Wireless Architect
hace 13 días
Warwick
Job Title: Wireless Architect Location: Warwick Employment type: contract (Inside Ir35) Detailed job Description: We are seeking a Senior Technical Architect - Wireless to join our Technical Architecture team and help design, standardize, and evolve a large-scale global enterprise wireless environment. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced wireless engineer with CWNE or CCIE Wireless-level expertise who is looking to transition into architecture, as well as an architect who is relatively early in their architecture career. The Senior Technical Architect - Wireless will work closely with Network Engineering and other Technical Architects to develop wireless architectures, high-level designs, standards, LLD templates, golden configurations, and implementation guidelines. The organization is currently transitioning from Aruba to Cisco Meraki, providing the successful candidate with an opportunity to play a significant role in the architecture and standardization of the future wireless environment. This is a Senior-level architecture position. The successful candidate will have meaningful technical ownership while working alongside experienced Principal Technical Architects who will provide mentorship and guidance. • Develop high-level designs for enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) environments., • Develop and maintain wireless reference architectures, standards, and design patterns., • Design enterprise wireless solutions addressing coverage, capacity, RF performance, resiliency, security, and operational requirements., • Evaluate wireless technologies and designs for scalability, performance, security, and operational effectiveness., • Support the organization’s transition from Aruba to Cisco Meraki through architecture, design, standards, and technical guidance., • Participate in wireless technology evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and architecture assessments., • Contribute to wireless technology roadmaps and life cycle planning., • Develop and maintain wireless LLD templates, golden configurations, and configuration standards., • Establish standardized WLAN design and deployment practices that can be consistently implemented by Engineering., • Develop standards for RF configuration, SSIDs, authentication, roaming, RF management, channel utilization, power, and other WLAN parameters., • Partner with Network Engineering to validate and continuously improve wireless standards and configurations., • Validate wireless configurations and implementations against approved architecture, standards, HLDs, LLDs, and golden configurations., • Identify standards deviations and work with Engineering to resolve or formally document exceptions., • Provide architecture and technical guidance for enterprise wireless authentication and access control., • Design and support integration between wireless infrastructure and Aruba ClearPass and Cisco ISE., • Develop standards for 802.1X, WPA2/WPA3-Enterprise, guest access, device onboarding, and network access policies., • Work with Security and Network Engineering to ensure wireless solutions meet enterprise security requirements., • Own assigned wireless architecture initiatives and deliverables., • Review engineering designs and provide architectural guidance., • Mentor wireless engineers and share technical knowledge., • Create Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and maintain architecture documentation., • Collaborate with LAN/WAN, Security, Cloud, End User Computer, and other technical architects., • Work with vendors and technology partners on wireless capabilities and solutions., • 10+ years of enterprise wireless networking experience or equivalent depth of wireless engineering experience., • Strong hands-on experience designing, implementing, troubleshooting, and optimizing enterprise WLAN environments., • CWNE or CCIE Wireless-level expertise strongly preferred., • Enterprise WLAN architecture and design, • RF fundamentals and 802.11 technologies, • WLAN security and authentication, • 802.1X and RADIUS, • WPA2/WPA3-Enterprise, • RF management, channel planning, power management, and capacity, • Wireless roaming and client behavior, • WLAN troubleshooting and performance analysis Significant experience with Cisco Meraki wireless. Significant experience with Aruba AOS 8 wireless environments. Experience with Aruba ClearPass and/or Cisco ISE, with strong preference for experience with both. Experience developing or working with wireless standards and design documentation. Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills. Ability to work effectively across Architecture, Engineering, and Security teams. #J-18808-Ljbffr