Network Engineer – Wireless & WiFi Domain

Bangalore, Karnataka
Permanent
Full-time

17 days ago

Company DescriptionArista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. Arista is a well-established and profitable company with over $7 billion in revenue. Arista's award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds up to 800G bits per second, redefine scalability, agility, and resilience. Arista is a founding member of the Ultra Ethernet consortium. We have shipped over 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Arista is committed to open standards, and its products are available worldwide directly and through partners.At Arista, we value the diversity of thought and perspectives each employee brings. We believe fostering an inclusive environment where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences feel welcome is essential for driving creativity and innovation.Our commitment to excellence has earned us several prestigious awards, such as the Great Place to Work Survey for Best Engineering Team and Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance. At Arista, we take pride in our track record of success and strive to maintain the highest quality and performance standards in everything we do.Job DescriptionWho You'll Work WithIn 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 InformationArista 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.

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