Network Engineer – Wireless & WiFi Domain

Job Description

Who You’ll Work With

In this role as a Network Engineer – Wireless and WiFi Domain, you will work closely with cross-functional teams including network architects, IT infrastructure teams, security teams, Arista TAC (Technical Assistance Center), Help Desk personnel, and customer support teams. You will also coordinate directly with the Arista team for product lifecycle management, upgrades, and technical escalations, ensuring seamless collaboration across internal and external stakeholders to deliver reliable and optimized wireless network solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Design, deploy, configure, and troubleshoot enterprise wireless networks
• Perform wireless site surveys and signal analysis
• Conduct packet-level troubleshooting and performance analysis
• Implement and support wireless security standards (WPA2/WPA3, EAP, RADIUS)
• Troubleshoot WiFi authentication and connectivity issues
• Support indoor and outdoor wireless solutions, including mesh networking
• Manage upgrades, OS patching, and vulnerability fixes for Arista devices
• Conduct network audits, compliance checks, and configuration reviews
• Monitor performance and optimize wireless networks
• Coordinate technical troubleshooting and escalations with Arista TAC
• Maintain documentation and generate daily/weekly/monthly reports
• Provide input on best practices and assist in network design reviews
• Use tools for wired and wireless packet capture and analysis

Qualifications

• Bachelors in CS/IT/EC/EE or similar
• Industry Recognized Wireless Certifications like CWNA, CWAP, CWSP are considered as an  added advantage
• Minimum of 2-3 years hands-on experience on wireless networking
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills, for effective communication with business and technical teams. • Strong exposure to packet capture level troubleshooting.
• Proven track record of successful and timely delivery of assigned tasks.
• Technical Support experience in networking domain
• Good interpersonal skills, for effective communication with business and technical teams.
• Strong exposure to packet capture level troubleshooting.
• Experience on Arista Equipment have added advantage
• Working knowledge of networking industry, products, and protocols.
• Designing, deploying, configuring, troubleshooting the following wireless and network  protocols/technologies for wide-scale enterprise clients.
• Wireless mesh networking
• 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
• RF fundamentals / MIMO
• Wireless clients and drivers
• Wireless security (WPA2, WPA3)
• Authentication frameworks - EAP, PEAP, EAP-TLS
• POE/POE+, AAA/RADIUS
• DHCP, DNS, ACL, ARP, DHCP, 1G/10G Ethernet (IEEE 802.3ab & IEEE 802.3ae), ICMP, IPv4 &  IPv6, LACP, STP/RSTP/MST (IEEE 802.1D), VLANs (IEEE 802.1Q), MAC Learning, VXLAN, EoGRE
• Experienced in implementation and troubleshooting of Campus and Enterprise wireless  deployments including guest access.
• Experienced in troubleshooting indoor and outdoor wireless solutions.
• Experience with wired and wireless packet capture/analysis tools is highly desired. • Knowledge on Arista CV-CUE and Campus Product will have added advantage • Experience in Troubleshooting of WIFI networks
• Performance monitoring & Network Optimization
• Knowledge on WIFI technology and standard
• Troubleshooting experience on Authentication Coordination with various cross functional  teams for troubleshooting.
• All kind of upgrade e.g. OS patch, vulnerability for Arista Devices
• Reporting – mutually agreed on report sharing – Daily/Weekly/Monthly • Co-ordinating with the Arista team for Product Lifecycle management for installed products. • Network audit: Configuration review and compliance, Configuration assistance and best  practices, Design review assistance and best practices
• Network Operations: Technical troubleshooting support on Arista equipment; Customer  escalation liaison with Arista TAC; Help Desk support; Managing trouble tickets and gathering  input for analysis; Generate monthly high-level reports on trouble Tickets.
• Industry Recognized Wireless Certifications like CWNA, CWAP, CWSP are considered as an  added advantage.

Additional Information

Arista stands out as an engineering-centric company. Our leadership, including founders and engineering managers, are all engineers who understand sound software engineering principles and the importance of doing things right.

We hire globally into our diverse team. At Arista, engineers have complete ownership of their projects. Our management structure is flat and streamlined, and software engineering is led by those who understand it best. We prioritize the development and utilization of test automation tools.

Our engineers have access to every part of the company, providing opportunities to work across various domains. Arista is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with development offices in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, and the US. We consider all our R&D centers equal in stature.

Join us to shape the future of networking and be part of a culture that values invention, quality, respect, and fun.