Senior Wireless Network Engineer

Location: Hybrid in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States; occasional after-hours or weekend work and participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation may be required.

Salary: $93,953.60–$136,739.20 annually

Company

Mass General Brigham is a not-for-profit integrated health care system supporting patient care, research, teaching, and community service.

What you will do

• Monitor and manage network engineering requests, provisioning workflows, and incident queues.
• Support and automate highly available LAN, WAN, wireless, voice, and telecommunications infrastructure.
• Use scripting, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD practices to standardize network deployment, configuration, and management.
• Design, troubleshoot, and maintain campus-scale wireless environments, including Cisco controllers and access points.
• Coordinate with departments, stakeholders, vendors, and technical teams to integrate network and telecommunications systems.
• Document incidents, support quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, and participate in on-call coverage.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 5–7 years of experience in telecommunications, network engineering, or a related role, including support for large, mission-critical internetworks.
• Valid wireless certification such as CCNA Wireless, CWNA, or ECSE.
• Strong experience with Cisco wireless controllers and access points, wireless design and surveys using Ekahau or similar tools, 802.11, RF, and wireless troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of Cisco DNAC/CATC, fabric-based wireless technology, VoIP, wired and wireless QoS, 802.1X, and ISE or other AAA solutions.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, collaboration, and customer service skills.

Nice to have

• Health care experience.
• CCNA or CCNP certification.
• Experience with Cisco Spaces, CMX, MSE, RTLS, MDM/BYOD environments, Cisco 9800 series controllers, and Wi-Fi 6 access points.
• Packet analysis experience and knowledge of wireless APIs, Python, or NETCONF/YANG.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a mission-critical environment supporting care teams, researchers, employees, and patients.
• Collaborate in an inclusive environment focused on continuous improvement, learning, teamwork, and thoughtful innovation.
• Regular schedule of 40 hours per week on the day shift.
• Regular employee position with comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, and applicable premiums and bonuses.