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Network Engineer

MentorMinds.io
Atlanta, GA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/3/2026 CLOSED ON 8/11/2026

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Christy Szanti

Christy Szanti

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Meraki Engineer (Network Engineer) — Contract / Onsite-Hybrid (Atlanta)

TekStream Solutions is hiring a Network Engineer with experience with Meraki environments for a hybrid role in the Atlanta area supporting one of our top clients. The candidate will be co-responsible for building and maintaining new lab environments out of the client site 2-3 days a week. Being onsite 2-3 days a week is non negotiable.

  • PLEASE, NO 3rd party inquiries!***

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, deploy, and manage enterprise networks using Cisco Meraki including:
  • Security appliances (MX)
  • Switches (MS)
  • Wi-Fi access points (MR)
  • Cellular gateways (MG)
  • Configure, administer, and monitor Meraki environments using Meraki Dashboard.
  • Apply a multi-year approach to Meraki configuration standards, ensuring stability, security, and consistency across sites.
  • Integrate Meraki deployments with additional security services (including Cisco Umbrella, where applicable).
  • Support onboarding and troubleshooting for network connectivity and device health across the Meraki stack.
  • Implement automation and infrastructure workflows using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) where applicable.
  • Collaborate with internal teams and the client to document changes, manage releases, and maintain network performance and visibility.

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum 2 years of experience working in enterprise environments.
  • Experience building new networks and configuring Meraki firewalls, switches, access points, and cellular gateways.
  • Hands-on experience with Meraki configuration, management, and monitoring (Dashboard-based operations across MR/MS/MX/MG).
  • Strong multi-year experience working in Meraki configurations.
  • Experience using GitHub or GitLab.
  • Strong desire/experience with Meraki Dashboard API.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Automation experience developing IaC using Terraform and/or Ansible.
  • Programming experience with Python.
  • NetMiko experience is a plus.
  • Experience integrating or using Meraki with Cisco Umbrella.
  • Any scripting/workflow experience that improves provisioning

Additional Qualifications (Attributes, Business &Communications)

  • Shows initiative and thrives on new challenges in fast-moving enterprise environments.
  • Strong aptitude to learn quickly and translate ambiguous requirements into clear technical deliverables, architectures, and implementation plans.
  • Builds business acumen by understanding client and stakeholder goals and mapping technical work to outcomes.
  • Quickly learns and applies product and platform capabilities (e.g., Meraki environment and related integrations) to support delivery.
  • Strong communication skills across stakeholder groups, including executives, management, product teams, and engineering teams.
  • Demonstrates the ability to translate technical details into clear updates for non-technical stakeholders and coordinate effectively on priorities and tradeoffs.
  • Seniority level Associate
  • Employment type Contract
  • Job function Consulting
  • Industries IT Services and IT Consulting and Computer and Network Security

Meraki Engineer (Network Engineer) — Contract / Onsite-Hybrid (Atlanta)

TekStream Solutions is hiring a Network Engineer with experience with Meraki environments for a hybrid role in the Atlanta area supporting one of our top clients. The candidate will be co-responsible for building and maintaining new lab environments out of the client site 2-3 days a week. Being onsite 2-3 days a week is non negotiable.

  • PLEASE, NO 3rd party inquiries!***

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, deploy, and manage enterprise networks using Cisco Meraki including:
  • Security appliances (MX)
  • Switches (MS)
  • Wi-Fi access points (MR)
  • Cellular gateways (MG)
  • Configure, administer, and monitor Meraki environments using Meraki Dashboard.
  • Apply a multi-year approach to Meraki configuration standards, ensuring stability, security, and consistency across sites.
  • Integrate Meraki deployments with additional security services (including Cisco Umbrella, where applicable).
  • Support onboarding and troubleshooting for network connectivity and device health across the Meraki stack.
  • Implement automation and infrastructure workflows using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) where applicable.
  • Collaborate with internal teams and the client to document changes, manage releases, and maintain network performance and visibility.

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum 2 years of experience working in enterprise environments.
  • Experience building new networks and configuring Meraki firewalls, switches, access points, and cellular gateways.
  • Hands-on experience with Meraki configuration, management, and monitoring (Dashboard-based operations across MR/MS/MX/MG).
  • Strong multi-year experience working in Meraki configurations.
  • Experience using GitHub or GitLab.
  • Strong desire/experience with Meraki Dashboard API.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Automation experience developing IaC using Terraform and/or Ansible.
  • Programming experience with Python.
  • NetMiko experience is a plus.
  • Experience integrating or using Meraki with Cisco Umbrella.
  • Any scripting/workflow experience that improves provisioning

Additional Qualifications (Attributes, Business &Communications)

  • Shows initiative and thrives on new challenges in fast-moving enterprise environments.
  • Strong aptitude to learn quickly and translate ambiguous requirements into clear technical deliverables, architectures, and implementation plans.
  • Builds business acumen by understanding client and stakeholder goals and mapping technical work to outcomes.
  • Quickly learns and applies product and platform capabilities (e.g., Meraki environment and related integrations) to support delivery.
  • Strong communication skills across stakeholder groups, including executives, management, product teams, and engineering teams.
  • Demonstrates the ability to translate technical details into clear updates for non-technical stakeholders and coordinate effectively on priorities and tradeoffs.

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