Wireless Network Engineer

System One, Inc.; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

System One, Inc. seeks a Wireless Network Engineer in Bethesda to design and support secure wireless networks for NIH facilities.

The role onsite requires strong hands-on experience with Cisco equipment, site surveys, and enterprise project management. You will collaborate across federal teams, perform site surveys, optimize coverage, and ensure maximum uptime while maintaining compliance with security standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or HS diploma with relevant experience and professional certification.
• CCNA or CCNP certification.
• Minimum 3 years of wireless network administration experience, including site surveys, wireless design review, and enterprise project management.
• Experience with Ekahau, Cisco Insider, and wireless survey tools.
• Solid working knowledge of wireless network infrastructure, signal propagation, troubleshooting interference, coverage optimization, spectrum analysis.
• Strong understanding of network protocols and switching, TCP/IP, FTP/HTTP(S), UDP, STP, VPN, with root cause analysis communication.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills for Cisco routers, switches, wireless APs, UPS, and firewalls.
• Ability to activate and configure Cisco equipment via CLI.
• Experience creating network diagrams and deciphering topology.
• Proficiency with industry-standard wireless network tools for surveys, design, and reporting.
• Meticulous documentation skills, organized workspace, and effective teamwork or virtual collaboration.
• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership of tasks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate in-person and virtual actions to reduce the IT burden on NIH customers.
• Contribute knowledge to support NIH IT professionals at the institute level.
• Collaborate with the CIT federal team and other service areas to serve NIH.
• Help ensure network, internet, and intranet uptime by responding to incidents, requests, and outages.
• Develop solutions in a fast-paced, secure, and compliant environment that supports scientific discovery.

Skills

Wireless networking

Troubleshooting

TCP/IP

Documentation

Team collaboration

Root cause analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

High school diploma with relevant experience

Tools

Ekahau

Cisco Insider

Wireless survey tools

Job description

Job Title: Wireless Network Engineer
Location: Bethesda, Virginia
Work Model: Onsite - onsite
Security Clearance: Public Trust

Responsibilities

• Leverage in-person and virtual connections to coordinate work actions, reducing the IT burden on NIH customers so they can focus on science.
• Contribute your knowledge and experience to the collective pool at NIH, helping other IT professionals at the institute level work better for their community.
• Collaborate with the CIT federal team and other service areas as ONE CIT to serve NIH.
• Help ensure the network infrastructure, internet, and intranet services are available with maximum uptime by quickly and thoroughly responding to incidents, requests, and outages.
• Utilize your networking expertise and evolving technologies to develop solutions in a fast-paced, collaborative, highly secure, and compliant environment that supports scientific discovery.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or high school diploma with relevant experience and professional certification.
• CCNA or CCNP professional certification.
• Minimum three (3) years of wireless network administration experience, including site surveys, wireless design review, and enterprise project management.
• Experience with Ekahau, Cisco Insider, and wireless survey tools.
• Solid working knowledge of wireless network infrastructure, signal propagation, troubleshooting interference, coverage optimization, spectrum analysis, etc.
• Strong understanding of network protocols and switching, TCP/IP, FTP/HTTP(S), UDP, STP, VPN, with the ability to perform root cause analysis and communicate using fundamental network terminologies.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills for network devices such as Cisco routers, switches, wireless access points, UPS, and firewalls.
• Ability to activate and configure Cisco network equipment and diagnose configuration issues via command line.
• Experience creating network diagrams and deciphering topology.
• Proficiency with industry-standard wireless network tools for surveys, design, and reporting.
• Meticulous documentation skills, organized workspace, and effective teamwork or virtual collaboration.
• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership of tasks.

Preferred Skills

• Wireless Infrastructure / 802.1x and site surveys.
• Monitoring tools (Sitescope, Solarwinds, Sciencelogic).
• ServiceNow or Remedy.
• Infoblox.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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