Network Wireless Engineer IV

Introduction

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

The Wireless Network Engineer IV is a senior-level engineer responsible for enterprise wireless engineering, design review, validation, standards, and technical oversight. This role serves as the wireless subject-matter expert, ensuring internal and partner-developed solutions align with approved enterprise architecture and meet standards for RF coverage, capacity, security, performance, resiliency, scalability, and operational supportability.

The role provides technical leadership across the wireless lifecycle, including design review, implementation standards, performance optimization, lifecycle management, automation, monitoring, and complex troubleshooting, while supporting broader enterprise networking initiatives as needed.

• Own and maintain enterprise wireless engineering standards, approved configurations, implementation requirements, and technical design criteria in alignment with established enterprise architecture.
• Review, validate, and approve enterprise wireless network designs developed by internal teams and external partners.
• Evaluate wireless designs for RF coverage, capacity, roaming, interference, security, scalability, resiliency, and performance.
• Review and approve site surveys, predictive designs, heat maps, access point placement, capacity models, and related implementation documentation.
• Establish wireless design criteria and provide technical direction to partners, project teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Serve as the internal subject-matter expert for enterprise wireless engineering, technologies, standards, and best practices.
• Provide technical governance and evaluate exceptions to established wireless standards and reference architectures.
• Engineer and support enterprise wireless management, monitoring, assurance, and troubleshooting capabilities using Aruba Central.
• Use and support Cisco Catalyst Center for network visibility, assurance, automation, analytics, and troubleshooting.
• Lead wireless capacity planning, performance tuning, RF optimization, lifecycle planning, and resiliency testing.
• Develop and support automation for configuration deployment, validation, compliance, monitoring, and operational workflows.
• Support enterprise network security practices including segmentation, secure wireless access, authentication, role-based access, and zero-trust principles.
• Lead technical troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for complex wireless and network incidents.
• Coordinate with Network Operations, Security, Infrastructure, vendors, and managed service partners during major incidents and problem-management activities.
• Evaluate new wireless technologies, platforms, features, and capabilities and make recommendations for enterprise adoption.
• Support broader enterprise networking initiatives involving LAN/WAN, routing, switching, network services, and network operations as needed.
• Mentor engineers, provide technical leadership, and contribute to the development of engineering skills across the team.
• Develop and maintain engineering standards, implementation requirements, technical…