Senior Network Engineer – Meraki, Azure & Security

Cognowiz; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognowiz is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and optimize enterprise network environments supporting 200+ users. The role focuses on Cisco Meraki, Azure networking, VPN configurations, NAC, and high-availability architectures.

You will collaborate with security, cloud, and infrastructure teams to ensure reliable, secure connectivity, lead office expansions, and drive modernization projects while delivering documentation and ITSM-driven service management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Network Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of Network Engineering experience.
• Minimum 5 years with Cisco Meraki administration and support.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Cisco Meraki network infrastructure across enterprise environments.
• Manage and troubleshoot complex VPN connectivity and remote access solutions.
• Configure, monitor, and optimize Azure networking services and cloud connectivity.
• Support NAC implementations and security policy enforcement.
• Maintain highly available network environments through redundancy, failover, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Lead network upgrades, office relocations, expansions, and infrastructure cutover projects.
• Troubleshoot network performance, connectivity, security, and availability issues.
• Monitor network health and identify optimization opportunities.

Skills

Cisco Meraki

Azure networking

VPN configuration

NAC solutions

HA design

ITSM processes

ServiceNow

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT/CS/Network Engineering

Tools

ServiceNow

Portnox NAC

SD-WAN

Job description

Cognowiz is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and optimize enterprise network environments supporting 200+ users. The role focuses on Cisco Meraki, Azure networking, VPN configurations, NAC, and high-availability architectures.

You will collaborate with security, cloud, and infrastructure teams to ensure reliable, secure connectivity, lead office expansions, and drive modernization projects while delivering documentation and ITSM-driven service management.