Job Description:

A minimum of 6 years’ experience in wireless design, deployment and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities:

• Site Surveys: Conduct site surveys at proposed locations with emphasis on the following key factors - RF Analysis, proximity to fiber infrastructure; evaluation of internal and external building structure for indoor and outdoor wireless Access Point installation; identification of power and networking equipment.
• Design: prepare wireless design packages and bill of material as per OCTO's standard.
• Deployment: configure and deploy critical wireless network and infrastructure as per the design document and standard.
• Operation: Participate in the daily operational activities/provide day-to-day analysis and proactive maintenance; perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs; utilize experience, technical knowledge and skills to identify and optimize capacity and performance issues for highest service availability and integrity; gather necessary information on bug fixes, patches and vulnerabilities to routinely maintain the wireless infrastructure.
• Troubleshooting: identify and resolve wireless connectivity issues; performing independent complex wireless network systems troubleshooting.
• Field support:  work closely with peers and cross functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues at customer locations.
• On-Call: As a primary or secondary support staff participate in the 24x7 on-call rotation and associated incident/problem resolution, periodic communication update, remediation plans, tickets closure, etc.
• Other Responsibilities: plan, coordinate, and monitor project activities; create, update and close remedy tickets; assess risks and impacts arising from a business disruption and make decisions and determine actions independently and expediently to eliminate those risks and ensure continuity of business; research emerging technologies in wireless communications and maintain up-to-date knowledge on vendors and their product lines; formulate and establish best practices and standards for enterprise wireless network environments; must be available for after hour project implementations, hardware installations, and configuration changes; other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 5-7 years applicable experience in wireless network engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Management Information Systems or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Possess in-depth knowledge of wireless local area networks and WLAN project experience.
• Clear understanding of IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi standards and related components is required.
• Clear understanding of RADIUS Authentication and Captive Portals
• Experience with Cisco wireless technology.
• Ability to configure Cisco routers and switches for wireless network provisioning.
• Ability and willingness to learn and apply new technologies.
• Must be able to interact well in a team environment.
• Ability to follow a detailed workflow process and comply with all change management procedures and policy.
• Experience delivering detailed design diagrams, complete technical documentation, and develop change scripts, using various tools such as MS Excel, MS Power Point, and MS Visio.
• Experience with different OS and server technologies is a plus.
• CCNA Routing and Switching required, CCNP preferred.
• CCNA Wireless Required, CCNP Wireless preferred.
• The position may require climbing ladder and lifting upto 50 lbs.

CONTRACT LABOR CATEGORY DESCRIPTION:

Complete Description:

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates IT project management, engineering, maintenance, QA, and risk management.
• Plans, coordinates, and monitors project activities.
• Develops technical applications to support users.
• Develops, implements, maintains and enforces documented standards and procedures for the design, development, installation, modification, and documentation of assigned systems.
• Provides training for system products and procedures.
• Performs application upgrades.
• Performs, monitoring, maintenance, or reporting on real- time databases, real-time network and serial data communications, and real-time graphics and logic applications.
• Troubleshoots problems.
• Ensures project life-cycle is in compliance with District standards and procedures.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience.

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