Wireless Engineer - Technical Lead

Freddie Mac; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Network Wireless Engineering Technical Lead to drive innovation and enhance the housing finance system. In this pivotal role, you will lead projects that ensure the scalability, stability, and security of wireless networks across the nation. You will collaborate with various teams to implement cutting-edge technologies and best practices, contributing to a robust and reliable network infrastructure. Join a dedicated team where your expertise will make a significant impact on homeownership accessibility, while enjoying a competitive compensation package and a culture that values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Comprehensive total rewards package

Competitive compensation

Market-leading benefit programs

Annual incentive program

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in Network Engineering.
• 5+ years as a Technical Lead in Wireless Network Engineering.
• Strong hands-on skills in network technologies and processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in Wireless Network area for scalability and security.
• Collaborate with Network leadership for performance and stability.
• Identify and implement technology to modernize Wireless Infrastructure.

Skills

Network Engineering

WiFi

Network Access Control (NAC)

Cellular 4G/5G

IP network technologies

Automation

Mentoring

Education

College Degree

Equivalent Experience

Tools

Aruba - Controller, Airwave, Central

Cisco WLC, DNACenter/Catalyst Center

Juniper Mist - Marvis Minis

Job description

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation.

Position Overview:

Our rapidly evolving IT Network department is in search of a Network Wireless Engineering Technical Lead with excellent time management skills and a proven track record of setting and meeting results-oriented goals! We’re looking for a candidate with considerable WiFi, NAC (Network Access Control), and Cellular 4/5G experience in large environments who can lead upgrade projects, handle workloads in a fast-paced environment and proactively ensure best practices are crafted and executed for our National Enterprise offices throughout the country!

Our Impact:

• We assure Stability, Availability and Reliability for 10,000+ of End-User Devices to support a wide range of applications in a hybrid Cloud environment.

• We strive to prevent service impacts in a multifaceted and constantly evolving ecosystem, assure rapid recoverability from any impacts to business and services.

• Our strategy is to transform the Network with Automation and Process Engineering.

Your Impact:

• Provide technical leadership in the Wireless Network area and to think and execute proactively to ensure the scalability, stability and security of the platform.

• Identify, Influence and Implement technology and processes to modernize our Wireless Infrastructure.

• Collaborate with Network leadership to assure visible communication, risk reduction and accountability for the performance and stability of the Wireless network platforms.

Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of experience of Network Engineering.

• College Degree or equivalent experience.

• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Lead level Wireless Network Engineer.

• 8+ years in a senior level engineering role engaged with IP network technologies including LAN switching, BGP/OSPF routing, VPLS/MPLS, Quality of Service, traffic engineering, server load balancing and network-security design and delivery for large scale multi-site data center environments.

• Provide technical guidance, strong hands-on skills, develop design documents, perform product installation, upgrades and certification, implementation plan, deployment and troubleshooting support.

• Partner with Architecture, Information Security and Business areas to define technical solutions to complex business issues that align with target state architecture and conforms to corporate best practices.

• 5 years of experience with wireless telemetry/AI Platforms such as:

  • Aruba – Controller, Airwave, Central.

  • Cisco WLC, DNACenter/Catalyst Center.

  • Juniper Mist – Marvis Minis.

• Must have a solid sense of accountability for performance and continued improvement of execution.

• Communicates well within the team to effectively relay status and accomplishments to management.

• Must not only lead current technical trends, but also anticipate our future state technologies.

• An eye for automating common processes.

• Experience with 4G and 5G cellular services a plus.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Communicates and influences optimally.

• Demonstrates deep job specific knowledge and best practices to drive effective change and transform how work is performed.

• Elevates team members via mentoring and knowledge sharing. Highly effective team leader. Top influencer for other IT and business partners.

• Meaningful contributions to strategy and objectives. Knowledge leadership in all areas of expertise for areas of responsibility. Thinks beyond individual sphere.

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Mac’s business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy, applying a vigilance-first approach to work, supporting regulatory mandates, and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs.

CA Applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Time-type: Full time FLSA Status: Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $131,000 - $197,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.