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A leader in the Computer and Mathematical industry, our client is actively seeking a highly experienced and visionary Senior Wireless Site Surveyor (Long-Term Contract – Hybrid/Remote with U.S. Travel – Raleigh/Durham, NC) to join their high-impact team. This pivotal role offers a unique opportunity for a seasoned wireless professional to lead the design, deployment, and optimization of advanced wireless and Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) solutions across the United States. Situated with a base in the Raleigh/Durham, NC area, this position offers a flexible hybrid/remote work model, complemented by necessary U.S. travel (up to 30%). This role comes with the added advantages of weekly pay, holiday pay accrual, full benefits, and dedicated career growth support via Experis, empowering you to lead the future of wireless innovation with top-tier clients and cutting-edge tools.

Senior Wireless Site Surveyor (Long-Term Contract – Hybrid/Remote with U.S. Travel – Raleigh/Durham, NC)

Location: Raleigh/Durham, NC (Hybrid/Remote with up to 30% U.S. Travel) – This position offers a flexible hybrid/remote work arrangement, with an expectation of travel throughout the U.S. for site surveys and project implementations, typically 1-2 weeks per month.

Employment Type: Long-Term Contract via Experis

Perks: Weekly Pay | Holiday Pay Accrual | Full Benefits | Dedicated Career Growth Support

Industry: Computer and Mathematical

Lead the Future of Wireless Innovation: Role Overview

Are you a seasoned wireless professional poised to tackle complex, enterprise-scale projects that redefine connectivity? This opportunity invites you to join a high-impact team as a Senior Wireless Engineer, where your expertise will be critical in leading the strategic design, precise deployment, and continuous optimization of advanced wireless and Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) solutions. You will operate across diverse environments throughout the U.S., collaborating with top-tier clients, leveraging cutting-edge tools like Ekahau AI Pro, and working extensively with the latest Cisco Catalyst wireless platforms. This role is for a visionary who is ready to shape the wireless landscape at scale.

What You Bring: Essential Qualifications and Expertise

To excel in this challenging and rewarding role, you will possess a profound level of expertise and a proven track record in enterprise-grade wireless deployments. We are seeking a professional who demonstrates:

Extensive Experience in Wireless and RTLS Deployments: A minimum of 7+ years of hands-on experience specifically in large-scale wireless network design, deployment, and optimization, coupled with significant experience in Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) deployments. This extensive background should include a deep understanding of the complexities involved in bringing robust, high-performance wireless and RTLS solutions to fruition across various enterprise sectors.
Mastery of Hybrid RF Survey Methodologies: You must demonstrate mastery of hybrid RF survey methodologies, adeptly combining both predictive modeling and on-site physical surveys. This includes the ability to conduct detailed site assessments, interpret RF behavior in diverse architectural settings (e.g., warehouses, offices, healthcare facilities, manufacturing plants), identify potential sources of interference, and accurately map coverage and capacity requirements. Your expertise in this area is crucial for ensuring optimal wireless performance from the ground up.
Expert-Level Proficiency with Ekahau AI Pro and Sidekick I/II: You must possess expert-level proficiency with Ekahau AI Pro, the industry-leading Wi-Fi design and analysis software, complemented by deep familiarity and hands-on experience with Ekahau Sidekick I/II hardware for precise site surveys. This includes advanced capabilities in designing, validating, and troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks, performing predictive designs, conducting active and passive surveys, analyzing spectrum, and generating comprehensive heatmaps and reports. Your mastery of these tools will be foundational to your success.
Deep Hands-On Experience with Cisco Catalyst Wireless Platforms: You are expected to have deep hands-on experience with the Cisco Catalyst 91xx Access Points (APs) and Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) running IOS-XE. This includes extensive practical knowledge of configuring, deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting these platforms in large-scale enterprise environments. Furthermore, strong experience with various Cisco antenna systems and understanding their application in optimizing coverage and capacity is essential. Your familiarity with the Cisco Catalyst ecosystem is paramount for this role.
Strong Consulting Presence and Mentorship Abilities: You will possess a strong consulting presence, enabling you to effectively engage with clients and cross-functional teams, understand their business needs, and articulate complex technical solutions clearly and concisely. Additionally, you will demonstrate the ability to mentor junior engineers, providing technical guidance, sharing best practices, and fostering skill development within the team, thereby elevating collective expertise.
Experience Automating Wireless Reporting and Analysis: You bring valuable experience in automating wireless reporting and analysis processes. This includes practical skills in using scripting languages like Python to extract data, process information, and generate custom reports. Experience with Excel automation for data manipulation and presentation, and particularly with Splunk for wireless telemetry analytics, is highly desirable. Your ability to automate these tasks will streamline operations and provide actionable insights more rapidly.

Key Responsibilities: Driving Wireless Initiatives from Plan to Implementation

As a Senior Wireless Engineer, your responsibilities will be diverse and impactful, spanning the entire lifecycle of wireless and RTLS solutions, ensuring both technical excellence and strategic alignment.

Lead and Execute Hybrid RF Surveys Across Diverse Environments: You will lead and execute complex hybrid RF surveys across a wide array of diverse environments, including corporate offices, industrial facilities, healthcare settings, and large public venues. This involves meticulously planning surveys, selecting appropriate equipment, conducting on-site data collection, and integrating this data with predictive models to produce highly accurate RF analyses. Your leadership in this area ensures that foundational network designs are based on robust real-world data.
Design and Optimize Wireless Networks Using Ekahau and Cisco Platforms: You will be responsible for the sophisticated design and continuous optimization of wireless networks, leveraging your expertise with Ekahau AI Pro for detailed planning and validation, and the full suite of Cisco Catalyst wireless platforms for implementation. This includes creating detailed network blueprints, channel plans, power settings, AP placement strategies, and ensuring optimal performance and coverage across all client devices.
Deliver Detailed RF Analysis and Actionable Design Documentation: A critical output of your work will be the delivery of detailed RF analysis reports and highly actionable design documentation. This includes clear network diagrams, bill of materials, configuration guides, and comprehensive explanations of design choices, performance expectations, and potential considerations. Your documentation will serve as a definitive guide for deployment teams and future operational support.
Architect and Implement Enterprise Wireless Solutions, Including RTLS: You will take a lead role in architecting and implementing enterprise-grade wireless solutions, extending beyond basic connectivity to include specialized applications like Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS). This involves designing the infrastructure to support asset tracking, wayfinding, and other location-aware services, ensuring seamless integration with core wireless infrastructure and other enterprise systems.
Provide Expert-Level Remote Design Support and Client-Facing Consulting: You will provide expert-level remote design support to project teams and clients, leveraging your deep technical knowledge to address complex challenges without requiring constant physical presence. Furthermore, you will engage in client-facing consulting, articulating technical solutions, presenting design recommendations, and acting as a trusted advisor to key stakeholders.
Drive Wireless PDI (Plan, Design, Implement) Initiatives from Start to Finish: You will independently drive wireless PDI (Plan, Design, Implement) initiatives from their conceptual inception through to successful operational handover. This comprehensive project leadership includes defining project scope, establishing timelines, coordinating resources, managing risks, and ensuring that all phases of planning, design, and implementation are executed efficiently and effectively.
Work with Multiple Client Teams for Lab and Pre-Field Testing: You will collaborate extensively with multiple client teams to perform essential setup, configuration, and rigorous testing in lab and pre-field environments for networking solutions. This work directly supports the crucial validation and acceptance testing phases before solutions are deployed into production, ensuring their readiness, performance, and reliability. This also involves ensuring interop testing for new optics and managing both amplified and unamplified network configurations.

Technologies & Tools: Your Expertise in Action

Your role will demand proficiency with a comprehensive suite of technologies and tools:

Core Expertise (Mastery Required):

Ekahau AI Pro + Sidekick I/II: Expert-level proficiency in using Ekahau AI Pro for Wi-Fi design, analysis, and troubleshooting, coupled with hands-on experience with the Ekahau Sidekick I/II for precise site survey data collection.
Cisco Catalyst Wireless (91xx/98xx IOS-XE): Deep practical experience with Cisco Catalyst 91xx series Access Points and 9800 series Wireless LAN Controllers running IOS-XE, including configuration, deployment, and advanced troubleshooting.
RTLS and Hybrid Design Methodology: Proven experience in designing and deploying Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) and expertise in applying hybrid design methodologies that combine predictive modeling with on-site validation.
RF Survey & Predictive Design Analysis: Comprehensive skills in conducting RF site surveys, interpreting RF behavior, and performing predictive design analysis to optimize wireless coverage, capacity, and performance.

Preferred Add-ons (Valuable Supplemental Skills):

Cisco DNAC / Catalyst Center: Familiarity or experience with Cisco DNA Center / Catalyst Center for centralized network management, automation, and assurance.
Meraki Wireless Solutions: Experience with Cisco Meraki wireless products, including their cloud-managed architecture, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Python Scripting & Excel Automation: Proficiency in Python for network automation, data manipulation, and generating custom reports, complemented by strong Excel automation skills for analysis.
Splunk for Wireless Telemetry Analytics: Experience using Splunk for collecting, analyzing, and visualizing wireless telemetry data to gain operational insights and troubleshoot performance issues.

Additional Recommended Qualifications (Enhancing Your Profile):

Bachelor’s Degree: A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Advanced Networking Certifications: CCNP or CCIE or equivalent industry certifications from major network vendors (e.g., Cisco, Juniper) indicating advanced routing, switching, and wireless expertise.
Enterprise Wi-Fi Design & Operations: Demonstrated experience in enterprise Wi-Fi design, deployment, and at-scale operation, including configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Experience with system test, RF Survey, Optimization, Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) Certifications Lab processes, Test Automation, validation on commercial Residential/Enterprise Access Point/Controller products, and customer support.
Wi-Fi Protocol Expertise (IEEE 802.11): Deep understanding of the IEEE 802.11 family of standards (a/b/g/n/ac/ax) and their practical application.
Bluetooth Familiarity: Experience working with Bluetooth and familiarity with its various versions.
Wi-Fi Security Standards: Thorough understanding of Wi-Fi security standards, including WPA2 & WPA3, and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP).
Wi-Fi Supplicant & Client/Device Stack: Experience with implementation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Wi-Fi supplicant and client/device stacks, specifically focusing on Android and iOS Wi-Fi stack.
Planning & Survey Tools: Proficiency with AirMagnet, Ekahau, etc.
Testing Tools: Experience with Spectrum Analyzer, IxVeriwave, IxChariot traffic generator, iperf3, Wireshark, Omnipeek, Spirent C-50, NetScout, Octoscope Box.
Source Control Systems: Familiarity with Git.
Bug Management Tools: Experience with Jira, Bugzilla etc.
Scripting Languages & DevOps: Familiarity with Shell, Python, Go; ability to code for scripting/automation; DevOps CI/CD mindset.
Platforms: Experience with Windows, Linux, Android, MacOS.
Networking Protocols: Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DHCP, SNMP, DNS, FTP, SMTP, ICMP, STP.
RADIUS Servers: Experience with Free RADIUS Server, HOSTAPD (Linux), Microsoft IAS, and other AAA platforms.
Testing Types: Expertise in various types of testing including Functional, Feature Testing, Integration test, Performance testing, Stress and System testing on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products.
Core Routing & Switching Expertise: Subject matter expertise of TCP/IP fundamentals, IPv4/v6, BGP/MP-BGP, ISIS, OSPF, MPLS, EVPN VXLAN, IP sub-netting and super-netting, hierarchical routing principles, routing protocol operation, routing policies at BGP peering points, VPNs, and associated tunneling technologies (IPSEC, L2TP, MPLS).
Multi-Vendor Experience: Previous experience with network equipment vendor products (e.g., Juniper, Cisco, Arista, other OEMs).
Linux/UNIX Proficiency: Comfortable with Linux or other UNIX implementations, with scripting skills.
Python/Ansible for Automation: Experience with Python scripting / Ansible for scripting and automation.
Code Reading Ability: Ability to “read code” as source documentation.

Why Join Experis? Unlocking Your Career Potential

This Long-Term Contract opportunity via Experis offers more than just a project; it provides a comprehensive support system for your professional journey.

Long-Term Contract Stability: Enjoy the assurance of long-term contract stability with consistent hours, providing a reliable foundation for your career.
Competitive Compensation and Benefits: Benefit from weekly pay and a full benefits package, ensuring your financial well-being and access to essential services.
Paid Holidays and Travel Opportunities: Accrue paid holidays and embrace exciting travel opportunities, typically 1-2 weeks per month, allowing you to experience diverse environments across the U.S.
Access to Premium Resources: Gain access to premium tools, collaborate with enterprise clients, and work within a collaborative engineering team, empowering you to deliver exceptional results.
Leadership and Strategic Influence: Seize opportunities to lead, mentor, and actively shape wireless strategy at scale, making a significant impact on the future of connectivity within the organization.

If you are a highly accomplished Senior Wireless Site Surveyor with a passion for innovation and the expertise to drive enterprise-scale wireless solutions, this Long-Term Contract (Hybrid/Remote with U.S. Travel) opportunity based in Raleigh/Durham, NC, is tailor-made for you. This is an unparalleled chance to lead, innovate, and grow your career with a leading client and the robust support of Experis.

To learn more and potentially embark on this exciting journey, click “Apply Now.” A dedicated recruiter will be in touch with you promptly to discuss this outstanding opportunity in greater detail, answer any questions you may have, and guide you through the application and interview process. We eagerly look forward to speaking with you and exploring how your unique expertise can contribute to shaping the future of wireless innovation!