Role: Wireless Architect with Automation Exp
Location:ย Santa Clara, CA - Onsite
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Skill:ย fundamentals of RF and critical 802.11
Overall Experience:ย Minimum of 15+ years; seasoned Wireless Network SRE.
RF Design and Troubleshooting:ย Expert in RF fundamentals (EIRP, SNR, etc.)
Wireless Protocols:ย Expert-level knowledge (WPA, Radius, EAP, 802.1X).
WLAN Controllers:ย Strong familiarity with controllers, especially Mist.
Monitoring Toolsย (Prometheus, Grafana, Nautobot) & Security Awarenessย (ISE).
Programming and Scripting Skillsย (Python, Perl, Bash).
Troubleshooting:ย Systematic problem-solving approach.
Primary Skill โ Priority
Required Skill
10+ years hands-on network engineering experience
Linux/Unix proficiency
Automation & monitoring (Grafana, Ansible, Prometheus, etc.)
Grafana
Ansible
Prometheus
Work independently & mentor others
Incident management & outage resolution
Cisco DNAC
Cisco
Cisco
Mist
Aruba
Asset management tools (Nautobot)
Cisco ISE
Aruba UXI, 7Signal, WyeBot.
Ekahau,ย Hamina
Python โ scripting
Job Description:
As a Wireless Network Automation, your role will focus on:
- Owning the operational aspect of the wireless infrastructure, ensuring its high availability and reliability.
- Partnering with architecture, tooling, and deployment teams to guarantee that new implementations are supportable and align with production standards.
- Advocating for and implementing automation to reduce toil and enhance operational efficiency.
- Monitoring network performance, identifying areas for improvement, and coordinating with relevant teams to execute enhancements.
- Educating the network support team to empower them to help support the global Nvidia wireless footprint.
- Collaborating with SMEs to resolve production issues swiftly and effectively, maintaining customer satisfaction.
- Identifying opportunities for operational improvements and partnering with teams to develop solutions that drive excellence and sustainability in network operations.
What we need to see:
- Educational Background: BS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Professional Experience: Minimum of 8 years of industry experience in wireless site reliability engineering, wireless network operations, or related areas. Solid grasp of underlying network and security components leveraged in a wireless network.
- Wireless Protocols and Standards: Expert-level knowledge in wireless technologies such as 802.11ac and 802.11ax in addition to surrounding technologies such as WPA, Radius, EAP, 802.1X.
- Wireless Access Points and Controllers: Strong familiarity with WLAN controllers โ especially Mist.ย
- RF Design and Troubleshooting: Understanding RF fundamentals, site surveys, spectrum analysis, and interference mitigation. Capable of building and interpreting wireless site heatmaps and optimizing for events.ย Tuning wireless networks for scalability and high availability.
- Network Skills: Expertise in general network technologies such as TCP/UDP, IPv4/IPv6, BGP, VPN, L2 switching. Proven track record in network operations.
- Programming and Scripting Skills: Experience in one or more of the following: Python, Perl, Bash.
- Monitoring Tools: Familiarity with network management tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, Nautobot/Netbox, Netdisco
- System Administration: Knowledge of Linux system fundamentals is a plus.
- Problem-Solving and Communication: Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with excellent communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
Ways to stand out:
- Support Automation: Track record of taking operational signals through means such as SNMP, Syslog, synthetics to solve operational challenges. Background in building and/or leveraging synthetics such as UXI, Signal7, Wyebot to measure wireless availability and user experience.
- Code Optimization: Ability to debug and optimize code; automate routine tasks.
- Platform Exposure: Experience with Mellanox/Cumulus Linux, Mist Wireless, Cisco Wireless.
- Security Awareness: Experience with WLAN security components such as ISE