NJ Transit - Wi-Fi Engineer Consultant

Company: Apidel Technologies
Location: Newark
Posted on: January 26, 2023

Job Description:

Sr. Wi-Fi Engineer to provide network design, development, installation/configuration, testing, implementing, and Tier 3 level troubleshooting of Wi-Fi networks in a large-scale multi-vendor (Aruba, Extreme Networks and Cisco)

The environment is comprised of multiple business units including, Bus, Rail, Police, Light Rail, and Corporate
Candidate will be required to develop and analyzing technical requirements, document detailed system designs, implement plans, and operational guides and participate in project and operational meetings
Responsible for the and development, implementation, and support of existing and new wireless technologies for the various business units.
Which include the design, configuration, implementation, testing and troubleshooting of Wireless and LAN components and networks.
Working with 3rd party and internal departments in integrating wireless equipment with current WAN and security infrastructure.
Optimizing wireless performance while fulfilling security requirements for user/device authentication and encryption
Familiarity with 802.1x, RADIUS Authentication using EAP-TLS.
Responsible for installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and modification of wireless network hardware and software.
Which include Aruba / Extreme WAN architecture in both indoor and outdoor environments
Outdoor Point to point and Mesh Architectures
Aruba Central / ClearPass/ Airwave management
Aruba 8.x Mobility Environment
Configuration and testing of QoS for voice & video, ACL's and Controller firewall rules.
802.1x RADIUS authentication
Indoor and outdoor Site Surveys
Provides tier 3 support with LAN/WLAN networks, client devices, including hand-held devices and associated LAN and WAN connectivity.
Responsible for documentation of installed networks, to include systems design, operations and implementations guides, Visio design drawings, etc.
Maintains the security and integrity of all wireless hardware and software.
Knowledge of;
802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax,
device uplink copper/fiber cabling
Layer2 VLANs, Trunking, Port-channels, Spanning-Tree
Layer3 (Subnetting, routing, Multicast, VRRP
Layer4 (TCP/UDP ports, QoS) TACACS+, RADIUS, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, SYSLOG, NETFLOW


1. Is WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol) a secure encryption protocol?
2. What is a more secure Wi-Fi encryption than WEP?
3. What is the IEEE standard for Wi-Fi
4. What are the 2 frequencies supported in 802.11ac
5. Name a Link State routing protocol
6. What is MAC filtering
7. What layer of the OSI protocol represents Routing
8. What layer of the OSI protocol represents TCP
9. Which layer of the OSI protocol do MAC addresses exist
10. What are the (3) networks included as part of RFC1918

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