Microsoft

Wireless Network Engineer II

Microsoft$102K — $202K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field plus 1-5 years of network design experience; PhD preferred
  • Technical experience in network design, development, and automation
  • Familiarity with wireless access and authentication technologies like 802.1X/NAC/IBNS
  • Experience with automation tools and programming languages such as Python and Ansible
  • Knowledge of AI technologies applied to network operations and design.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to wireless network designs and standards
  • Deploy and migrate network infrastructure across various facilities
  • Coordinate with vendors for solution implementation
  • Support enterprise network services including switching and routing
  • Implement network access technologies and policies
  • Develop automation solutions for efficiency and observability
  • Maintain documentation for network operations and compliance

Benefits

  • Participate in an on-call rotation for network support
  • Collaboration opportunities across various architecture and engineering teams
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and AI integration in networking
  • Career advancement within a global tech company
  • Contribute to significant security and compliance initiatives
Full Job Description
Overview

As a Wireless Network Engineer II, you will help design and deploy the latest and most secure Wireless solutions to Microsoft facilities worldwide. You will partner with our outsourced vendors and direct them remotely to commission and test these Wireless networks. You will develop and maintain scripted automation to help automate specific workflows. Your responsibilities will also include daily operations and maintenance of these essential Wireless services as part of a 7*12 on-call rotation within the team. A solid understanding of security technologies and service models related to Wireless networking is crucial to ensure that these foundational services are architected, designed, deployed, and maintained to the highest standards.

Responsibilities
    • Design & Standards: Contribute to the development and maintenance of wireless network designs, standards, and Bills of Materials (BOMs) that align with architectural, security, and operational requirements.
    • Deployment, Migration & Device Lifecycle: Deploy and migrate wireless network infrastructure across corporate campuses, offices, and customer-facing facilities. Support hardware refresh initiatives and lifecycle transitions by coordinating delivery, staging, and implementation activities.
    • Vendor & Partner Coordination: Work with deployment partners and vendors to implement, validate, and document solutions in accordance with established engineering standards and requirements.
    • Core Network Engineering: Design, implement, and support enterprise network services, including wireless LAN controllers (WLCs), wireless access points (WAPs), switching, routing, authentication, segmentation, and Out-of-Band (OOB) management connectivity that support global infrastructure operations.
    • Campus Fabric & Access: Implement campus networking and access technologies, including 802.1X/IBNS policies, captive portals, and network segmentation solutions.
    • Technology Evaluation & Adoption: Assess, test, and introduce networking platforms, software releases, and emerging technologies to support network performance, security, availability, and operational requirements.
    • Automation, Telemetry & Observability: Develop and maintain automation solutions, tooling, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Enhance network observability through telemetry and monitoring capabilities to support deployment efficiency, operational consistency, troubleshooting, and service management.
    • AI-Assisted and Agentic Engineering: Identify opportunities to apply AI-enabled capabilities, automation, and analytics to network design, operations, and support processes.
    • Documentation & Inventory Management: Maintain network documentation, implementation records, and inventory information to support operations, compliance, and lifecycle management activities.
    • Security & Compliance: Support security, compliance, and Zero Trust initiatives by collaborating with security and compliance stakeholders to identify risks and implement required controls, standards, and policies.
    • Reliability, DRI & Incident Response: Participate in a designated responsible individual (DRI) and on-call rotation to support network availability, reliability, performance, and observability. Investigate and resolve service incidents, perform root cause analysis, and track corrective and preventive actions to completion.
    • Collaboration: Partner with architects, engineers, security teams, product groups, and service owners to deliver network solutions and support ongoing improvements across the enterprise.
    • Embody our culture and values.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical experience in network design, development, and automation
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
    • OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Doctorate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in network design, development, and automation
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience with wired access and authentication technologies such as 802.1X / NAC / IBNS.
  • Experience with network automation technologies such as Python, Ansible, REST APIs, Infrastructure as Code, and/or streaming telemetry to automate deployment, configuration, and operational tasks.
  • Experience applying AI technologies to engineering or operations - such as AI-assisted tooling, AI agents/copilots, LLM-based automation, or data-driven analytics - to improve network design, deployment, or troubleshooting.
  • Relevant network certifications are a plus - CCNA, CCNP, CWNP, etc.


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Cloud Network Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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