Network Engineer II

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Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature’s challenges for customers and communities. The company’s salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer, industrial, chemical and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Compass Minerals operates 12 production and packaging facilities with more than 1,800 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit compassminerals.com for more information about the company and its products.

Summary

The Network Engineer II is responsible for the daily administration, support, and maintenance of the corporate network infrastructure. This includes hardware deployment, integration, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and ensuring system security and compliance. The role also involves managing small to mid-sized projects, often with cross-functional impact.

Essential Job Functions include, but are not limited to the following:

(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)

- Infrastructure Support: Maintain and monitor network systems, ensuring stability, performance, and security. Troubleshoot complex hardware, software, and connectivity issues.

- Project Participation: Contribute to short- and mid-term projects, managing assigned tasks and communicating progress. Collaborate with engineers to meet technical and operational requirements.

- System Maintenance: Perform routine tasks such as backups, patching, and hotfixes. Monitor system capacity and recommend improvements for performance and reliability.

- Monitoring & Automation: Develop and implement monitoring tools, alerts, and automation scripts. Analyze health checks and provide actionable feedback. Integrate solutions with other platforms based on engineering requirements.

- Testing & Documentation: Participate in testing efforts, document environments, and ensure technical documentation is up to date.

- Performance & Metrics: Monitor SLAs and operational metrics. Recommend and implement improvements to enhance system performance and help desk efficiency.

- Production Support: Provide Level 2 support, escalate unresolved issues, and implement temporary or permanent solutions. Collaborate with vendors and architects as needed.

- Security & Compliance: Report and investigate security issues, analyze audit trails, and ensure adherence to security policies. Provide audit evidence and support compliance efforts.

- Disaster Recovery: Implement and maintain backup and disaster recovery plans.

- Knowledge Sharing: Stay current with emerging technologies and provide technical guidance to team members.

Minimum Required Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience

- Bachelor’s degree or technical institute degree/certificate or equivalent work experience.

- Typically requires 3-5 years of relevant experience deploying and/or administrating infrastructure solutions.

- Relevant certification is preferred.

- Requires strong knowledge and experience with multiple infrastructure solutions.

- Requires 3-5 years’ experience in each bold section or Equivalent Certifications:

- Networking (Cisco, Juniper)

- Routing Protocols (IGRP, EIGRP,OSPF,BGP)

- Load Balancing (F5, Citrix)

- Firewall Management (Untangle, Juniper, Fortinet)

- Cloud Technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

- Automation/Configuration Management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)

- Coding (Go, Powershell, Python, bash)

- Version Control Systems (Gitlab, Github, AzureDevOps, BitBucket)

- Applicable Certifications:

- Technology specific – Versa

- MSCA

- CCNA Cisco Network install operations and troubleshooting

- CCNP Cisco Advanced certification for network expertise

- CCIE CCIE- Cisco's most prestigious network certification

- F5-CA F5 BIG-IP Administrator

- F5-CTS F5 BIG-IP Certified Technology Specialist

- F5-CSE F5 BIG-IP Certified Solutions Expert

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race, ancestry, ethnicity, color, religious creed or belief, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding), age, military or veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at dol.gov. July 2025

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