WLAN Engineer

HPE Aruba Networking; Chennai District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and well-being benefits

Personal and professional development opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

HPE Aruba Networking in Tamil Nadu is seeking a networking consultant to provide design and consulting services to enterprise customers. This role involves collaborating with teams to deliver a complete service lifecycle, enhancing network performance and security while engaging directly with clients.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience with Aruba products and customer-facing roles. We offer a hybrid work model, supporting work-life balance and professional development.

Qualifications

• 2 years of customer-facing consulting and design experience.
• 2 years of experience with Aruba products.
• Ability to communicate with senior customers effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre- and post-sales design and consulting services.
• Deliver complete service lifecycle including Plan, Design, Implementation.
• Collaborate with teams to improve network operations and security conformance.

Skills

Customer-facing consulting and design experience

Experience with Aruba products (IAPs/Controllers, Airwave)

Knowledge of authentication protocols

Configuring and troubleshooting VoIP protocols

Customer network design and implementation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Linux installation and troubleshooting skills

Routing and switching protocols (BGP, OSPF)

Cloud technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS)

Job description

This role is designed for a hybrid work model, with an expectation of 2 days per week from an HPE office. It is a position within Aruba, a leading provider of next‑generation network access solutions that help enterprise customers modernize their networks for a digital future.

What You’ll Do

• Provide pre‑ and post‑sales design and consulting services to Aruba‑HPE teams, customers and partners for various technologies and solutions.
• Deliver a complete service lifecycle for customers including Plan, Design, Implementation, Migration and Optimization.
• Plan: Create customer requirement documents and business outcome plans.
• Design: Create high‑level and low‑level design documents based on customer requirements.
• Implementation: Prepare installation plans, including network implementation plans and readiness plans.
• Migration: Prepare migration procedures and validation checks.
• Optimization: Continuously improve network operations, uptime and security conformance.
• Multitask and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Communicate effectively, presenting and interacting with senior levels of customer organizations.
• Formulate action plans for technical and operational issue resolution.
• Simulate customer designs in a lab environment.
• Participate in solution development and knowledge‑base publications.
• Collaborate in team environments with Aruba and customer colleagues, QA, engineers and field organizations.
• Travel to customer sites for consulting, training, and business reviews.
• Deliver quarterly customer review meetings, providing technical status and recommendations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 2 years of customer‑facing consulting and design experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with Aruba products such as IAPs/Controllers, Airwave, ClearPass, Central, or Aruba switches.
• Knowledge of authentication protocols and authentication servers.
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting VoIP protocols (SIP, SVP, H323, etc.).
• Demonstrable experience identifying process‑improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrable experience in customer network design and implementation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical and consulting experience supporting networking products and solutions, with advanced expertise in network switching, routing and security.
• Industry certifications such as CCIE, CWNA, ACCP, ACMP, ACMX, ACDX, or RHEL.
• Routing and switching protocols: BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, MSTP.
• Datacenter design experience.
• Radius (authentication, authorization, attributes, CoA, accounting) expertise.
• SNMP‑based monitoring and AMON troubleshooting.
• Linux installation and troubleshooting skills.
• TACACS (authentication and per‑command authorization) experience.
• PKI (CA, certificates, encryption, trust, client‑side configuration).
• Captive portal design (redirects, logins, walled garden).
• Web programming: PHP, HTML, JavaScript.
• Cloud technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure.
• 802.1x (EAP‑PEAP, EAP‑TLS, supplicant configuration, server trust).
• Network device AAA and policy enforcement (ACLs, firewalls, dACLs, web redirection, VLAN switching).
• Windows system administration (AD, DC, domains, GPO).
• LDAP and SQL (DB structure, filter creation, Postgres knowledge).
• API development (XML, SOAP, REST, Python).
• VPN (IPSec, policy, AAA).
• NAC (posture check, NAP, policy framework).
• Networking fundamentals (routing, DNS, DHCP).
• Load‑balancing (web, DNS, radius).
• Strong networking experience with L2/L3 protocols and wireless concepts.

Additional Skills

Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency, Full Stack Development, Security‑First Mindset, User Experience (UX).

Benefits

Health & Well‑Being

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional well‑being.

Personal & Professional Development

We invest in career growth through programs that help you reach any goal—whether you aim to become an expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We celebrate individual uniqueness and provide flexibility to manage work and personal needs, fostering an inclusive environment.

EEO & Legal

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