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Network Engineer II

Samsara· Information Technology
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Hybrid (Bangalore, India)full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Network/Infrastructure Engineer responsible for maintaining, optimizing, and troubleshooting Samsara's global on-premise network infrastructure with a focus on Cisco Meraki. On-site in Bengaluru 3 days a week. Early to mid-career role with mentorship and growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Configure, install, and maintain network hardware and software components, including Meraki switches, access points, and firewalls, under the guidance of senior network engineers.
  • Perform hands-on troubleshooting and issue resolution for day-to-day network incidents, using the Meraki Dashboard, Wireshark, and packet captures to help identify root cause, escalating more complex issues to senior team members.
  • Assist in developing and deploying network automation scripts and tools to enhance efficiency, partnering with senior engineers on more advanced automation projects.
  • Support network maintenance activities including hardware and software upgrades, migrations, capacity upgrades, and decommissioning.
  • Collaborate with other IT team members to integrate network systems with other applications and systems.
  • Help build and maintain dashboards and reporting to monitor the health and performance of our network environments.
  • Provide technical support and training to end-users as needed.
  • Create and update documentation for network designs, best practices, and operational procedures.
  • Support hardware lifecycle management, from procurement to decommissioning.
  • Assist in system deployment and configuration for new projects or initiatives.
  • Partner with vendors and service providers to help procure and maintain hardware and software.
  • Participate in duty rotation of 7-day by 24-hour on-call support.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • 1-3 years of hands-on experience in network engineering, IT infrastructure, or a related technical role, with exposure to Cisco Meraki hardware.
  • Hands-on familiarity with the Cisco Meraki platform, including configuring VLANs, SSIDs and wireless settings, group policies, and site-to-site VPN (Auto VPN) across MX, MS, and MR devices.
  • Solid understanding of the OSI model and core TCP/IP networking concepts, including routing and switching fundamentals, DHCP, DNS, and QoS/DSCP.
  • Ability to troubleshoot common network issues using the Meraki dashboard, packet captures, and tools like Wireshark, digging in before escalating more complex problems to senior engineers.
  • Exposure to network monitoring and diagnostic tools (e.g., SolarWinds, LogicMonitor, PRTG, ELK, Meraki dashboard alerts and reporting, or similar).
  • Comfortable learning and applying SD-WAN specific features such as firewall and content filtering rules and adaptive policy, with eagerness to grow into more advanced protocols over time.
  • Strong documentation habits, including experience creating and maintaining network diagrams using tools like Visio or Lucidchart or similar platforms documentation is a critical part of this role.
  • Experience with IT asset and inventory management, tracking network hardware from procurement through deployment and decommissioning.
  • Willingness to participate in a rotational on-call schedule, responding to production network incidents outside of standard business hours.
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset, partnering with senior network engineers and cross-functional IT teams on incident tickets and SLA-based response and resolution.

Skills

Required:Cisco Meraki hardwareNetworking fundamentals (OSI model, TCP/IP, routing, switching)Network troubleshooting (Wireshark, Meraki dashboard, packet captures)Documentation and diagramming
Nice to have:Network monitoring/tools

Benefits

  • Flexible working model benefits described in Total Rewards section including base salary, bonus/variable pay, and equity where eligible; professional development stipend; comprehensive health and parental leave plans.
Last updated Sep 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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