Senior Network Engineer

Job Title: Network Engineer – Cisco Meraki + Microsoft Environment
Location: Onsite, Miami
Salary: $90K plus benefits
Job #: 7366

Overview

We’re hiring an onsite Network Engineer to own network reliability, security, and performance for a mid-sized organization running Cisco Meraki for LAN/WAN/Wi-Fi and a predominantly Microsoft stack for identity, endpoints, and collaboration. You’ll be the hands-on network owner: maintaining day-to-day operations, driving improvements, and partnering with systems/security teams to keep users productive and secure.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize the Meraki Dashboard environment: MX (security & SD-WAN), MS (switching), MR (wireless).

• Own LAN design and operations: VLANs, inter-VLAN routing (as applicable), DHCP/DNS dependencies, QoS, multicast basics, and network segmentation.

• Manage WAN/Internet connectivity: ISP circuits, bandwidth planning, SD-WAN policies, VPN tunnels, failover, and uptime monitoring.

• Configure and maintain secure remote connectivity: client VPN/AnyConnect (as applicable), site-to-site AutoVPN, and least-privilege access patterns.

• Operate wireless networks: SSIDs, RF optimization, roaming, guest access, captive portal, WPA2/WPA3-Enterprise/PSK (as applicable), and troubleshooting.

• Maintain network security posture: firewall rules, content filtering, IDS/IPS, geo/IP reputation controls (as applicable), and segmentation standards.

• Ensure network readiness for Microsoft 365 and collaboration (Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint): latency/jitter monitoring, QoS guidance, and incident response for call quality issues.

• Support Microsoft-integrated network services and dependencies: Active Directory, AD-integrated DNS, DHCP, certificate-based auth (where relevant), and domain-joined device behavior.

• Implement and maintain monitoring/alerting using Meraki health, syslog, SNMP/telemetry tools, and performance baselines.

• Troubleshoot complex issues end-to-end (client ? access layer ? WAN ? cloud services), using packet captures, logs, and root-cause analysis.

• Own network change management: maintenance windows, risk/rollback planning, stakeholder communication, and documentation.

• Maintain documentation: network diagrams, IP plan, circuit inventory, rack/patching standards, standard configs, and runbooks.

• Coordinate vendors: ISPs, cabling contractors, hardware RMA, and escalations with Cisco Meraki support.

• Participate in an on-call rotation and after-hours maintenance for upgrades/outages as needed.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of network engineering experience in a business environment (mid-sized enterprise preferred).

• Hands-on experience operating Cisco Meraki environments (MX/MS/MR) in production.

• Strong networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, subnetting, VLANs, routing concepts, STP, DHCP/DNS, NAT, VPN concepts, Wi-Fi fundamentals.

• Experience troubleshooting with common tools: packet capture (Wireshark), traceroute/mtr, logs/syslog, and structured incident triage.

• Comfortable supporting Microsoft-centric environments and cloud apps: understanding how networks affect AD auth, Microsoft 365 performance, and endpoint connectivity.

• Strong documentation and communication skills; comfortable being the onsite point person.

Preferred Qualifications

• Meraki certifications (ECMS / Meraki specialist training) or equivalent experience.

• Security-focused networking experience: segmentation strategy, IDS/IPS tuning, secure remote access, vulnerability remediation coordination.

• Experience with 802.1X / RADIUS (NPS), NAC concepts, certificate-based Wi-Fi, and device onboarding workflows.

• Exposure to Azure networking basics (VNets, VPN Gateway, routing, DNS) and hybrid identity (Entra ID).

• Automation/scripting: PowerShell (preferred) and/or Python for reporting, config validation, or workflow automation.

• Experience supporting VoIP/Teams Phone readiness (QoS, jitter/latency targets, call quality troubleshooting).

What Success Looks Like (First 90 Days)

• Clear ownership and improved visibility: dashboards/alerts are actionable and recurring issues drop.

• Wi-Fi reliability and WAN failover behavior are validated and documented.

• Network documentation is current (diagrams, IP/circuit inventory, standards, runbooks).

• A prioritized roadmap exists for upgrades, lifecycle management, and security hardening.

Work Environment

• Onsite at the primary office (occasional visits to other sites as needed).

• Some after-hours maintenance and an on-call rotation may be required.

Nice Add-Ons (Optional Sections You Can Include)

• Hardware lifecycle ownership (refresh planning, budgeting, spares, warranty tracking)

• Multi-site standardization (templates, SSID standards, switch port profiles)

• Security/compliance (audit evidence, logging retention, segmentation reviews)

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