Senior Technical Architect - Wireless

Cynet Systems•Waltham, MA

About The Position

The Senior Technical Architect - Wireless will join the Technical Architecture team to design, standardize, and evolve a large-scale global enterprise wireless environment. The role works closely with Network Engineering and other Technical Architects to develop wireless architectures, high-level designs, standards, low-level design templates, golden configurations, and implementation guidelines. The organization is transitioning from Aruba to Cisco Meraki, and the successful candidate will help architect and standardize the future wireless environment. This senior-level architecture position offers meaningful technical ownership alongside Principal Technical Architects who provide mentorship and guidance. The position is suited to an experienced wireless engineer with CWNE- or CCIE Wireless-level expertise moving into architecture, or an architect relatively early in their architecture career. The role also provides guidance to engineers, supports wireless security and authentication design, and collaborates across technical teams and with vendors.

Requirements

12+ years of enterprise wireless networking experience or equivalent depth of wireless engineering experience.
Strong hands-on experience designing, implementing, troubleshooting, and optimizing enterprise WLAN environments.
Strong knowledge of enterprise WLAN architecture and design, RF fundamentals and 802.11 technologies, WLAN security and authentication, 802.1X and RADIUS, WPA2/WPA3-Enterprise, RF management, channel planning, power management, capacity, wireless roaming, client behavior, WLAN troubleshooting, and performance analysis.
Significant experience with Cisco Meraki wireless.
Significant experience with Aruba AOS 8 wireless environments.
Experience with Aruba ClearPass and/or Cisco ISE.
Experience developing or working with wireless standards and design documentation.
Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work effectively across Architecture, Engineering, and Security teams.

Nice To Haves

CWNE certification or CCIE Wireless certification; CWNE or CCIE Wireless-level expertise is strongly preferred.
Experience architecting large-scale global enterprise WLAN environments.
Experience transitioning or migrating between enterprise wireless platforms.
Experience developing wireless HLDs and LLDs.
Experience creating and maintaining wireless golden configurations.
Experience with wireless site surveys and RF analysis.
Experience with wireless monitoring, assurance, and observability platforms.
Experience with network automation and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
Familiarity with cloud-managed wireless architectures.
Experience with both Aruba ClearPass and Cisco ISE is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop high-level designs for enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) environments.
Develop and maintain wireless reference architectures, standards, and design patterns.
Design enterprise wireless solutions addressing coverage, capacity, RF performance, resiliency, security, and operational requirements.
Evaluate wireless technologies and designs for scalability, performance, security, and operational effectiveness.
Support the transition from Aruba to Cisco Meraki through architecture, design, standards, and technical guidance.
Participate in wireless technology evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and architecture assessments.
Contribute to wireless technology roadmaps and lifecycle planning.
Develop and maintain wireless LLD templates, golden configurations, and configuration standards.
Establish standardized WLAN design and deployment practices for Engineering.
Develop standards for RF configuration, SSIDs, authentication, roaming, RF management, channel utilization, power, and other WLAN parameters.
Partner with Network Engineering to validate and continuously improve wireless standards and configurations.
Validate wireless configurations and implementations against approved architecture, standards, HLDs, LLDs, and golden configurations.
Identify deviations from standards and work with Engineering to resolve or formally document exceptions.
Provide architecture and technical guidance for enterprise wireless authentication and access control.
Design and support integration between wireless infrastructure and Aruba ClearPass and Cisco ISE.
Develop standards for 802.1X, WPA2/WPA3-Enterprise, guest access, device onboarding, and network access policies.
Work with Security and Network Engineering to ensure wireless solutions meet enterprise security requirements.
Own assigned wireless architecture initiatives and deliverables.
Review engineering designs and provide architectural guidance.
Mentor wireless engineers and share technical knowledge.
Create Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and maintain architecture documentation.
Collaborate with LAN/WAN, Security, Cloud, End User Computer, and other technical architects.
Work with vendors and technology partners on wireless capabilities and solutions.