Network Wireless Architect Automation Exp

Role

Network Wireless Architect with Automation Exp

Day 1 ONSITE – Santa Clara. CA

• 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, 7
  
  Signal, Wye Bot.
• Ekahau, Hamina
• Python – scripting

• 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.

• 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 – especially Mist.
• 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. 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.

• 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