Wireless Architect

Intuition IT Solutions Ltd; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 101,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuition IT Solutions Ltd is recruiting a Senior Technical Architect - Wireless to lead enterprise WLAN architecture for a global environment. You will develop high‑level designs, standards, and transition plans as the enterprise migrates from Aruba to Cisco Meraki.

The role requires deep CWNE/CCIE‑level expertise, hands‑on experience, and as much influence as possible to shape security, roaming, and RF optimization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise wireless networking experience or equivalent depth of wireless engineering experience.
• CWNE or CCIE Wireless-level expertise strongly preferred.
• Strong hands-on design, implementation, troubleshooting, and optimization of enterprise WLAN environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-level designs for enterprise WLAN environments.
• Create and maintain wireless reference architectures, standards, and patterns.
• Design solutions addressing coverage, capacity, RF performance, security, and operational requirements.
• Evaluate technologies for scalability, performance, security, and operations.
• Support transition from Aruba to Cisco Meraki through architecture, design, standards, and guidance.
• Lead architecture reviews and contribute to ADRs and documentation.

Skills

CWNE/CCIE Wireless

Enterprise WLAN design

RF fundamentals

WLAN security

Tools

Cisco Meraki

Aruba AOS 8

Aruba ClearPass

Cisco ISE

Job description

Job Title: Wireless Architect
Location: Warwick
Employment type: contract (Inside Ir35)

Detailed job Description:

Position Overview

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.

Responsibilities

Wireless Architecture & Design:

• 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.

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.