Position: Wireless Network Engineer (Remote)
Location: Herndon, VA 20171 - Remote
Term: 7 months
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
Location: Herndon, VA 20171 - Remote
Term: 7 months
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
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Devise, plan, deploy, and improve wireless networks from the beginning to implementation by collaborating with vendors, managers, and network engineers.
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Understand client requirements to be able to cater to their appropriate needs.
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Manage firewalls, such as Juniper and FortiGate.
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Handhold other in-house engineers to train them on wireless technologies, besides guiding other non-technical people.
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Use tools to evaluate test tweak wireless products, such as routers, switches, hubs, bridges, virtual private networks (VPNs), and network amplifiers, among others.
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Design and validate the performance, quality, and reliability of the RF link.
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Design and implement WLANs and other wireless networks.
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Write manuals and document current network procedures.
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Make use of enterprise monitoring tools (SolarWinds and Splunk).
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Optimize network performance by supervising performance, addressing network problems and breakdowns, and partnering with network engineers to optimize the network.
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Develop and implement policies and classify and oversee access to protect network systems.
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Make sure that all equipment, including servers and the other network products, are well-connected.
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Devise and support radio frequencies (RF) link performance, reliability, and quality.
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Enable data and system protection by developing and maintaining mechanisms for backing up and retrieval.
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Collaborate with different teams to ensure the optimized performance of VoIP and other wireless telecommunication devices.
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Work with the security team to evaluate threats, troubleshoot issues, and comply with appropriate security configuration standards of their organizations.
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Design and deploy changes to the configurations of clients as per the applicable change management process.
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Proactively handle all network security solutions.
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Make use of testing and diagnostic tools to assess and modify equipment.
Is this a good fit? (Requirements):
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Knowledge of Aruba software/hardware suite (Aruba Central, Clear Pass, Mobility Master) and 802.1x authentication.
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Extensive knowledge of routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP).
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Ability to evaluate and configure WLAN devices to maintain security hardening (STIG) and vulnerability mitigation.