Job Description
Job Description 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.