Senior Wireless Network Engineer

Overview

Senior Wireless Network Engineer role. The Network Support team is seeking a highly experienced Senior Wireless Network Engineer to design, operate, and continuously improve the enterprise wireless network infrastructure. This role requires a strong blend of hands-on wireless operations, engineering, automation, and observability expertise.

The position offers the opportunity to work on complex, global wireless deployments in a collaborative environment that values ownership, autonomy, and technical excellence, while providing mentorship and professional growth opportunities.

• Own the operational health, availability, and performance of the enterprise wireless infrastructure.
• Partner with architecture, tooling, and deployment teams to ensure new wireless solutions are production-ready, supportable, and aligned with operational standards.
• Drive and implement automation initiatives to reduce operational toil and improve efficiency.
• Monitor wireless network performance, identify trends and systemic issues, and lead reliability and scalability improvements.
• Enable and upskill network support teams to support the global wireless footprint effectively.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts (SMEs) to troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues in a timely manner.
• Identify opportunities for operational, architectural, and tooling improvements and work cross-functionally to deliver sustainable solutions.
• Participate in incident reviews and contribute to long-term operational improvements.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Experience

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in wireless network engineering, enterprise network operations, or related roles.
• Strong understanding of wireless networking fundamentals and associated security components.

• Wireless Technologies:
  Expert-level knowledge of IEEE 802.11ac and 802.11ax standards.
• Security:
  Deep understanding of WPA/WPA2/WPA3, RADIUS, EAP, and 802.1X authentication frameworks.
• Networking & Platforms:
  Hands-on experience with enterprise WLAN controllers, with preference for Mist Wireless platforms.

• RF fundamentals including site surveys, spectrum analysis, interference mitigation, and capacity planning.
• Experience creating and interpreting wireless heatmaps and optimizing wireless performance for high-density environments and events.
• Ability to tune wireless networks for scalability, resilience, and high availability.

• Strong expertise in TCP/UDP, IPv4/IPv6, BGP, VPNs, and Layer-2 switching.
• Experience operating large-scale enterprise networks in production environments.

• Proficiency in one or more scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Bash.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Alert manager, Nautobot/Net Box, and Netdisco.
• Working knowledge of Linux system fundamentals is a plus.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a structured, methodical approach.
• Excellent communication skills with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

• Experience implementing network automation using telemetry sources such as SNMP, Syslog, and synthetic monitoring.
• Hands-on exposure to wireless user-experience and synthetic monitoring tools such as UXI, Wyebot, or Signal
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• Ability to debug, optimize, and maintain automation scripts and workflows.
• Experience with Mist Wireless, Cisco Wireless, and Mellanox / Cumulus Linux environments.
• Familiarity with WLAN security platforms such as Cisco Client.
• CCIE Certification

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