Wireless Engineer

Ashburn Consulting, a Small Business based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, specializes in providing network and network security solutions in complex environments to a select set of government and business clients. The company, an established leader in its field, is composed of an elite team of engineers and business consultants, each of whom is recognized —and highly regarded—within the network and security communities.

Ashburn Consulting is teaming up with The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to advance its digital modernization initiatives by providing robust IT services to support its internal workforce.

Position requires the design of effective and efficient, high throughput, wireless systems in challenging outdoor and indoor environments. The primary focus is on 2.4GHz and 5GHz 802.11 technologies, however, knowledge of other wireless technologies, including CSS and FHSS, is also essential.

Responsibilities:

• Working directly with a WMATA manager, the Engineer will manage tasks, milestones, and deliverables for wireless service integration. Projects include tasks performed by both in-house staff and contractors. This may involve delegating tasks to staff, gathering information from staff to produce status reports, and working with staff directly to complete projects as needed.
• Prepare detailed written reports with cost estimates, timelines, and technical strategies.
• Prepare presentations, including recommended courses of action concerning the results of impact analysis of design decisions against current and future network requirements.
• Analyze customer requirements for additional network services, such as wireless access points and integration of wireless hardware with voice and data network communications hardware.
• Act as the primary point of contact for the wireless technology component for the NCS department.
• Responsible for ensuring all deliverables provided by in-house staff and contractors are delivered accurately and on time.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of radio frequency theory and wave propagation.
• Knowledge of antenna fundamentals.
• Ability to resolve and/or control radio frequency interference from co-channel and outside
• interference sources.
• Ability to perform active and passive site surveys and apply data from surveys to create effective wireless designs.
• Knowledge of and experience using propagation analysis software to create designs.
• Knowledge of and experience using spectrum analyzers to assess environments.
• Ability to perform site surveys to qualify and optimize wireless designs.
• Extensive knowledge of Cisco wireless controllers, including the Cisco 5500 series.
• Ability to create new wireless LANs, configure anchor controllers, FlexConnect APs, and wireless security and authentication.
• Thorough knowledge of Cisco wireless access points, including the 1550 and 3600 series.
• Ability to deploy and configure lightweight and autonomous access points.
• Thorough knowledge of Cisco Prime or WCS.
• Thorough knowledge of Cisco Mobility Services Engine.
• Thorough knowledge of switches and routers, including knowledge of trunks and aggregated ports.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals, including subnets, protocols, and standards.
• Thorough knowledge of 802.1X/802.11i standards.
• Knowledge of firewall applications and uses.
• Ability to configure WLANs using PEAP and RADIUS servers.
• Ability to use tools to detect rogue access points.
• Ability to use tools to detect various forms of wireless attacks.
• Ability to create custom test networks and WLANs for lab testing of new devices.
• Ability to measure performance and impact of devices using data collection tools in Prime or other monitoring systems.
• Ability to measure performance and impact of devices using throughput measuring tools.
• Ability to measure performance and impact of devices using spectrum analyzers.
• Knowledge of and ability to use Cisco debug commands to analyze issues.
• Knowledge of and ability to use spectrum and 802.11 analyzers.
• Knowledge of and ability to use data collection tools in WCS or Cisco Prime to detect and resolve issues.
• Knowledge of and ability to use various wireless client tools to detect and resolve issues.
• Recent verifiable experience designing, developing, implementing, and supporting Wireless systems, utilizing a Cisco wireless technology for transit industry customers, along with the following minimum position requirements.
• 10 years of wireless design experience with no less than 5 years designing 802.11 networks
• Knowledge of radio frequency theory. Understanding of wave propagation.
• Knowledge of antenna theory.
• Experience with and ability to use Propagation analysis software.
• Experience with and ability to use spectrum analyzers and 802.11 analyzers.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status

Ashburn Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer.
In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request and accommodation in order to apply for a position with Ashburn Consulting, please e-mail hr@ashburnconsulting.com.”