Arista Wireless Architect

**Job Title**: Arista Wireless Domain Architect (Arista focused)**:** Location**: Remote Work From Home

**Role**: 90 Day Contract to Hire (Potential to convert from Contract to Full Time Employee with benefits)
**Position Overview**:
The Wireless Domain Architect is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role within a professional IT services organization, serving as the **technical authority for enterprise wireless architecture**. This position demands **expertise in Arista’s next-generation wireless platforms**, with demonstrable experience designing, deploying, and supporting **Arista Cognitive Wi-Fi** and **CloudVision Cognitive Unified Edge (CV-CUE)** solutions.

The role blends **solution design, field deployment leadership, pre-sales technical scoping, and escalation support**, operating as both an architect and hands-on technical mentor to delivery teams.

**Core Responsibilities**:
**Wireless Architecture & Design**:

- Serve as the **primary wireless domain expert**, with deep, hands-on experience in **Arista Wireless architecture, hardware, and cloud-managed technologies**
- Design enterprise-grade wireless solutions leveraging Arista’s cognitive networking capabilities, including:

- **CloudVision Cognitive Unified Edge (CV-CUE)** centralized management, orchestration, and AI/ML-driven automation planes
- **Cognitive Wi-Fi** platforms that provide data-driven telemetry, real-time analytics, and automatic optimization of wireless connections as network conditions evolve
- Multi-radio, multifunction AP deployments with support for cutting-edge standards such as **Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7**, zero-touch onboarding, and high-density coverage models
- Develop **high-level and low-level wireless designs (HLDs/LLDs)** incorporating:

- RF design, capacity planning, AP placement, and cognitive tuning mechanisms
- Zero Trust and WIPS security configurations integrated with cloud orchestration
- Flexible data path options and scalable control-plane architectures inherent to CloudVision’s cognitive approach

**Deployment Leadership & Technical Execution**:

- Lead and direct wireless deployment efforts in customer environments and ensure alignment to **Arista cognitive design principles**
- Mentor and guide junior engineers through:

- Zero-touch provisioning and onboarding of Arista AP platforms via **CV-CUE**
- Implementation of AI/ML-enabled analytics and automated remediation features
- Integration of AP connectivity with hosted identity management and external NAC solutions
- Validate configurations and deployments to ensure stable, optimized performance across cognitive AP platforms and centralized CloudVision management \

**Pre-Sales Scoping & Technical Support**:

- Participate in **pre-sales scoping calls** with sales and delivery leadership
- Provide detailed input on:

- The effort required to transition customers from legacy Wi-Fi environments to Arista, Cisco, Aruba and other OEM's or **managed architectures**
- Level of Effort (LOE) estimation for discovery, design, deployment, optimization, and cutover phases
- Validate technical assumptions for proposals and SOWs based on real experience with Arista cloud-native wireless technologies

**Escalation & Customer Assurance**:

- Serve as the escalation point for delivery issues related to:

- Wi-Fi behavior under load and real-world spectrum conditions
- Automation orchestration failures or troubleshooting of AI/ML-driven recommendations
- Cross-domain issues spanning wired/wireless convergence and identity enforcement
- Engage directly in **customer escalation calls** to remediate issues, restore confidence, and guide recovery

**Required Technical Expertise (Priority Order)**:

- **Arista Wireless - REQUIRED / NON-NEGOTIABLE**
- Hands-on design, deployment, and operational experience with:

- **Arista Cognitive Wi-Fi access point platforms** (Wi-Fi 6/6E/7)
- **CloudVision Cognitive Unified Edge (CV-CUE)** centralized management and cognitive analytics
- AI/ML-driven automation, telemetry, and troubleshooting inherent to Arista cognitive networking
- **HPE Aruba Wireless**
- Enterprise Aruba wireless design and deployment experience
- **Juniper Wireless**
- Familiarity with Juniper Mist and related wireless platforms
- **Cisco Wireless**
- Experience with Cisco enterprise wireless architectures
- **Nile Wireless**
- Exposure to or hands-on experience with Nile wireless solutions

**Required Qualifications**:

- Track record of **enterprise wireless design and deployment**, with at least the majority of experience on **Arista cognitive wireless solutions**
- Demonstrable ability to lead design and delivery teams and mentor engineers in real time
- Communication skills to interact confidently with **technical and executive stakeholders**
- Ability to balance design, deployment, and escalation responsibilities simultaneously

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Prior experience in IT professional services or consulting
- Multi-vendor wireless migration