Senior Specialist - Wireless & Network

Experience: 8+ years

Location: Bangalore

Role Type: Full-Time

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced L3 Wireless Network Engineer with strong hands-on experience in enterprise Wi-Fi troubleshooting, wireless network deployment, optimization, and Wi-Fi site surveys. The candidate should have practical experience working with Wireless Access Points, Wireless Controllers, RF analysis, Wi-Fi survey tools, heatmap analysis, coverage/capacity validation, and wireless performance troubleshooting

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide L3 support for enterprise wireless network environments.
• Troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity, authentication, roaming, coverage, and performance issues.
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Wireless Access Points and Wireless Controllers.
• Support new wireless deployments and AP installations.
• Perform Wi-Fi site surveys and wireless network assessments.
• Conduct predictive, passive, and active wireless surveys.
• Perform RF analysis and spectrum analysis.
• Create and analyze Wi-Fi heatmaps for:
• Signal strength / RSSI , SNR , Noise ,Channel utilization, Coverage
• Interference , Capacity
• Recommend appropriate AP placement, channel allocation, and transmit power based on survey findings.
• Perform pre-deployment and post-deployment wireless validation.
• Identify coverage gaps, interference areas, and high-density wireless locations.
• Prepare professional Wi-Fi survey reports including findings and recommendations.
• Work with onsite engineers and customers during wireless surveys and deployments.
• Coordinate with network, security, and infrastructure teams for end-to-end issue resolution.
• Perform RCA for recurring wireless issues.
• Maintain wireless documentation, AP inventory, floor plans, survey reports, and SOPs.
• Manage incidents, changes, and service requests within defined SLA.
• Escalate complex wireless/RF issues to L3/SME or vendor support .

Wi-Fi Survey Tools Required / Preferred Experience

Hands-on experience with Wi-Fi survey and RF analysis tools is strongly preferred.

Preferred Tools:

• Ekahau AI Pro / Ekahau Survey
• Hamina Network , AirMagnet Survey
• NetAlly / AirMapper , iBwave Wi-Fi
• TamoGraph , NetSpot
• Other enterprise Wi-Fi survey/RF analysis tools

Candidate should have experience in:

• Predictive Wi-Fi design , Passive Wi-Fi survey ,Active Wi-Fi survey
• Spectrum analysis , RF interference analysis , AP placement/design
• Channel planning , Transmit power planning , 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz / 6 GHz analysis
• RSSI analysis , SNR analysis , Noise-floor analysis
• Channel utilization analysis , Co-channel interference (CCI)
• Adjacent-channel interference (ACI) , Coverage validation , Capacity planning
• Roaming analysis , Wi-Fi heatmap generation , Post-deployment validation
• Survey report preparation

Good to have technical Skills:

• Enterprise Wi-Fi/WLAN (Mandatory),
• Wireless AP & Controller (Mandatory),
• Wi-Fi Troubleshooting (Mandatory),
• Wi-Fi Site Survey (Mandatory / Strong Preference),
• RF Fundamentals (Mandatory)
• Ekahau / Hamina / AirMagnet (Strongly Preferred),
• Heatmap Analysis (Preferred),
• Predictive Survey (Preferred)
• Active / Passive Survey (Preferred),
• Spectrum Analysis (Preferred), Cisco / Aruba / Meraki / Ruckus
• (Mandatory at least one),
• VLAN / DHCP / DNS (Mandatory)
• TCP/IP (Mandatory),
• WPA2/WPA3 / 802.1X / RADIUS (Preferred), and Wireshark (Preferred).