Senior Aruba NAC Architect – Cloud-Managed Wireless

JCS Solutions LLC

Fort Meade (MD)

On-site

USD 104,000 - 149,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k with match

PTO

Job summary

JCS Solutions is seeking a Principal NAC Engineer to modernize and integrate a large-scale DoD wireless environment. You will lead Aruba wireless deployments, Central management, and controller migrations across distributed sites, ensuring security and high availability.

The role requires hands-on design, testing, documentation, and collaboration with cloud, network, cybersecurity, identity management, and operations teams.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master’s degree with extensive related experience.
Active DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II certification required.
U.S. Citizenship and Active DoD Secret clearance required.
Significant hands-on experience with Aruba wireless infrastructure and centralized management.

Responsibilities

Lead Aruba wireless modernization and controller migration projects.
Design and implement Aruba Central for centralized management and visibility.
Develop migration procedures, validation plans, and rollback processes.
Ensure high availability with VRRP, failover, and connectivity design.
Integrate Aruba with Cisco ISE, Aruba ClearPass, and enterprise identity services.
Provide technical leadership and engineering documentation.

Skills

Aruba Central

Aruba wireless

Cisco ISE

WPA3 security

802.1X

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Aruba Central

Aruba ClearPass

ScienceLogic SL1

Job description

The role requires hands-on design, testing, documentation, and collaboration with cloud, network, cybersecurity, identity management, and operations teams.

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