Principal Wireless Architect

Job Description SummaryGE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.
This is an exciting role in the Infrastructure organization spanning multiple disciplines, providing network connectivity to GEHC employees, services.
As a Principal Wireless Architect, you will play a critical role in the development and management of wireless networks. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining robust, secure, and high-performance wireless infrastructure. To excel in this role, you need to possess a broad skill set and a strategic approach to wireless network architecture and design.
As a Principal Wireless Architect, you will ensure that the organization's network services are highly available, and performant while interacting with Operations, Digital Workplace, Identity, IT Security and various other Teams. Also you will be ensuring alignment with security practices while enabling business productivity.
This role requires a deep understanding of wireless technologies, extensive experience, and a wide range of technical skills and competencies.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing high-performance, scalable, and secure wireless network architectures across the organization,

• Leading the development, optimization, and maintenance of wireless infrastructure to ensure exceptional connectivity for GE HealthCare employees and services,

• Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, including Operations, Digital Workplace, Identity, and IT Security, to ensure seamless integration and network alignment,

• Evaluating and adopting new wireless technologies and standards to enhance performance and scalability,

• Ensuring wireless network services meet stringent availability, reliability, and security standards,

• Proactively identifin g and resolving complex wireless connectivity and performance issues,

• Enforcing best practices in wireless security, compliance, and data protection protocols,

• Conducting strategic planning and capacity assessments to support business growth and digital transformation,

• Acting as a subject matter expert for wireless networking, offering guidance and mentorship across teams,

• Driving documentation, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives for wireless systems and processes.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience working in a heterogeneous IT infrastructure environment, with various IT systems, technologies, platforms, concepts, and applications

• Experience of working with hybrid data centers

• Fluent English

• Staying up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and relevant certifications, such as Certified Wireless Network Expert (CWNE) or CCIE Enterprise Wireless (CCIE).

Desired Characteristics

• Energizes others toward the common vision and goal. Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to significantly add value to GE HealthCare,

• Hands-on experience implementing relevant technologies and deploying them using automation and DevOps concepts,

• Desire to continuously learn, grow, develop new skillsets, and work with new technologies,

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership demonstrating confidence and clarity.

Technical Expertise

• In-depth knowledge of RF theory, including propagation, interference, and spectrum management, is crucial for optimizing wireless network performance.

• Stay updated with the latest wireless standards and technologies, including Wi-Fi (802.11), cellular (4G/5G), Bluetooth, and other emerging wireless protocols,

• Conducting wireless site surveys to assess signal coverage, interference, and signal quality for network planning and deployment,

• Strong troubleshooting skills to diagnose and resolve wireless network issues efficiently,

• Knowledge of integrating wireless networks with other technologies, such as IoT, cloud services, and virtualization.

• Proficiency in wireless network security protocols, encryption methods, and best practices to protect data and network integrity.

• Demonstrated and hands-on experience with Cisco ISE.

• Experience with network automation technologies such as Ansible.

• Experience with at least one programming language and familiarity with REST/GraphQL APIs.

• Strong desire for automation 'first' concept and IaaC. Experience with (Terraform, Cloudformation, Bicep).

• Experience in managing version control systems such as Git.

• Knowledge of AWS and Azure networking, SDN/NFV space is plus.

Leadership

• Familiar with concepts of costing hardware and software components. Works to assure work is on-time and within budget.

• Delivers tasks on-time with alignment to architectural goals. Can identify and raise issues, risks and benefits.

• Participates in change initiatives by implementing new directions and providing appropriate information and feedback.

• Evolves product strategy in a novel and unique direction to set a challenging standard for the competition. Seeks to create new industries and is a driver for disruption.

• Envisions technology landscape scalability best practices and translates them to requirements, architecture and tooling.

Personal Attributes

• Applies values, policies, procedures and precedent to make timely, routine decisions of limited, clear choice.

• Reacts open-mindedly to new perspectives or ideas. Considers different or unusual solutions when appropriate.

• Resolves day-to-day issues related to strategy implementation. Escalates issues that impact the client and/or strategic initiatives.

• Inclusion and Diversity

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