Network & Systems Engineer

About this role

Network & Systems Engineer

About the role

Vox Media is looking for a Network & Systems Engineer to own the design, operation, and evolution of our enterprise office network, studios, and production facilities. This is a hands-on engineering role on a small, high-trust infrastructure team — you will be the person who owns the network end to end.

You will be a primary technical owner of our enterprise network environment, with particular responsibility for our current Juniper infrastructure with Cato Networks providing SASE/SD-WAN and secure remote access. Because we operate as a lean infrastructure team, we're looking for someone who is comfortable working beyond traditional networking boundaries.

The right person will be equally comfortable troubleshooting a complex routing or switching issue, planning a network migration, supporting server or cloud infrastructure, and partnering with Media & Production Technology, Service Desk, and other technical teams to solve cross-functional problems.

What you'll do

As our Network & Systems Engineer on a lean infrastructure team, you'll own networking end to end while contributing across systems, cloud, and identity infrastructure when needed. Your responsibilities will include:

• Design, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Vox Media's enterprise network across offices, data centers, cloud environments, and remote connectivity

• Serve as the senior technical resource for our Juniper networking environment, including configuration, troubleshooting, upgrades, and lifecycle management

• Administer our Cato Networks SASE platform, including SD-WAN connectivity, secure remote access, and associated security policy

• Help define the future direction of Vox Media's network architecture, including evaluating and potentially migrating infrastructure to platforms such as Cisco and Meraki

• Design and support LAN, WAN, wireless, and internet connectivity across multiple locations

• Configure and manage VLANs, routing, switching, STP, ACLs, NAT, DHCP, DNS, and related network services, supporting routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF where applicable

• Troubleshoot complex Layer 2 and Layer 3 issues, including packet-level analysis and root-cause investigation of difficult network and application connectivity problems

• Monitor network availability, performance, capacity, and reliability, and proactively address emerging issues

• Plan and execute network hardware upgrades, migrations, maintenance, and office infrastructure projects — including studio, conference room, and event connectivity — while minimizing business disruption

• Manage ISP, circuit, and network hardware vendor relationships, including escalations, renewals, and capacity planning

• Support and troubleshoot server, virtualization, cloud, identity, and enterprise infrastructure, assisting with systems administration across environments such as AWS, VMware, and Windows and/or Linux

• Support enterprise identity and authentication technologies such as SSO and identity providers, and partner with IT operations on endpoint management (Mac and Windows MDM) and SaaS platform administration

• Help administer monitoring, logging, configuration management, backup, and infrastructure management platforms

• Participate in an on-call rotation for infrastructure incidents and perform root-cause analysis across networking, systems, and cloud environments

• Develop repeatable processes and automation — using scripting, APIs, or infrastructure-as-code tools — that reduce manual administration and improve reliability

• Assist with hands-on service desk support as needed, particularly for onsite requirements, including hardware and software troubleshooting, employee onboarding/offboarding, and resolution of support tickets to maintain operational continuity.

What we're looking for

Must have

• 6+ years of professional experience in network engineering and infrastructure engineering

• Strong hands-on production experience with Juniper networking technologies and Junos

• Relevant networking certifications such as JNCIA/JNCIS/JNCIP, CCNA, or CCNP

• Hands-on production experience with Cisco and/or Meraki, and the judgment to evaluate platforms on technical merit rather than familiarity

• Deep understanding of enterprise TCP/IP networking, including designing, configuring, and troubleshooting Layer 2/Layer 3 switching, routing, wireless, and network connectivity

• Systematic troubleshooting skills, including diagnosing complex network and application connectivity problems using monitoring, logging, packet capture, and perform