Network Engineer III; Wifi

The Network Engineer-III is responsible for the planning, design, configuration, integration & installation of our growing local area network (LAN) and/or global wide area network (WAN). The Network Engineer-III will provide leadership in technical support and documentation to various departments and users with regard to the global infrastructure. The Network Engineer-III serves as a liaison to gather network requirements from internal customers, vendors, and other third-party providers.

This role will focus on deploying and maintaining Wi‑Fi networks, including upgrading to a new Cisco platform, as well as maintenance and configuration of Forescout NAC and Cisco SDA network.

• Onsite in Seattle, WA
• Additional travel to satellite locations in Tacoma, WA, and Olympia, WA

• Design: Perform design requirements feasibility studies including adds and moves of existing wireless; perform vendor recommendation/selection and coordination for hardware testing and installations; examine existing wireless infrastructure and recommend changes or additional needs for the customer.
• Build: Prepare maintenance plans, documentation & change management coordination for the least impact to the customer; perform necessary maintenance and upgrades to all wireless devices; work in either a lead role or an assisting role during maintenance implementations.
• Improvements: Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) & Method of Procedures (MOP’s); develop wireless network standards for each SSID; work with other teams to test and improve connectivity for all corporate, BYOD, and guest devices maintaining high levels of security and ease of use; document all content for specialized network designs to be used for training; present and/or train on new wireless network topologies, hardware, and technologies to internal teams;
  
  lead Root Cause Analysis sessions to achieve better networking practices and improved uptime; determine baseline requirements for our network needs; provide code analysis on existing software, IOS testing, and software recommendations for upgrades; create network lab mockups for error testing; automate repetitive engineering tasks.
• Additional: Knowledge of Forescout management, profiling, and maintenance; manage the team’s ticket queue and respond on‑site to issues; act as 3rd‑level escalation POC for design or other related problems; initial deployment of new products and services; monitor capacity and plan for bandwidth additions; establish project priority based on business needs.

• High School Diploma or regional equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s Degree required, preferably in Computer Science or Network Engineering; at the manager’s discretion, relevant experience may substitute for the degree requirement.
• Minimum 5‑7 years of recent experience with network design and build‑out of LAN/WANs and/or large‑scale network retrofits and remediations.
• Experience with network access control (NAC) and software‑defined networking technologies, including Forescout and Cisco Software‑Defined Access (SDA).
• Experience with enterprise wireless technologies, including Wi‑Fi design, deployment, and maintenance, RF optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Must have certifications: CCNA.
• Preferred certifications: CCDA, CCNP, CCDP, CCIE (R&S, SP, or DC) highly preferred (or equivalent experience), Python PCEP.
• Advanced level experience working with technologies/applications such as MPLS, BGP, LDP, QoS, IPv6, OSPF, vPC, STP, DWDM, EVPN, L2
  
  VPN, MPLS VPN, L3
  
  VPN, FHRP, VLAN, CDP, port‑channels, IS‑IS, MPLS Inter‑AS, VXLAN, DNS, ACL, RADb, Flowspec, RTBH, Git Hub, API’s, NFV, Hypervisors, virtual switching.
• Multi‑vendor experience with Cisco IOS, ASR 1k (IOS‑XE), ASR NCS (IOS‑XR), Nexus (NX‑OS), Arista (EOS), Junos.
• Experience working in a service provider, datacenter/hosting environment, or large‑scale enterprise networks.
• Experience researching, evaluating, and recommending hardware and/or software solutions for large‑scale deployments or remediations against the LAN/WAN.
• Experience working with 3rd party networking vendors, with an understanding of the service/hardware/software portfolios they provide.
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