Network Engineer - Wireless SME

Location: Remote (UK-based)
Travel: Occasional site travel as required (eg site surveys, workshops, testing)
Day Rate: £400-£500 per day (Inside IR35)
Duration: Initial 6 months
Start: ASAP

We are seeking an experienced Network Engineer - Wireless SME to support a large-scale network modernisation programme, where wireless connectivity is a critical strategy across all locations.

As the network is modernised, wireless design must improve to better support business operations. This role provides specialist expertise to assess, redesign, deploy, and test wireless capability across modernised sites, ensuring performance, coverage, security, and scalability.

This is a specialist SME role, ideal for an engineer with deep hands-on wireless design and optimisation experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess existing wireless environments across modernised sites

• Redesign wireless architectures to improve performance, coverage, and security

• Deploy and test wireless solutions for modernised network environments

• Diagnose and resolve wireless connectivity, interference, and bandwidth issues

• Plan wireless solutions for high-density environments and future scalability

• Design and implement secure wireless authentication and encryption

• Recommend wireless solutions aligned to business needs

• Create technical documentation and network diagrams

• Work with cross-functional teams and provide guidance or training to engineers and stakeholders

• Stay current with emerging wireless technologies and standards

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong expertise in enterprise wireless networking

• In-depth knowledge of Wi-Fi (802.11 standards) and wireless design principles

• Strong understanding of wireless design, implementation, and optimisation

• Experience diagnosing wireless issues using spectrum analysers and wireless monitoring tools

• Strong understanding of wireless security protocols (WPA3, encryption, authentication)

• Experience planning wireless networks for high-density environments

• Familiarity with major wireless vendors such as Cisco, Aruba, Meraki

• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and network diagrams

Bonus/Desirable Skills

• Experience with cellular technologies (4G/5G) and emerging wireless protocols

• Understanding and experience of visitor guest wireless best practices and deployments

• Understanding and experience of resident/hospitality guest wireless deployments

• Exposure to Wi-Fi 7, IoT connectivity, or private 5G networks

• Familiarity with Ekahau survey and design kits