Jr. Network Engineer POST NUMBER: 463392

Nashville, TN, US Hybrid
Health Care and Social Assistance
Vaco
$ 34.46 - 34.46 hourly
contractor
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Associate Network Engineer

Location: Nashville, TN — hybrid (2 days on site) 
Contract: 12-month contract-to-hire
Hours: 40/week
Start: ASAP (once screenings clear)

Overview

This role supports a large enterprise environment and plays a key part in Meraki go-live deployments and clearing backlog across nationwide clinics and facilities. Ideal for someone early in their network engineering career who is hungry to grow, actively learning, and comfortable stepping into a fast-moving healthcare infrastructure environment.

What You’ll Do

  • Support Meraki deployment activities, go-lives, and rollout execution

  • Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain enterprise LAN/WAN environments

  • Implement adds/moves/changes on switches and routers

  • Assist with OSI model–based troubleshooting (Layers 1–3)

  • Work with senior engineers on product design, testing, and integration

  • Support network security technologies (ASA, VPN, ACLs, firewall rules)

  • Maintain network standards, documentation, and diagrams

  • Participate in change management, project activities, and proof-of-concept testing

  • Collaborate with availability center teams, customer support, business partners, and vendors

  • Occasional travel for on-site upgrades or analysis

Key Experience

  1. Networking fundamentals — routing, switching, VLANs, trunking, spanning-tree

  2. Cisco background — hands-on experience or strong foundational knowledge

  3. Drive to grow — someone humble, hungry, curious, and actively pursuing certifications (CCNA/Network /Security preferred)

Additional Technical Exposure (great to have)

  • BGP/OSPF

  • MPLS, Metro-E, VPN, SSL-VPN, IPSec

  • Enterprise WLAN administration

  • Load balancing (F5 BigIP)

  • Remote access technologies

  • DNS, DHCP, NTP, IP addressing/subnetting

  • Basic experience with network security tools

  • Understanding of enterprise change management and ITIL concepts

Why This Role Is Open

Backfill for a contractor and added support for enterprise rollout demands. Project expected to run ~3 years with strong chance of extension.

Interview Process

Round 1: Technical panel with engineering team
Round 2: One-on-one with hiring manager (if needed)
Moves quickly if a candidate performs well.

Ideal Candidate Traits

  • Self-starter who thrives in a team environment

  • Strong communication and customer-first mindset

  • High initiative and desire to grow

  • Comfortable working independently when needed

  • Able to lift and rack network equipment as required

  • Open to occasional after-hours work

Requirements

  • 1–3 years of experience in networking or network administration

  • Strong foundational Cisco knowledge

  • High school diploma required; technical training or degree preferred

  • Certifications preferred: CCNA, Network , Security

Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

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