Wireless Network Automations Engineer

## Wireless Network Automations Engineer Apply remote type:
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** POSITION SPECIFICS
** Penn State IT is seeking a highly motivated
** Wireless Automation Engineer
** to join the ENCS Wireless team. This position will play a critical role in designing, automating, and operating Penn State’s next-generation wireless platform built on Juniper Mist.

Penn State is currently undergoing a multi-year transformation from Aruba wireless infrastructure to a Juniper Mist cloud-managed wireless platform across campuses and facilities statewide. This position will help accelerate and operationalize that transition through automation, telemetry, observability, and modern network engineering practices.

The successful candidate will focus on developing scalable automation, telemetry-driven operations, and modern network engineering practices to improve the reliability, consistency, and operational maturity of one of higher education’s largest enterprise wireless environments.

This role combines enterprise wireless engineering with software development, automation, analytics, and observability. The engineer will help drive Penn State’s transition toward proactive, data-driven wireless operations through automation, API integrations, configuration-as-code, and intelligent monitoring workflows.

This position works in close partnership with the Wireless Technical Lead and Wireless Manager. While the Technical Lead provides architectural and technical leadership for the wireless platform, this role focuses on automation engineering, operational tooling, telemetry integration, and platform reliability.

While the primary focus of this position is wireless automation engineering and operational modernization, the successful candidate is also expected to maintain a strong understanding of enterprise wireless networking fundamentals and participate as a member of the wireless engineering team, including participation in the team’s on-call rotation.

Penn State operates one of the largest higher education networking environments in the country, supporting academic, research, healthcare, residential, and athletic environments across the Commonwealth.
** LOCATION
* * This position follows a hybrid work model and may require periodic on-site participation for wireless deployments, troubleshooting, testing, meetings, and operational support activities across Penn State locations.
** KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
**** Wireless Automation & Engineering
*** Design, develop, and maintain automation workflows for wireless provisioning, configuration management, and large-scale deployments
* Develop reusable automation frameworks and configuration templates for Juniper Mist wireless environments
* Implement configuration-as-code and version-controlled deployment methodologies
* Automate operational tasks including validation, auditing, diagnostics, and recovery workflows
** Telemetry, Observability & Analytics
*** Develop telemetry pipelines and operational dashboards leveraging Mist APIs, RADIUS data, and wireless performance metrics
* Integrate SLE metrics, authentication telemetry, and network health data into enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms
* Build analytics and reporting solutions to improve visibility into user experience, onboarding success,…