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# Network Engineer Manager/Lead (Direct Hire, On-site)

- **Company:** TEKSYSTEMS INC.
- **Location:** Bloomfield Township, MI, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** System Configuration, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Routing, Wireless Access Point
- **Published:** July 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.mitalent.org/job-seeker/job-details/JobCode/174890889

## About the Role

1. Experience with enterprise route/switch networking
 2. Experience with Cisco Meraki (highly preferred)
 3. Management experience (required, 2+ yrs, involved with day to day management of direct reports, coaching, 1 on 1's, and performance reviews, etc)

## Description

* Our client is in need of a Network Engineer Lead to join their team.
 * This person will be doing a blend of management (people leadership, technical guidance, etc) and working hands on in the weeds.
 * They will be leading 2 other Network Engineers.
 * From a technical perspective, they need someone with extensive route/switch networking experience (need to be knowledgeable about at least one routing protocol, ideally more than one), and experience with Cisco Meraki.
 * Other nice to have skills include configuring access points, VPN concentrators, and firewalls.


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