Senior Wi-Fi Engineering Lead - Remote

RyderSenior Wi-Fi Engineering Lead - Remote

Columbia, SC, 29240, USA

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Summary

The Senior Wireless (Wi-Fi) Network Engineering Lead provides engineering, deployment of engineering solutions, optimization, and support services for wireless networks.

Provide technical expertise and hands on support in wireless network analysis, design, planning, assessment, development, and implementation.

Responsible for leading end-to-end design efforts, including architecting key elements of the solution, evaluating technical options, and final solution implementation while keeping key stakeholders apprised.

Acts as a primary escalation support resource for providing recommendations and initiating necessary corrective actions to ensure optimal wireless network performance.

This position provides technical consulting support on projects, network device configurations, network recommendations to support business applications, manages Vendors on implementation of services, and manages system issues related to IT Infrastructure environments.

Skills and Abilities

Possesses strong technical aptitude

Demonstrated skills in configuration management, data management, information management, network security, IT architecture, infrastructure design, systems integration and systems life-cycle management

Ability to conceptualize how systems need to be configured and used to solve daily business problems

Exceptional advanced troubleshooting skills

Ability to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors)

Ability and discipline to work and succeed in a fast-paced and organizationally complex environment, effectively adapting to rapidly changing technologies with the ability to meet deadlines and lead / manage projects

Capable of multi-tasking, highly organized & detail oriented, with excellent time management skills, and follow-up practices

Individuals are competent to perform or integrate works at a high level, working at an in-depth level with in a technical or business area

Knowledge and understanding of systems design principles / technical architectures and a proven track record of technology selections, design, implementation, and supportadvanced required

Knowledge of IP communication and routing, advanced required

Knowledge in WAN / LAN / Cloud and transport technologies (ethernet, frame relay, DMVPN, WAAS, and MPLS)advanced required

Knowledge of end to-end network architecture and operations, advanced required

Knowledge of structured and rapid design, development, and implementation of network architectures, advanced required

RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide top-level support and ownership of the wireless network infrastructure in a global environment by optimizing stability, availability, reliability, and performance.

Manage and support the wireless network infrastructure.

Design wireless network topologies, architectures, and services that solve complex business requirements. Identify service delivery conflicts to implement alternatives, while communicating issues of technology impact on the business.

Develops technical and business relationships and integrates activities with other departments to ensure successful implementation and support of project efforts.

Collects and analyzes business requirements for large, multi-functional projects. Performs feasibility studies, translating requirements into an appropriate design.

Assist Application and IT teams with assessment of new technologies, application upgrades, and general technical support to ensure the wireless network infrastructure meets business requirements.

Manage project activities for wireless network services in alignment with business / customer "Go Live" schedules.

Providing overall third level IT wireless network support for all locations. Support includes, but is not limited to, escalations for issues with wireless network access, WI-FI, Internet connectivity, PC hardware & software, printers, hand-held computers, scanner guns and any other devices utilized throughout the Ryder network.

Create and maintain documentation related to wireless designs which include configurations for wireless access points, antennas, cabling, and controllers.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Shares responsibility with other team members to ensure on-time IT services delivery or satisfactory and / or support.

Fosters and maintains good relationships with customer and IT colleagues to meet expected customer service levels.

Familiar with project management techniques and may lead projects, sub-projects, or provide project technical support.

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree preferred Computer Science or Business with emphasis in Logistics, Transportation

diploma / GED required

Seven (7) years or more expert level experience with SD-WAN, network switching (capacity planning & VLANs), network routing (OSPF.

EIGRP, BGP), WAN technologies (MPLS, VPLS, VPN, QoS) and network security). required

Seven (7) years or more expert level experience managing large scale monitoring and alerting systems along with trending and capacity planning. required

Seven (7) years or more expert level experience in architecting, engineering, and operating multi-site WAN infrastructures with complex routing and failover.

Network focus on redundancy and resiliency and industry best practices. required

Seven (7) years or more expert level experience with logical design models (L2 / L3, VPC, VDC, Datacenter Zones, Spanning tree, VFR, VTP, VLANs, physical cabling). required

Seven (7) years or more expert level experience of root cause analysis for network faults / outages. required

Three (3) years or more experience with architectural and network support of Cloud Network Infrastructures and Managed Services on Azure and AWS. required

Three (3) years or more experience with deep-inspection firewalls, intrusion and threat protection platforms, RADIUS, DNS, NTP, monitoring, and logging. required

Knowledge and understanding of systems design principles / technical architectures and a proven track record of technology selections, design, implementation, and support. advanced required

Knowledge of IP communication and routing. advanced required

Knowledge in WAN / LAN / Cloud and transport technologies (ethernet, frame relay, DMVPN, WAAS, and MPLS). advanced required

Knowledge of end to-end network architecture and operations. advanced required

Knowledge of structured and rapid design, development, and implementation of network architectures. advanced required

CCNP, CCNA

AWS or Azure certification

Travel : 1-10%

Safety Sensitive

Onsite visits to certain Ryder and customer accounts require the adherence of the site’s employee safety standards and protocols.

This may include some of the following : (Hard hat, steel toe shoe, eye protection

DOT Regulated : No

Applicants from California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York City, and Washington :

Salary is determined based on internal equity; internal salary ranges; market

data / ranges; applicant’s skills; prior relevant experience; certain degrees or

certifications, etc. The salary for this position ranges from $85,000.00 to $105,000. Salaries may be supplemented with a bonus as applicable and / or as business conditions allow.

Ryder offers comprehensive health and welfare benefits, to include medical,

prescription, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance options, as well as

paid time off for vacation, illness, bereavement, family and parental leave, and a tax advantaged 401(k) retirement savings plan

Job Category : Network