Senior Wireless Network Architect – Onsite in Charlotte

Elevate Digital; Salisbury (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevate Digital in Charlotte, NC seeks a Wireless Network Engineer IV to lead enterprise wireless design, validation, and governance. You will own standards, review designs, optimize RF coverage, and mentor the team while collaborating with vendors and business stakeholders.

The role requires 8+ years in enterprise wireless engineering, Aruba Central and Cisco Catalyst Center expertise, and strong automation or scripting skills to drive reliable deployments and performance across multi-site

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
• 8+ years of enterprise network engineering experience with emphasis on wireless engineering, design, architecture, and support.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise wireless technologies including RF fundamentals, coverage, roaming, interference, security, and troubleshooting.
• Experience reviewing, validating, and approving large-scale enterprise wireless designs including partner solutions.
• Hands-on experience with Aruba wireless technologies and Aruba Central.
• Experience with Cisco Catalyst Center and Cisco enterprise networking technologies.
• Strong understanding of routing, switching, VLANs, network segmentation, authentication, and enterprise security.
• Experience with automation or scripting for network config, validation, or operational workflows.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with ability to lead complex problems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain enterprise wireless engineering standards, approved configurations, implementation requirements, and design criteria.
• Review, validate, and approve wireless designs developed by internal teams and external partners.
• Evaluate wireless designs for RF coverage, capacity, roaming, interference, security, scalability, resiliency, and performance.
• Review and approve site surveys, predictive designs, heat maps, AP placement, capacity models, and related docs.
• Provide technical direction to partners, project teams, and stakeholders.
• Serve as the wireless SME for enterprise engineering, standards, and best practices.
• Provide governance and evaluate exceptions to wireless standards and reference architectures.
• Engineer and support wireless management, monitoring, assurance, and troubleshooting using Aruba Central.
• Use and support Cisco Catalyst Center for visibility, assurance, automation, analytics, and troubleshooting.
• Lead capacity planning, RF optimization, lifecycle planning, and resiliency testing.
• Develop and support automation for configuration deployment, validation, compliance, and workflows.
• Support enterprise security practices including zero-trust, segmentation, and secure access.
• Lead technical troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for incidents.
• Coordinate with NOC, Security, Infrastructure, vendors during incidents and problem management.
• Evaluate new wireless technologies and platforms for enterprise adoption.
• Support broader networking initiatives involving LAN/WAN, routing, switching, and network services.

Skills

Aruba wireless

Cisco Wireless

Wireless design & planning

RF planning & optimization

Automation / scripting

Technical leadership

Incident troubleshooting

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Aruba Central

Cisco Catalyst Center

Ekahau (preferred)

Job description

Elevate Digital in Charlotte, NC seeks a Wireless Network Engineer IV to lead enterprise wireless design, validation, and governance. You will own standards, review designs, optimize RF coverage, and mentor the team while collaborating with vendors and business stakeholders.

The role requires 8+ years in enterprise wireless engineering, Aruba Central and Cisco Catalyst Center expertise, and strong automation or scripting skills to drive reliable deployments and performance across multi-site