Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, is seeking a Wireless Network Engineer to manage wireless services. The role involves designing, integrating, testing, and supporting the wireless network infrastructure while providing solutions for wireless communications requirements.
Responsibilities
- Design, integration, testing, installation, and support of the wireless network infrastructure to include hardware and software upgrades; and prepare and maintain comprehensive documentation related to the network infrastructure
- Work with business units, internal customers, and client support technicians to provide solutions for customers' wireless communications requirements and solutions
- Investigates, designs, plans, and implements physical and logical wireless communications networks to include capacity planning for internal and external wireless connections
- Provides proactive monitoring and troubleshooting of network using network management software, help desk/trouble tickets, and potentially on-site or in visits requiring travel
- Performs other duties as assigned by an appropriate administrator or their representative
Skills
- Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum 8 years of experience, or an Advanced Degree and a minimum 5 years experience
- Strong expertise with on-premise wireless in deploying, troubleshooting and maintaining highly available Aruba wireless infrastructure solutions in a large-scale, multisite, international environment including Wireless LAN Controllers & Guest wireless solutions
- Experience using Wireless Analysis Tools (such as Ekahau Survey Pro, AirMagnet Surveyor, MetaGeek Channelyzer Spectrum Analysis tools, Packet Analyzers, Cisco Prime Infrastructure)
- Strong understanding and recent experience with current and upcoming wireless RF standards on Wi-Fi; 802.11; basic RF parameters and signal flows (frequency, power-level, modulation methods, channel widths, signal losses etc.)
- Wireless Site Survey experience - industry best practices and criteria for standard RF survey designs including Data, Voice, and Location Based Services
- Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP, Wireless, DNS and DHCP protocols and services
- Availability to provide On Call support out of normal working hours
- Strong analytic, problem-solving, and conceptual skills; and strong verbal and written communication skills
- Expert level experience with Aruba wireless
- Experience with Aruba Clearpass, Cisco Prime, Cisco ACS and ISE a plus
- Certifications that are a plus: ACDP, ACMP, MCP, CCNA, CWNA, CCNP, CCNP-Wireless, CWNP
Benefits
- Healthcare
- Wellness
- Retirement and work/life benefits
- Career development and recognition programs
- Parental (including paternal) leave
- Flexible work schedules
- Achievement awards
- Educational assistance
- Child/adult backup care
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement
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