Fixed Wireless Network Engineer

Job Title: Fixed Wireless Network Engineer (PtP / PtMP / ISP)
Position Type: Full-Time, Remote
Working Hours: U.S. client business hours - EST

About the Role

Pavago is hiring a Fixed Wireless Network Engineer for a U.S.-based client specialising in enterprise networking and ISP-grade wireless backhaul. This role blends routing/switching, firewalls, and hands-on fixed wireless engineering (PtP, PtMP, Cambium, Peplink, Ubiquiti, Mikrotik).
You will ensure networks—wired and wireless—are stable, optimised, secure, and well-documented.
This role also includes leadership duties, including mentoring junior engineers, guiding field technicians, and enforcing best practices across the network team.

Responsibilities

Network Configuration & Maintenance

• Configure and manage routers, switches, and firewalls (Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet).
• Implement VLANs, VPNs, QoS, ACLs, and routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP).
• Manage Fixed Wireless links including PtP/PtMP deployments, antenna alignment, and link optimization.
• Configure and maintain wireless platforms (Peplink, Cambium, Ubiquiti, Mikrotik).
• Perform firmware upgrades, backup management, and device patching.

Fixed Wireless Engineering

• Deploy and maintain PtP/PtMP microwave/wireless links.
• Conduct RF surveys, LOS checks, Fresnel zone analysis, and path planning.
• Troubleshoot interference, throughput drops, latency, jitter, and instability.
• Optimize radios, dish antennas, APs, CPEs, and relay links.
• Use monitoring tools such as InControl, cnMaestro, UISP.

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

• Monitor networks using PRTG, SolarWinds, Zabbix, Nagios, InControl, UISP, and cnMaestro.
• Use Wireshark, TCPdump, RF tools to diagnose network and RF issues.
• Resolve escalated incidents and produce RCA documentation.
• Investigate routing problems, packet loss, latency, and RF performance degradation.

Security & Compliance

• Configure firewall rules, segmentation, ACLs, IDS/IPS, and secure VPNs.
• Protect wireless backhaul infrastructure using Zero Trust principles.
• Support compliance frameworks (PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOX, GDPR).

Leadership, Management & Training

• Provide technical leadership for network operations and wireless engineering.
• Train and mentor junior engineers, NOC technicians, and field installers.
• Create troubleshooting guides, SOPs, and installation standards.
• Review and approve configurations before deployment.
• Lead remote field teams during antenna alignment, tower work, and complex installations.
• Coordinate cross-functional communication with project managers, support teams, and client leadership.
• Enforce best practices for routing, switching, wireless tuning, and change management.

Performance & Optimization

• Conduct bandwidth and capacity planning.
• Improve redundancy, load balancing, and failover logic.
• Maintain ≥ 99.9% uptime across wired and wireless environments.
• Reduce interference and optimize RF channel usage.

Documentation & Governance

• Maintain network diagrams, RF path profiles, configs, and topology maps.
• Update change logs using ITIL change management standards.
• Produce RF survey reports, installation documentation, and audit-ready artifacts.

Collaboration & Projects

• Participate in new wireless deployments, upgrades, migrations, and RF redesigns.
• Work closely with field teams during physical alignments and site installs.
• Support cloud integrations (AWS VPC, Azure VNets).
• Advise on hardware selection for routers, radios, switches, and antennas.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Strong foundation in routing/switching + hands-on wireless engineering.
• Experience with PtP/PtMP (Cambium, Peplink, Ubiquiti, Mikrotik).
• Strong troubleshooting instincts and calm under pressure.
• Clear communicator and strong documentation habits.
• Leadership mindset: able to guide junior engineers and technicians.

Required Experience (Minimum)

• 5+ years of hands-on network engineering.
• Fixed Wireless experience (Cambium, Peplink, Ubiquiti, Mikrotik).
• Strong knowledge of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF).
• Experience with RF tools and monitoring systems.
• Cisco CCNA/CCNP or equivalent.
• Excellent English communication.

Preferred Experience

• Microwave or long-distance RF links.
• AWS/Azure cloud networking.
• Automation (Python, Ansible, Terraform).
• ISP or WISP network operations experience.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• 99.9% uptime.
• MTTR within SLA.
• Healthy RF metrics (RSSI, SNR, throughput).
• Zero missed critical patches.
• Clear, accurate documentation.
• Strong client satisfaction.

Interview Process:

• Initial Phone Screen
• Video Interview with Pavago Recruiter
• Client Interview
• Offer & Background Check