Wi-Fi Engineer

Job Title: Wi-Fi Engineer

Location: Menlo Park CA - Onsite

Duration: 9-12 months

Responsibilities:

Design high performance wireless networks and solutions that conform to the latest industry security standards and best practices.

Collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams to translate the user requirements and use cases into appropriate network solutions and associated deliverables.

Define and develop criteria for evaluating and selecting Wireless Platforms/Solutions.

Execute the test plan and publish a comparison report among participating OEMs.

Integration of OEM platforms with Client Prod Tooling stack for Fault Configuration Accounting Performance & Security (FCAPS).

Wireless platforms release management

Create a comprehensive list of use cases/scenarios to be tested.

Review reports provided by manufacturers including release notes dependencies caveats and affected bugs and update guidance accordingly.

Track new features on OEM Roadmap.

Track critical open issues and fixes with OEM TAC.

Track open security vulnerabilities and fixes.

Define an upgrade cadence and rollout plan for production. Coordinate the upgrades in validation lab (ie. Validation Chambers and WLCs) and prod rollout.

Setup/write automated Wi-Fi tests for Continuous Integration(CI) and release validation (bug scrub).

Provide support and guidance to wireless network operations team for troubleshooting (Client and Network side) critical issues and L3 escalations.

Participate in the development and improvement of processes metrics tools alerting and scripts to optimize network performance and ensure reliable operations. This includes identifying opportunities for automation and solutions that enhance monitoring capabilities streamline processes and reduce human error.

Proactively contribute to and maintain technical/training documentation.

Required:

Bachelors degree in computer science Computer Engineering relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience.

CCNA CCIE or similar >> CCNP or CCIE or equivalent

Experience in enterprise Wi-Fi design deployment and at scale operation including configuration monitoring and troubleshooting. Experience with Tier 1 Wi-Fi vendors ecosystem - Cisco Meraki Arista Mist etc. Experience in system test RF Survey Optimization Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) Certifications Lab Test Automation validation on commercial Residential/Enterprise Access point/Controller products and Customer support.

Experience with Wi-Fi protocols as defined by IEEE 802.11 family of standards(a/b/g/n/ac/ax).

Experience working with Bluetooth and familiarity with its various versions.

Thorough understanding of Wi-Fi security standards including WPA2 & WPA3 as well as Extensible Authentication Protocol(EAP).

Experience with implementation configuration and troubleshooting of Wi-Fi supplicant and client/device stack specifically focusing on Android and iOS Wi-Fi stack.

Planning & Survey Tools: AirMagnet Ekahu etc.

Testing Tools: Spectrum Analyzer IxVeriwave IxChariot traffic generator iperf3 Wireshark Omnipeek Spirent C-50 NetScout Octoscope Box.

Familiarity with Source Control Systems (Git).

Bug management tools such as Jira Bugzilla etc.

Familiarity with scripting Languages: Shell Python Go. Ability to code for scripting / automation. DevOps CI/CD mindset for automation and scale.

Platforms: Windows Linux Android MacOS.

Networking Protocols: TCP/IP DHCP SNMP DNS FTP SMTP ICMP STP.

RADIUS Servers: Free RADIUS Server HOSTAPD(Linux) Microsoft IAS and other AAA platforms.

Expertise in various types of testing including Functional Feature Testing Integration test Performance testing Stress and System testing on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products.

Subject matter expertise of routing and switching protocols: TCP/IP fundamentals IPv4/v6 BGP/MP-BGP ISIS OSPF MPLS EVPN VXLAN IP sub-netting and super-netting and hierarchical routing principles routing protocol operation routing policies at BGP peering points VPNs and the associated tunneling technologies such as IPSEC L2TP MPLS etc..

Previous experience with network equipment vendor products (e.g. Juniper Cisco Arista OEM).

Comfortable with Linux or other UNIX implementations with scripting skills.

Experience with python scripting / ansible for scripting and automation

Ability to read code as source documentation