SF-Based Senior Network Engineer — Meraki/Juniper, Hybrid

Calance; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Calance, headquartered in San Francisco, seeks a Senior Network Engineer to manage day-to-day network operations across SF, NYC, and Chicago. This full-time, contract-to-hire role is based at the SF HQ with a hybrid schedule: four days onsite and one day remote per week.

You will work in a multi-vendor environment focusing on Cisco Meraki and Juniper gear, handling firewalls, switches, and access points, while ensuring security and performance across sites.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in network engineering/administration.
• Hands-on experience administering Cisco Meraki environments (firewalls, switches, access points, Meraki Dashboard).
• Working experience with Juniper networking equipment (switches and access points).
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, VLANs, routing/switching, DHCP, DNS, VPN.
• Experience troubleshooting multi-site, distributed network environments.
• Solid understanding of network security best practices (firewall policy, segmentation, access control).
• Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to work full-time onsite in San Francisco (4 days/week onsite, 1 day remote).

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of network infrastructure across San Francisco, NYC, and Chicago.
• Configure, maintain, and optimize Meraki firewalls, switches, and access points across all locations.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Juniper core switches, access switches, and access points in the Chicago environment.
• Monitor network performance and proactively identify and resolve connectivity, latency, and reliability issues.
• Manage firewall rules, VLANs, VPN configurations, and network segmentation to ensure security and performance.
• Perform firmware/software updates, patching, and lifecycle management of network hardware.
• Support wireless network performance and coverage across all sites.
• Document network topology, configurations, and standard operating procedures.
• Respond to and resolve escalated network incidents, coordinating with IT support teams as needed.
• Partner with security, IT, and facilities teams on network changes, new site rollouts, and infrastructure projects.
• Maintain compliance with internal network security standards and policies.
• Provide occasional after-hours or on-call support for critical network issues as needed.

Skills

Network engineering

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication

Tools

Cisco Meraki

Juniper

Job description

Calance, headquartered in San Francisco, seeks a Senior Network Engineer to manage day-to-day network operations across SF, NYC, and Chicago. This full-time, contract-to-hire role is based at the SF HQ with a hybrid schedule: four days onsite and one day remote per week.

You will work in a multi-vendor environment focusing on Cisco Meraki and Juniper gear, handling firewalls, switches, and access points, while ensuring security and performance across sites.