Senior Network Engineer: Wireless Lead

Company: MITRE
Location: McLean
Posted on: October 19, 2020

Job Description:

Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE—and make a difference with us.

Role

Work within our Network engineering Services organization to design, implement and support Wireless Network Infrastructure services for the organization that meet our high availability environment, and additionally implement and support wireless and wired network capabilities.

Oversight of infrastructure artifacts, ensuring designs follow consistent and high-quality guidelines and secure standards.

Collaboration necessary across organizations, capabilities, and projects.

Maintain systems and documentation as needed for audits and compliance.

Results & Responsibilities

Participate in disaster recovery development, exercises, and actual events

Execute Network and Infrastructure initiatives across the department.

Help drive forward new capabilities and services in our wireless infrastructure important to our users and our stakeholders.

Collaborate with staff to support quality and maintainable systems.

Help identify areas of improvement for supportability and for our customers.

Contribute directly to the technical work of one or more projects.

Validate and test rollout plans prior to corporate release, and work within Change control guidelines

Rotational on-call responsibilities and some after-hours work required. 5-10% travel.

Work on customer escalations and issues in a timely manner.

Able to design, automate, operationalize or recommend solutions for network services such as Wireless, Cellular, Ansible Tower, Intranet, WAN/SDWAN or redundant networks.

Capable of working within Data Centers, small Data Closets; lifting or moving networking equipment weighing up to 20 lbs.

Behaviors

Collaborate and communicate effectively both verbally and written, with team members of any level, both inter and intra department.

Strong desire to keep technical skills current and remain abreast of emerging technologies, new versions of existing solutions, in both wireless and cellular environments

Deliver within operational deadlines

Qualifications

Capable of breaking down and resolving customer Network issues, wired and wireless

Certifications to include: CCNA/CCNA-Wireless, CWNP

Proven Knowledge of Cisco switches, Wireless, 802.1x., DNA Center and Spaces, Prime, RF Signaling, Rogue detection, Cisco Best practices in Wireless design, CMX, wireless surveys and Wifi6

Knowledge of multiple vendors’ wireless technologies and capabilities, and cellular, including 5G

Advanced knowledge of creating and deploying internal and external wireless and VoIP networks

6-12 years related experience

Bachelor’s Degree

MITRE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. MITRE recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status.

MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please contact MITRE’s Recruiting Help Line at 703-983-8226 or email at recruitinghelp@mitre.org.

Copyright © 1997-2020, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.

Keywords: MITRE, Washington DC , Senior Network Engineer: Wireless Lead, Other , McLean, DC