Wireless Network Engineer

Wireless Network Engineer

Location

Boston, MA/ New York City, NY

Long Term Contract

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and optimize enterprise wireless LAN solutions across office and industrial environments.
• Conduct wireless surveys (predictive & onsite), RF analysis and coverage optimization.
• Lead troubleshooting for complex Wi Fi issues, including authentication, interference and performance degradation.
• Create and update Low Level Designs (LLDs) for Wi Fi, NAC and related network services.
• Produce accurate Bill of Materials (BoM) for new deployments, refresh programmers and upgrade initiatives.
• Support Wi Fi lifecycle management including hardware upgrades, software updates and capacity planning.
• Work with stakeholders across IT, operations and platform teams to define requirements and deliver scalable solutions.
• Contribute to standards, best practices, design documentation and knowledge sharing within the network engineering chapter.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands on experience with enterprise WLAN technologies (Cisco, Aruba).
• Must Have deep understanding of:

o RF fundamentals (channel planning, power, interference mitigation etc.)

o 802.11 standards including Wi Fi 5/6/6E/7

o WLAN authentication (EAP methods, RADIUS, role based access)

o Enterprise controllers, cloud managed Wi Fi platforms and policy engines

o Proficiency with wireless survey tools (Ekahau, Hamina etc.)

• Experience with Cradle point, or similar 5G cellular enabled networking platforms
• Experience supporting large scale Wi Fi environments in complex organisations.
• Experience with Aruba ClearPass for 802.1X, RADIUS, profiling and role-based access
• Ability to interpret network analytics, performance data and incident trends.
• Excellent communication skills and comfort engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.