Network Engineer

SMARTEDGE IT SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED; Warwick; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SMARTEDGE IT SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED is seeking a senior wireless architect to lead enterprise WLAN design and standards. You will own high-level architectures, evaluate technologies, and guide security, roaming, and RF performance across LAN/WAN teams.

The role emphasizes transitioning from Aruba to Cisco Meraki and developing robust design documentation. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of enterprise wireless experience, deep expertise in 802.11, 802.1X, and RF management, and is proficient

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise WLAN 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.
• Strong knowledge of: Enterprise WLAN architecture and design, RF fundamentals, 802.11 technologies, WLAN security and authentication.
• Experience with Cisco Meraki and Aruba platforms; ClearPass and ISE a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-level designs for enterprise wireless LAN 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 lifecycle planning.

Skills

CWNE / CCIE Wireless

Enterprise WLAN design

RF fundamentals

802.11 technologies

WLAN security

RADIUS / 802.1X

Cisco Meraki expertise

Aruba AOS 8 expertise

Aruba ClearPass / Cisco ISE

Architecture review & ADRs

Tools

Cisco Meraki

Aruba AOS 8

Aruba ClearPass

Cisco ISE

Job description

• 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 lifecycle planning.

Wireless Engineering Standards

• 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.

Wireless Security & Access Control

• 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.

Technical Leadership

• 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.

Required Qualifications

• 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.
• Strong knowledge of:
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• CWNE certification or CCIE Wireless certification.
• Experience transitioning or migrating between enterprise wireless platforms.
• Experience developing wireless HLDs and LLDs.
• Experience creating and maintaining wireless golden configurations.
• Experience with wireless site surveys and RF analysis.
• Experience with wireless monitoring, assurance, and observability platforms.
• Experience with network automation and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
• Familiarity with cloud-managed wireless architectures.