Technical Architect - Wireless

TechDigital Group; Northborough (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group in Northborough, MA is seeking a Senior Technical Architect - Wireless to lead enterprise WLAN design, standards, and security for a global network. The role focuses on transitioning from Aruba to Cisco Meraki and shaping future wireless architecture.

You will own high-level designs, guidance, and ADRs, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Security, Network Engineering, and Cloud teams to deliver scalable, reliable wireless solutions.

Qualifications

• CCIE Wireless certification and 12+ years of enterprise wireless experience.
• Experience designing large-scale WLAN architectures and migration between Aruba and Cisco Meraki.
• Strong knowledge of 802.11, RF planning, security, and 802.1X/RADIUS.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-level WLAN designs and reference architectures for an enterprise environment.
• Develop and maintain wireless standards, LLD templates, and design patterns.
• Lead evaluations of wireless technologies for scalability, security, and operations.
• Support transition from Aruba to Cisco Meraki through architecture guidance and standards.
• Produce ADRs and architecture documentation; validate designs against standards.
• Mentor wireless engineers and collaborate with LAN/WAN, Security, Cloud teams.

Skills

CCIE Wireless

WLAN architecture

RF fundamentals

802.1X

Cisco Meraki

Aruba AOS8

Aruba ClearPass

Job description

Note: - CCIE Required

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 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 Client.
• 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

• 12+ 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.
• CCIE Wireless-level expertise required.
• 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 Client, 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

• Experience architecting large-scale global enterprise WLAN environments.
• 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.