Senior Cisco Network Engineer - Hybrid Cloud & Global Ops

Virtual Tech Gurus; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtual Tech Gurus in the United States seeks a Senior Network Engineer to provide operational and engineering support for a geographically distributed network across the US and Europe. The role centers on day-to-day network operations, lifecycle management, documentation, and onsite support, collaborating with architecture, security, and automation teams.

The successful candidate will own operational troubleshooting, implement changes per approved standards, and maintain accurate diagrams and

Qualifications

• Advanced Cisco routing and switching experience; CCNP Enterprise preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Layer 2/3, VLANs, STP, ACLs, redundancy, high availability.
• Experience with BGP/OSPF and complex WAN/inter-site connectivity.
• Ability to troubleshoot using packet captures and telemetry; Wireshark proficiency.
• Proficiency with Cisco Meraki dashboard across switching/wireless/security.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day operational support of network infrastructure for research environments.
• Serve as primary engineering escalation point for network issues; escalate risks as needed.
• Troubleshoot Layer 2/3 connectivity, routing, VPN, firewall, DNS/DHCP, and performance.
• Configure, deploy, maintain, upgrade Cisco and Meraki infrastructure.
• Support WAN and inter-site connectivity across regions and cloud environments.
• Maintain network diagrams, IP addressing, inventories, and runbooks.
• Lead runbooks, SOPs, validation, rollback, and post-incident documentation.
• Automate repetitive tasks with scripting and network automation practices.
• Collaborate across regions and time zones to ensure service continuity.
• Provide onsite support at regional facilities as required.

Skills

Cisco routing

BGP/OSPF

LAN/WAN troubleshooting

Network documentation

On-site support

Security concepts

Education

CCNP Enterprise

Tools

Cisco Meraki

Wireshark

PowerShell

Python

Azure networking

Job description

Virtual Tech Gurus in the United States seeks a Senior Network Engineer to provide operational and engineering support for a geographically distributed network across the US and Europe. The role centers on day-to-day network operations, lifecycle management, documentation, and onsite support, collaborating with architecture, security, and automation teams.

The successful candidate will own operational troubleshooting, implement changes per approved standards, and maintain accurate diagrams and