Network Engineer II

About the Position

Join Samsara's Business Technology Core IT team as a Network Engineer II, focusing on maintaining and optimizing our global on-premise network infrastructure.

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice to Have

• Early experience or strong interest in designing, deploying, and operating networks at scale.
• Familiarity with the Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence, OpsGenie, StatusPage).
• Familiarity with Splunk or similar log analysis tools.
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), or actively working toward it.
• Basic proficiency in API or other scripting/programming languages.
• Familiarity with Google Workspace and Google Cloud Platform.
• Exposure to cloud network management in AWS and/or GCP.

We Offer

At Samsara, we build for the people who keep the global economy moving. We want owners, not passengers, which is why our rewards are designed to fuel high-impact builders. Our compensation program delivers above-market total compensation through a combination of base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity (for eligible roles) in a high-growth public company. We meaningfully differentiate pay for our top performers, who have the opportunity to earn above-market compensation that can outpace the broader market over time.

Beyond compensation, we provide the foundations that enable long-term success: a flexible, employee-led remote model, a professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more. If you’re ready to build for the long term and own the outcome, your journey starts here.

About the Company

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations. At Samsara, we are helping improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy. Representing more than 40% of global GDP, these industries are the infrastructure of our planet, including agriculture, construction, field services, transportation, and manufacturing - and we are excited to help digitally transform their operations at scale.

Working at Samsara means you’ll help define the future of physical operations and be on a team that’s shaping an exciting array of product solutions, including Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, and Equipment Monitoring. As part of a recently public company, you’ll have the autonomy and support to make an impact as we build for the long term.