting enterprise firewalls, switching, routing, VPNs, wireless, and core security controls in a production environment is required
  • Experience in a manufacturing, multi-site, or operationally sensitive environment is strongly preferred
  • Industry certifications such as CCNA, PCNSA, Security+, Network+, Aruba, Fortinet, or equivalent are a plus
  • Strong operational understanding of TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, trunking, STP, EtherChannel, routing fundamentals, DHCP, DNS, and common enterprise LAN/WAN constructs
  • Able to administer standard firewall policies, address objects, NAT, zones, interfaces, remote access, and site-to-site VPNs under approved standards
  • Supports enterprise wireless troubleshooting, authentication issues, access policies, and switch port changes for user, server, and site connectivity
  • Comfortable with command-line diagnostics, log review, packet-path validation, and basic packet capture interpretation.
  • Exposure to scripting or automation using Python, PowerShell, or vendor APIs is helpful, though not required for deep engineering ownership
  • Cisco switching and routing, Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama, Aruba networking and wireless, VPN technologies, NAC platforms such as Cisco ISE or Aruba ClearPass, load balancer awareness, network monitoring platforms, SIEM-integrated network log sources, and common enterprise tools used for ticketing, change control, and documentation.

Benefits

  • Benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and more, generally begin after 30 days
  • Paid time off includes vacation days, personal days, and company holidays

Job title

IT Engineer II – Network Security

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$87,000 - $130,500 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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