Wireless Network Engineer/Architect

Required Skills & Experience

Hands-on wireless architect: 7+ years in wireless engineering and architecture who designs solutions and also builds and configures them. Cisco ISE: hands-on configuration and troubleshooting of authentication and access policies (802.1X, EAP, RADIUS/AAA). Cisco Meraki: hands-on deployment and troubleshooting, ideally including guest WiFi rollouts at scale across many sites. Enterprise audit experience: has led a wireless or network audit from start to finish, covering architecture, process, monitoring and security. Knows where to pull data, how to validate it, and how to turn findings into recommendations and a reference architecture. RF and industrial wireless: 5+ years of RF engineering (site surveys, spectrum analysis, coverage and capacity planning) using Ekahau, iBwave or AirMagnet. Has supported manufacturing and warehouse environments with AGVs, scanners, RFID and IoT devices. Cisco Catalyst Center (formerly DNAC): builds device profiles, does quality assurance on them, and monitors network health.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Monitoring and security tools: SolarWinds NPM/NCM, Cisco DNAC, Splunk, QRadar, SOAR or Blue Coat Proxy Automation with Python, Ansible or Terraform, including Cisco ISE API integration Cloud security (Azure, AWS or GCP) and frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS or SOC 2 Certifications such as CCNP Security, CCIE Security, PCNSE or PCSAE

Job Description

An employer is seeking a hands-on wireless architect to lead a global wireless architecture audit and support the Guest WiFi rollout across about 850 sites worldwide. The current team has built the Guest WiFi design, finished the proof of concept and handed it to operations. This person will finish the audit (architecture, process, monitoring and security), validate the data behind it, and deliver architecture recommendations and a reference architecture. They'll also support incoming projects as the team grows to about 22 people over the next two years.

This person has to work independently. The team can't spend time getting them up to speed, so they need to start contributing right away.

Lead and finish the wireless architecture audit, then deliver recommendations and a reference architecture Support the global Guest WiFi rollout hands-on, using Meraki and ISE Configure, troubleshoot and optimize Meraki, ISE and Catalyst Center across about 850 sites Run RF surveys and resolve complex RF and connectivity issues, including in manufacturing and warehouse sites Support incoming wireless projects and serve as the escalation point Work with the Network Security Engineer on the joint security audit