Title: Sr. Network & Deployment Engineer (WLAN & Wireless Design)

Location: 2 Offices - Wichita, KS or Kansas City, MO

Terms: Direct Hire / Perm

Travel: Client Facing travel up to 40%

Salary: 100-130K Depending on Experience

Reports To: COO

Technical Skills: Sr. Network Engineering, Cisco, Routing, Switching, Wireless Networking, Connectivity, WLAN Design, RF Head Mapping, Dead zone Mapping, Account Point Installation, AP Troubleshooting, LTE, 4G, 5G, Private Cellular Networking (PCN), Public Carrier Networking, Project Management, Field Service Management, Customer Facing, Troubleshoot Service Disruption.  CCNP, CCIE, CCNA high desirable but not required.

Senior Network and Deployment Engineer

Our client is growing fast, and with that growth comes the opportunity for a Senior Network and Deployment Engineer to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a huge impact with our client during a key growth phase.

Who we want:

The ideal candidate is technically minded with a strong background in Network Engineering with the aptitude to solve problems, highly organized to manage project details to completion and driven to deliver superior customer service. You are innovative and stay abreast of new and emerging technologies. You are focused and efficient because you care about building credibility and trust with our clients and know how to translate technical information to non-technical clients. You are thorough and understand the importance of providing and maintaining the proper connectivity for each client and environment. You understand the OT industry and enjoy being in the field ensuring the frontline worker has the tools to communicate properly.

The Role

This position will be a key member of the operations team, leading the team to deliver the company’s networking platform and strategy-- from traditional wireless networking to private cellular and public carrier solutions.

1. You will deliver and oversee the flawless execution of network implementations for our clients—collaborating on design scope; project planning, timeline, client communication, issue resolution and resource escalation to ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
2. You and your team will also work closely with clients to ensure the client's platform and tools are performing properly to deliver the communication and insights they need to run their operations.
3. You will spend part of your time in the office focused on strategy and support for existing clients, and part of your time on the road with new deployments or routine client visits.
4. The ability to travel consistently and sometimes with little notice will be critical.

Key Responsibilities:

• Innovation: Collaborate with the Products team around network strategy and technologies; research and test new and emerging technologies and make recommendations for change as needed; ensure profitable, reliable connectivity options for the client's proprietary platform
• Continuous improvement: Analyze and improve on existing connectivity strategy, implementation processes and maintenance procedures; collaborate closely with other departments to provide network expertise, seamless integration with platform, device performance standards and prompt resolution to issues
• Leadership: Provide leadership and support to the operations team, performing management tasks as required; collaborate and integrate with key partners to build relationships and ensure support when needed
• Technical Aptitude: Design, deploy, support, and troubleshoot networks within new or existing clients; expertise in wireless networking; private cellular and public carrier technology
• Policies and Procedures: Develop and document operational policies and procedures—from RF design; to configuration, deployment, maintenance, and support

Other Responsibilities:

• Develop detailed project plans and manage and control the full project-plan lifecycle—design, implementation, testing and support.
• Document time and project notes in real time using appropriate systems and communicate regularly with key stakeholders around project status, activities, and achievements.
• Oversee budgetary, scheduling, and project details, and report regularly to key parties on progress as well as on problems that could significantly affect cost or schedule.
• Manage compliance with standards and specifications for quality control and assurance.
• Communicate thoroughly to manage the relationship with the client and all internal or external stakeholders.
• Identify potential issues and implement solutions proactively to minimize project risks and facilitate issues as needed.
• Conduct high-level root-cause analysis for service interruption and establish preventive measures.
• Create and administer testing protocols prior to project sign off.
• Troubleshoot technical issues following deployments and collaborate with Technical Support resources for ongoing client needs.

Skills and Experience

• Ability to travel on a routine basis, sometimes with limited notice (40% travel potential)
• 5+ years’ experience in network engineering role with industry-standard network training or certifications
• Extensive understanding of routing and switching.
• Experience designing and rolling out a wireless network environment or WLAN
• Experience doing an RF study or heat map study to determine Wi-Fi requirements and dead zones or interference
• Background in planning and creating a scope of work for clients to include, resource needs, deadlines, full networking equipment planning (routers, switches, cables, access points, management consoles and/or network management systems)
• Configuration, installation, testing and troubleshooting all wireless network equipment.
• Experience in field management working in the heavy industrial or manufacturing industries
• Experience in client site visits to configure, wireless coverage analysis, capacity planning, quality of wireless connections and ideal access point placement by doing off-site pre-deployment surveys, on-site surveys, heat map generation and post-deployment performance surveys.
• Experience in Software/SaaS industry, or related experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Leadership experience
• Strong client-facing communication skills.
• Strong problem solving, organizational and analytical skills
• Ability to be on-call for afterhours technical support
• Must be self-sufficient, confident, and able to communicate at all levels

Some of the Perks:

Competitive salary, and benefits. In addition, this role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending & health savings account, paid holidays, paid time off, employee assistance program (EAP), Voluntary benefits, other exciting company benefits.

Covenant Consulting strives to attract, cultivate and retain exceptional talent. If you feel you are a match for the position, and are interested in a great growth opportunity, we encourage you to contact Shannon.McInnis@Covenant-Consulting.com

Covenant Consulting is a Technology Services Provider offering project-based IT consulting, IT staffing and IT recruiting services. Every partnership reflects our uncompromising commitment to quality and integrity. We have extensive experience and capabilities in project-based consulting, short and long-term staff augmentation, and permanent recruitment. We work with companies of every size, across many industries and have the flexibility to scale solutions to meet our client's specific needs.