Network Wireless Architect with Automation Exp

Santa Clara, CA, US • Posted 12 hours ago • Updated 12 hours ago
Contract Independent
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Job Details

Skills

  • Network
  • Wireless
  • automation

Summary

Role: Network Wireless Architect with Automation Exp

Location: - Day 1 ONSITE Santa Clara. CA

Skill - fundamentals of RF and critical 802.11

Overall Experience: Minimum of 15+ years; seasoned Wireless Network SRE.

RF Design and Troubleshooting: Expert in RF fundamentals (EIRP, SNR, etc.)

Wireless Protocols: Expert-level knowledge (WPA, Radius, EAP, 802.1X).

WLAN Controllers: Strong familiarity with controllers, especially Mist.

Monitoring Tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Nautobot) & Security Awareness (ISE).

Programming and Scripting Skills (Python, Perl, Bash).

Troubleshooting: Systematic problem-solving approach.

Primary Skill Priority

Required Skill

10+ years hands-on network engineering experience

Linux/Unix proficiency

Automation & monitoring (Grafana, Ansible, Prometheus, etc.)

Grafana

Ansible

Prometheus

Work independently & mentor others

Incident management & outage resolution

Cisco DNAC

Cisco

Cisco

Mist

Aruba

Asset management tools (Nautobot)

Cisco ISE

Aruba UXI, 7Signal, WyeBot.

Ekahau, Hamina

Python scripting

Job Description:

As a Wireless Network Automation, your role will focus on:

  • Owning the operational aspect of the wireless infrastructure, ensuring its high availability and reliability.
  • Partnering with architecture, tooling, and deployment teams to guarantee that new implementations are supportable and align with production standards.
  • Advocating for and implementing automation to reduce toil and enhance operational efficiency.
  • Monitoring network performance, identifying areas for improvement, and coordinating with relevant teams to execute enhancements.
  • Educating the network support team to empower them to help support the global Nvidia wireless footprint.
  • Collaborating with SMEs to resolve production issues swiftly and effectively, maintaining customer satisfaction.
  • Identifying opportunities for operational improvements and partnering with teams to develop solutions that drive excellence and sustainability in network operations.

What we need to see:

  • Educational Background: BS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Professional Experience: Minimum of 8 years of industry experience in wireless site reliability engineering, wireless network operations, or related areas. Solid grasp of underlying network and security components leveraged in a wireless network.
  • Wireless Protocols and Standards: Expert-level knowledge in wireless technologies such as 802.11ac and 802.11ax in addition to surrounding technologies such as WPA, Radius, EAP, 802.1X.
  • Wireless Access Points and Controllers: Strong familiarity with WLAN controllers especially Mist.
  • RF Design and Troubleshooting: Understanding RF fundamentals, site surveys, spectrum analysis, and interference mitigation. Capable of building and interpreting wireless site heatmaps and optimizing for events. Tuning wireless networks for scalability and high availability.
  • Network Skills: Expertise in general network technologies such as TCP/UDP, IPv4/IPv6, BGP, VPN, L2 switching. Proven track record in network operations.
  • Programming and Scripting Skills: Experience in one or more of the following: Python, Perl, Bash.
  • Monitoring Tools: Familiarity with network management tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, Nautobot/Netbox, Netdisco
  • System Administration: Knowledge of Linux system fundamentals is a plus.
  • Problem-Solving and Communication: Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with excellent communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.

Ways to stand out:

  • Support Automation: Track record of taking operational signals through means such as SNMP, Syslog, synthetics to solve operational challenges. Background in building and/or leveraging synthetics such as UXI, Signal7, Wyebot to measure wireless availability and user experience.
  • Code Optimization: Ability to debug and optimize code; automate routine tasks.
  • Platform Exposure: Experience with Mellanox/Cumulus Linux, Mist Wireless, Cisco Wireless.
  • Security Awareness: Experience with WLAN security components such as ISE
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 10200946b
  • Position Id: 8933286
  • Posted 12 hours ago
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