Sharp Brains

🚨 Hiring: Smart Hands / Network Field Engineers – Cisco WLC Deployment Project 🚨

We are looking for experienced Smart Hands / Network Field Engineers to support a large-scale Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) deployment project.

📍 Medford, Oregon, United States

📅 Project-Based / Contract Opportunity

🕒 Deployment schedule includes weekdays and weekends for larger sites

🔹 Key Responsibilities:

✅ Stage equipment prior to cutover activities

✅ Install and rack 2 Cisco 9800 Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs) per site

✅ Perform rack & stack, cabling, and physical installations

✅ Complete power and network cross-connects

✅ Verify switch port availability and connectivity

✅ Install and connect SFP modules, fiber patch cords, and Ethernet patch cords

✅ Coordinate with remote engineering teams during cutover windows

✅ Validate installation and connectivity after deployment

🔹 Legacy Equipment Handling (Applicable for 40–50% of Sites)

• Remove existing WLCs

• Label and document equipment

• Pack and prepare hardware for return shipment

🔹 Required Skills & Experience

✔ Smart Hands / Network Field Engineering experience

✔ Cisco infrastructure deployment experience

✔ Rack & Stack installations

✔ Fiber and Ethernet cabling

✔ WLC installation and connectivity verification

✔ Console access and troubleshooting

✔ Remote support coordination

✔ Network implementation and physical layer troubleshooting

🔹 Required Tools

• Standard installation toolkit

• Laptop with PuTTY installed

• Console cable (USB-A to USB-B)

• Minimum 4 LAN cables

• Cross-over cable

• USB Thumb Drive with required Cisco IOS files

• TFTP Server software configured on laptop

• Wi-Fi Dongle / Mobile Broadband for backup connectivity

• Label maker

• Rack screws and mounting accessories

🔹 Deployment Pace

• Small/Medium Sites: Approximately 1 site per day

• Large Sites: Weekend deployment windows

We are particularly interested in engineers with strong network implementation, cabling, smart hands, and data center deployment experience who can independently handle physical installations and connectivity verification.

📩 If interested, please send your updated resume along with your current location, availability, and relevant Cisco deployment