Senior Wireless Design Engineer Jobs in Naperville, IL

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Business Unit: Rush Medical Center

Hospital: Rush University Medical Center

Department: IT Infrastructure

Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0. 9 and 1. 0)

Shift: Shift 1

Work Schedule: 8 Hr (7:00:00 AM - 5:00:00 PM)

Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits learn more at our Rush benefits page (https://www.rush.edu/rush-careers/employee-benefits).

Pay Range: $46.07 - $68.64 per hour
Rush salaries are determined by many factors including, but not limited to, education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. The pay range for each role reflects Rush’s anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position. Offers may vary depending on the circumstances of each case.

Summary:
The Sr. Wireless Engineer plays a critical role in designing, optimizing, and supporting the wireless network infrastructure that powers patient care, clinical operations, and business connectivity across Rush University Medical Center and affiliated locations. In this highly visible technical leadership role, you will serve as a subject matter expert and escalation resource for enterprise wireless technologies, helping ensure a secure, reliable, and high-performing network environment across a complex healthcare ecosystem. 

This position offers the opportunity to lead and influence large-scale wireless initiatives involving Cisco and Meraki technologies, RF design, network access control, and next-generation connectivity solutions. You will collaborate closely with infrastructure, security, and operational teams to implement network enhancements, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive continuous improvements that support 24/7 healthcare operations. 

The ideal candidate is a proactive and solutions-oriented engineer with deep technical expertise, strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. This is an excellent opportunity for a wireless networking professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about building resilient, scalable, and innovative network solutions that directly support patient care and organizational success.

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, maintain, and support the hospitals wireless local area networks (WLANs) including CISCO WLCs, switches, ISE appliance, Prime Appliance and other hardware as assigned.
• Monitor the network to ensure security of data and access privileges.
• Analyze and resolve network hardware and software problems in a timely and accurate fashion and provide end-user assistance and training where required.
• Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network procurement and development efforts.
• Plan and implement network hardware upgrades, maintenance fixes, and vendor-supplied patches.
• Define metrics, monitor, and test and troubleshoot network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports.
• Recommend, schedule, and perform network improvements, upgrades, and repairs.
• Collaborate with IT management and staff, departments, and other agencies in the development, deployment, and support of new network-based programs and applications.
• Provide guidance and technical support to peers and serve as an escalation point for help desk related issues.
• Develop, maintain, and ensure the accuracy and completeness of network related technical documentation as needed. Help drive a consistent set of standards for equipment, configuration, and operational procedures.
• Coordinate with other team members, court departments and agencies to deliver solutions and configuration items without impacting hospital operations and or patient safety.
• Communicate service disruptions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Job Qualifications:

• Subject matter expert for Cisco WLC, ISE and Prime
• Associates Degree and 5 years of relevant experience or in lieu of a degree 7 years of experience.
• Experience with network access control technologies such as 802.1x
• Knowledge of RF software tools like ADS, HFSS. Experience using RF equipment such as spectrum analyzers, network analyzers and communication test boxes.
• Knowledge of network technologies and standards (including 5G-NR, LTE, IETF transport standards (e.g., QUIC, TCP, SCTP, UDP, etc.), IP networking, 802.11 Wi-Fi QoS standards)
• Proficient with monitoring and logging tools for access management and troubleshooting using tools such as Syslog, ACS, Netflow (Plixer scrutinizer) Solarwinds and protocol analyzers
• SME in Wireless design and deployment
• Prior experience using industry established project management techniques in accomplishing strategic objectives
• Experienced with ITSM functionalities such as change control, CMDB, ticket system
• Understanding of disaster recovery, design, implementation, and testing
• Working knowledge routing and switching technologies
• Strong working knowledge of IP Addressing and Subnetting, including design and implementation
• Strong working knowledge of DNS and DHCP, including design and implementation
• SME in supporting large wireless networks environment with Cisco and Meraki
• Experience with Quality of Service, for Voice and Video
• Ability and availability to work occasional nights/weekends assignments as necessary.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and within a team environment to ensure performance, reliability, and security in a dynamic 24-7-365 production network environment
• Some travel may be required
• Customer focused attitude
• Excellent communications skills both written and verbal

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• A Valid CCNP Enterprise is a plus
• DNAC and CMX experience is preferred
• Experience with Cisco DNA, ACI, and SDN

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.