Req ID: RQ218550
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Public Trust/Other Required: None
Job Family: Professional Engineering
Skills:
Wireless Design,Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN),Wireless Networks
Certifications:
CompTIA Security+ CE | CompTIA - CompTIA
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
The Wireless Engineer Lead provides technical leadership, oversight, and quality governance for all wireless (WiFi) engineering, design, survey, and installation activities across global Air Force and Space Force modernization sites. This role is responsible for coordinating wireless engineering tasks, ensuring design accuracy, validating survey data, and guiding implementation teams through installation, configuration, and optimization of the wireless infrastructure. The Wireless Engineer Lead oversees wireless engineers, survey technicians, and subcontractor wireless resources to ensure the resulting wireless network meets performance, coverage, security, and DoW compliance requirements.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
Provide on-site and remote leadership for wireless engineering teams, includingwirelessengineers, wireless survey technicians, wireless installers, and subcontractor personnel
Oversee end-to-endwireless lifecycle activities: predictive design, active/passive surveys, validation surveys, installation, configuration, tuning, and troubleshooting
Ensure all wireless designs and implementation activities comply with DoW, Air Force, Space Force, and industry standards including TIA/EIA, UFC, I3A, DoWWiFisecurity requirements, and OEM best practices
Review, validate, and approve predictive wireless designs, heatmaps, channel plans, AP placement, and performance modeling
Validate survey data (active, passive, and sensor-based) for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to program-specific survey guidelines
Coordinate with the Site Implementation Lead on scheduling, resource management, risk identification, and daily task execution
Collaborate with network engineers to ensure proper integration of wirelessLAN controller (WLC)configurations with switching, routing, authentication, and security infrastructures
Oversee quality assurance by inspecting installed APs, cabling, labeling, mounting, and wireless system configurations
Ensure accurate documentation including RF designs, survey reports,as builts, configuration files, and post-install validation
Support troubleshooting androot causeanalysis for wireless performance, coverage,security,andspectrum issues
Coordinate with base communications teams, cybersecurity personnel, and Government stakeholders on wireless design and deployment requirements
Develop status reports, contribute to briefings, and support weekly project meetings and stakeholder engagements
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
5+years experiencein wireless network engineering, WLAN design,wirelesssurvey, or enterprise wireless deployment
BS degree or additional years of experience in Wireless Engineering in lieu of degree
Experience leading wireless engineering or installation teams in complex environments (DoW, federal, campus, or largescale enterprise preferred)
Strong hands-on experience with predictive and validation wireless survey tools (Ekahau,Hamina, iBwave, or similar)
Strong familiarity with TIA/EIA wireless-relevant standards and cabling/pathway requirements
Understanding of RF fundamentals, antenna @types, power levels, interference sources, and spectrum analysis
Experience integrating wireless systems into enterprise authentication and network security frameworks
Experience managing subcontractor and field technicians in installation and survey operations
Experience supporting modernization, upgrade, or large-scale deployment projects
Active Secret clearance
Preferred Experience
DoW or AF/SF network modernization experience
Direct experience with CiscoorAruba/HPEwirelessinfrastructure
Experience conducting wireless validation surveys on secure or classified networks
Previous experience in leading installation teams and working with low voltage cable vendors
Certifications (Preferred or Required)
Security+ CE (required or 8140 equivalent)
CWNA (Certified Wireless Network Administrator) - strongly preferred
CWDP, CWSP, or CWNE - highly desirable
EkahauECSE (Design, Troubleshooting, or Advanced) - strongly preferred
Cisco Wireless (e.g., CCNA Wireless, CCNP Enterprise with Wireless specialization) -preferred
BICSI Technician, Installer 2, or other cabling-related certifications considered highly desirable
Additional Requirements
Ability to conduct physical wireless surveys (walking, equipment transport, ceiling-level installation checks)
Strong communicationand leadership skills to guide multi-disciplinary wireless teams
Ability to produce andvalidatehigh-quality engineering documentation
Must be able to travel 75-100% of the time. Candidate will be required to travel to AF base to complete job duties.
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BIM
The likely salary range for this position is $111,155 - $150,385. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
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