Field Operations Engineer - Crawley

Wifinity Ltd; Crawley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave Buy & Sell Scheme

Remote first working environment

Job summary

Wifinity Ltd is seeking a proactive onsite Field Engineer to be the face of the company at client sites across the UK. You will install, commission, and service large-scale wireless networks, troubleshoot onsite, and ensure designs meet standards.

This hands-on role offers exposure to Ruckus, Cambium and Mikrotik equipment and requires strong customer-facing skills. You will work with installation, service and support teams, participate in on-call rota, and travel across the UK, including

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license.
• Previous experience in field engineer / field network engineer role.
• Willingness to travel and stay overnight across the UK to meet business needs.
• Be part of On Call Rota.
• Strong written, verbal, and ICT skills; able to maintain accurate systems and reports.
• Experience in client-facing roles with proven customer service ability.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot network and client device issues onsite, both technical and physical.
• Collaborate with service teams to diagnose, resolve, and activate sites.
• Perform network performance analysis and respond to monitoring alerts.
• Conduct scheduled maintenance and respond to live break-fix faults in the field.
• Audit installation quality and handover from installation teams.
• Onboard devices, create device groups/networks/zones, synchronize devices, edit port configurations.
• Upgrade switch firmware locally and via remote protocols.
• Verify router firmware versions, DHCP leases, ARP entries, IP neighbours, IP pools, VLANs, and bridges.
• Run diagnostics (ping, IP scan) and configure DHCP options.

Skills

Adaptable

Excellent communication

Strong initiative

Customer service

Finisher mindset

Travel willingness

Tools

Ruckus

Cambium

Mikrotik

CLI switches

cnMaestro

Wireshark

Fluke

Wi-Fi analysis

Virtual Machines (Ubuntu)

Job description

About us

Wifinity was founded in 2007 to solve a problem - our armed forces were struggling with reliable connectivity. While living in barracks, often in remote locations, ordering a landline and booking in an engineer just wasn’t an option.

And that problem isn’t exclusive to the military, either. Students living in University accommodation, families visiting holiday resorts, or living in shared accommodation and retirement communities.

Conventional home broadband doesn’t always work for them.

Wifinity is different. We offer the same benefits as traditional broadband, such as super-fast speeds, WiFi, and secure and private networks, but none of the downsides. We even offer Pay As You Go and flexible contracts, so customers only pay for what they need without hefty penalties or long contract terms.

We take the complexity out of connectivity.

The opportunity

We are seeking a proactive engineer to be the onsite hero and the face of Wifinity to our clients. You will deliver first-class customer support, technical solutions, and commissioning of new or upgraded sites, ensuring installations meet design and company standards. This role provides hands-on exposure to large-scale networks, infrastructure, and the commissioning process, directly supporting customer satisfaction and operational excellence.

Key areas of focus

• Troubleshoot network and client device issues onsite, both technical and physical.


• Collaborate with Customer Service, Technical Support, and Installation teams to diagnose, resolve, and activate sites.


• Perform network performance analysis, compile reports, and respond to monitoring alerts.


• Conduct scheduled maintenance and respond to live break-fix faults in the field.


• Carry out wireless surveys, Wi-Fi optimisation, and support compliance with installation standards.


• Provide technical services for infrastructure installation (cabling, fibre, cabinets, switches).


• Commission remote sites onto the Wifinity core network, including circuits, radio links, fibre distribution, access points, andswitches


• Audit installation quality, acting as handover acceptance from installation teams.


• Create and execute test procedures (cabling, fibre, wireless coverage, product testing).


• Investigate and repair faults, liaisingwithmanagement teamand relevant stakeholders


• Keepaccuraterecords of changes, ensuring new hardware/services are integrated into monitoring systems.


• Maintain workflow process reports and provide technical support.


• Ensure safe working conditions and compliance with Health & Safety standards.


• Train and support Field Engineering staff whereappropriate.


• Onboard devices, create device groups/networks/zones, synchronise devices, and edit port configurations.


• Upgrade switch firmware locally and viaremote protocols.


• Verify router firmware versions, DHCP leases, ARP entries, IP neighbours, IP pools, VLANs, and bridges.


• Run diagnostics (ping, IP scan) and configure DHCP options.

About you

• Adaptable, self-motivated, and thrive under pressure.

• Excellent communication and customer-facing skills.

• Strong initiative and problem-solving mindset.

• A “finisher” who refuses to leave jobs incomplete, withhigh standardsand expectations.

Requirements

• Full UK driving license.


• Previous experience infieldengineer / field network engineer role.

• Willingness to travel and stay overnight across the UKto meet business needs.

• Be part of On Call Rota

• Strong written, verbal, and ICT skills; able tomaintainaccuratesystems and reports.

• Experience in client-facing roles with proven customer service ability.

• Flexible team player, able to work independently to deadlines.

Technical Skills & Competencies

• Be proficient in usingnetboxtolocatesite / deviceinformation, andidentifyservices being used at a location.

• Experienced with Ruckus, Cambium andMikrotik

• Be able to configure switches via CLI including but not limited to creating switch stacks,tag VLANs, set PVIDs, and check MAC/LLDP tables.

• Be able to usecnmaestroto assign switches to groups, edit port configs, and check uptime/resource health.

• On the different networkcontrollersbe able to create WLAN/AP groups, registration rules, and move APs between zones.

• Proficiencywith industry-standard testing tools (Fluke, OTDR,Ekahau, Wi-Fi analysis).

• Experience with fibre splicing, cabling (internal/external), radio link installation, duct rodding, and telephony cabling.

Advanced Technical Skills

• Have a good understanding of different technologies including3G/4G/5G.GPON, ADSL/VDSL/PPPoE.

• Sound understanding ofWifinity servicesbeing deployed such asHome Networking, Onboarding journey, hotspot.

• Packet capture and analysis (Wireshark,Mikrotik).

• Accessing and troubleshooting via Virtual Machines (Ubuntu, VM).

• Creating Supermicro servers, loadingESXi, installingMikrotikcloud-hosted router images, and configuring VM settings.

• CCNA-level networking knowledge.

We offera competitive salary and benefits package which includes an ‘Annual Leave Buy & Sell Scheme’, in addition to a remote first working environment, allowing our employees more flexibility when it comes to the importance of a healthy work / life balance. Please be aware that the successful applicant to this role will receive an offer which is subject to the satisfactory completion of a basic level DBS check.

At Wifinitywe are committed to providing a positive environment in which individuals do not encounter bullying or harassment on the basis of protected characteristics which are identified by law (including sexual harassment).We are committed to treating candidates and employees with courtesy, dignity and respect.

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