Engineer Wireless Networking

Job description

The pay range is $73,200.00 - $131,700.00

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position.

These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications.

In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family.

Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves.

Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.

Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits .

**About us:**

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers.

Target as a tech company?

Absolutely.

We’re the behind-the-scenes powerhouse that fuels Target’s passion and commitment to cutting-edge innovation.

We anchor every facet of one of the world’s most loved retailers with a strong technology framework that relies on the latest tools and technologies—and the brightest people—to deliver incredible value to guests online and in stores.

Target is on a mission to offer the systems, tools and support that guests an d team members need and deserve.

Our high-performing teams balance independence with collaboration, and we pride ourselves on being versatile, agile and creative.

We drive industry-leading technologies in support of every angle of the business, and help ensure that Target operates smoothly, securely and reliably from the inside out.

As a Engineer on our Wireless Network team, you will help evolve Wi-Fi connectivity across all our Stores, Distribution Centers, and Headquarters locations.

The Wi-Fi platform is the critical infrastructure that is essential to help Target deliver on its purpose “To help all families discover the joy of everyday life.” We are the wireless bridge that connects our Target Guests and over 350,000 Team Members to our Target Tech delivered Services and Applications.

This team is building the network of the future at Target through adopting AI enhanced Wi-Fi operating systems and further developing them to meet Target’s needs.

**As** **a** **Engineer** **o** **n** **the** **Wireless Network** **team** **you will** **:**

Be a key contributor to designing, building, and deploying Wi-Fi connectivity at Target.

You will partner with other engineers to ensure we build quality products.

You will use your talents to help improve the efficiency of our Wi-Fi connectivity through automation.

You will help build tools to operate our fleet of access points.

**TEAM AND CULTURE:**

We value engineers that care about:

• An automation first mindset

• Reliability of the Services we provide making our Guests and Team Members their top priority

• Continuous learning – Embrace 50 days of learning

• Progress over perfection, build, learn, adapt mindset

• High Observability with extensive metrics and logs

• Build secure products to protect our systems

• No Silos.

We are a team and anyone can help out on anything

• A diverse, inclusive, and collaborative culture

• Curiosity

**T** **ECHNOLOGY:**

• Software Development in Python

• Metrics visualization with tools like Grafana

• Wireless Operating Systems: Juniper Mist, Cisco AireOS

• Network Fundamentals: TCP/IP, IP addressing

**About You**

Required:
• 4 year degree or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of Networking Experience

• Demonstrates knowledge of core Networking elements in Wireless, IP addressing, routing, switching
• Demonstrates knowledge foundational Network Concepts: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, HTTP/HTTPS

• Experience with programming languages in either python, java, or go

• Demonstrate some proficiency with Linux Operating Systems

• Understands the concepts of network design and architecture.

• Demonstrate strong Written and Verbal communication skills

• Resolves routine technical issues with some assistance
• Builds strong commitment within the team to support the appropriate team priorities
• Maintains technical knowledge within areas of expertise
• Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education

Preferred:

• Understands basic Wi-Fi network concepts such as SSID, WPA-Personal, WPA-Enterprise, Channels

• Understands basic radio concepts such as frequencies, antenna types, attenuation, SNR

• Understands utilizing CI/CD technologies (Git,Jenkins/Drone)

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs.

A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day.

Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target.

Click here (http://corporate.target.com/about/locations/twin-cities-market) if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

**Benefits Eligibility**

Please paste this url into your preferred browser to learn about benefits eligibility for this role: https://tgt.biz/BenefitsForYou_D

**Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)**

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com.

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