Senior Wireless Network Engineer

Structured Communication Systems; Spokane (WA); Sur place; USD 125 000 - 155 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Structured Communication Systems is seeking a Senior Wireless Network Engineer to join our Spokane, WA team. You will lead design, deployment, and optimization of enterprise wireless networks using HPE Juniper Mist and HPE Aruba platforms, ensuring security, reliability, and scalability.

The ideal candidate brings extensive enterprise networking experience, professional wireless certifications, and a track record of designing complex wireless solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/CS or related field with 10+ years of enterprise wireless experience.
• Experience designing, deploying, and optimizing large-scale enterprise wireless networks.
• Proficient with HPE Juniper Mist and HPE Aruba Networks platforms.

Responsabilités

• Lead pre-sales and post-sales wireless discussions to define requirements and solutions.
• Design, configure, and deploy enterprise wireless networks across vendor platforms.
• Perform wireless site surveys and optimize coverage and performance.
• Ensure security standards (WPA3, 802.1X) and risk mitigation.
• Prepare documentation: diagrams, BOMs, configurations, procedures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and manage lifecycle of wireless projects.

Connaissances

Wireless networking

HPE Juniper Mist

HPE Aruba Networks

CWNP certifications

Network design & deployment

RF fundamentals

Site survey

Documentation

Communication

Formation

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

10+ years enterprise wireless experience

Outils

Juniper Mist

Aruba Central

Site survey tools (Ekahau/Hamina)

Description du poste

Structured Communication Systems is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Wireless Network Engineer to join our team located in Spokane, Washington.

As part of the team, you will be responsible for leading the design, implementation, and optimization of advanced wireless network infrastructures. The Senior Wireless Network Engineer should have deep expertise in HPE Juniper Mist and HPE Aruba Networks platforms to ensure our wireless network deployments meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and security. This individual will serve as a senior technical authority responsible for the design, deployment, and lifecycle management of enterprise wireless networks, ensuring performance, security, and scalability of enterprise network environments within a variety of verticals.

The ideal candidate will bring + years of enterprise networking experience, professional wireless certifications, and proven ability to design and deploy complex wireless networks. This is a key permanent role that combines technical depth, solution architecture, and cross-functional collaboration.

(Must be located in or near Spokane, Washington)

Compensation:

$125,000 – 155,000 (annually)

About Structured

Structured Communication Systems is a leading information technology consultancy and systems integrator. We are experts at architecting and implementing secure and reliable solutions for delivering business applications, ensuring business continuity, enhancing data center performance and efficiency, enabling mobile workers, securing information assets, and providing information security and governance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

An individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily in order to meet the qualifications required to perform this job successfully. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Leads pre-sales and post-sales technical discussions to assess customer requirements, identify technical and business needs, and develop appropriate wireless networking solutions.


• Serves as a trusted technical advisor to customers, providing guidance on complex technical challenges and supporting informed decisions regarding wireless networking solutions.


• Collaborates with customers, internal engineering teams, IT personnel, and vendors throughout the project lifecycle to ensure solutions align with customer requirements, project objectives, and internal processes.


• Leads the design, configuration, and deployment of enterprise wireless network infrastructures across supported vendor platforms.


• Collaborates with internal engineering teams to integrate wireless solutions into existing network infrastructures, ensuring compatibility and seamless connectivity between wired and wireless environments.


• Evaluates wireless technologies and vendor solutions, providing technical comparisons, recommendations, and guidance based on customer requirements and business objectives.


• Conducts wireless site surveys, evaluates network coverage and performance, and optimizes wireless configurations to ensure reliable connectivity and optimal network performance.


• Identifies, diagnoses, and resolves complex wireless network performance, connectivity, and configuration issues, escalating critical technical issues as necessary.


• Ensures wireless network designs and implementations adhere to applicable security standards, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements, including WPA3, 802.1X, and other relevant security protocols.


• Develops and maintains accurate and comprehensive technical documentation, including network diagrams, Bills of Materials (BOMs), network configurations, solution designs, and operational procedures.


• Provides advanced technical support and guidance to customers and internal teams regarding wireless network design, implementation, troubleshooting, and ongoing optimization.


• Performs additional duties as assigned.


• Promotes and maintains a high standard of customer service at all times.


• Ability to maintain and continually develop accurate product and application knowledge.


• Overcome technical and business objections posed by prospective customers.


• Proactively learn and utilize new technologies, concepts and procedures as necessary based upon project requirements.


• Ability to communicate at all levels of an organization from end-user to senior management about both business and IT needs.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to create comprehensive technical documentation (e.g., configuration guides, network diagrams, SOWs, post-deployment reports) and effectively present solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.


• Ability to leverage technical background to identify professional service opportunities for security, networking, storage/compute opportunities and cloud.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Network Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related technical field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, including a minimum of ten (10) years of professional network engineering experience with an emphasis on wireless technologies.

• Extensive experience designing, implementing, configuring, optimizing, and troubleshooting enterprise wireless networks, including network performance, security, and connectivity. Experience with large-scale, multi-site enterprise deployments preferred.


• Advanced hands-on experience with HPE Juniper Mist wireless solutions, including AI-driven technologies, cloud-based network management, and supporting network infrastructure.


• Advanced hands-on experience with HPE Aruba Networks wireless solutions, including wireless controllers, access points, and related hardware and software, with comprehensive knowledge of both on-premises controller-based and cloud-managed deployments through Aruba Central.


• Advanced knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking protocols, IEEE 802.11 wireless standards, IEEE 802.3 wired networking standards, and associated IP routing, switching, and VPN technologies.


• Strong understanding of radio frequency (RF) fundamentals, wireless site survey methodologies, RF optimization, and interference mitigation techniques.


• Experience conducting and analyzing wireless site surveys, gathering customer requirements, reviewing floor plans and building materials, and developing predictive WLAN designs using industry-standard tools such as Hamina or Ekahau.


• Demonstrated experience configuring and managing enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) environments, including wireless controllers, access points, VLAN segmentation, quality of service (QoS), and RF tuning to optimize performance in complex network environments.


• Experience implementing and supporting enterprise wireless security and authentication technologies, including WPA3, 802.1X, Mist Access Assurance, Aruba ClearPass, and/or Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).


• Proficiency with enterprise network management, monitoring, and troubleshooting platforms, including Juniper Mist, Aruba Central, and related technologies.


• Advanced troubleshooting experience identifying, diagnosing, and resolving complex wireless network performance, connectivity, and security issues in multi-vendor environments using packet analyzers, wireless protocol debugging tools, and other diagnostic resources.


• Industry certifications through the Certified Wireless Network Professional (CWNP) program, such as CWNA, CWDP, CWSP, or CWAP are required.

General Office Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should be an experienced user of Microsoft Office Suite; experience with a customer relationship management (CRM) tool, such as Salesforce.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret quotes and reports. Must be able to communicate effectively in English, including the ability to read, write, speak, and understand English, to perform essential job functions such as corresponding, presenting information, and responding to questions from employees, management, vendors, and customers, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work is generally sedentary in nature, but may require frequent standing, walking, talking, and hearing. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch. Frequent use of phones, computers and other general office equipment is required. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds.

Working Conditions

The working conditions characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work is performed in both a general office environment, as well as a data center environment. Within the general office environment both the lighting and temperature are generally moderate. The data center environment is generally cool in temperature and the lighting is moderate; the noise level in the data center environment is generally loud.

Must have a valid Driver’s License and motor vehicle insurance (at least equal to the state’s minimum coverage requirements), and the willingness to travel up to 30% for customer meetings, events, or conferences and other destinations for short to medium term projects.

This position may also require an adjusted work schedule and evening hours in order to meet or attend vendor/customer needs. Flexibility to field phone calls, system alerts and provide remote and/or on-site support to clients outside of normal business hours, including weekends and holidays.

Our organization provides a full compensation package that facilitates development and growth. The benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, group life and AD&D insurance, and long and short-term disability coverage and 401(k). We also provide training on mutually agreed upon professional goals through a combination of self-study courses, formal training, and on-the-job training. Obtaining industry-based certifications is highly encouraged.

*** We are interested in all qualified candidates that are eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas. ***

Structured is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to supporting and retaining a diverse and talented workforce.