Infrastructure Specialist Wireless Network

Employer: University of the Arts London
Location: Hybrid – LCC Elephant and Castle/Home
Salary: £50,961.00 - £68,406.00 (+6% market supplement)
Contract: Full time
Hours: Full time

Job description

The opportunity

University of the Arts London (UAL) is a world-leading creative university for teaching and research in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. UAL is made up of six renowned colleges and hosts several institutes that further the university’s mission. Under the leadership of our President and Vice-Chancellor, we are designing the University around social purpose; through the students and ideas we send out into the world, and the partnerships we build to achieve social, environmental, and economic progress. 

 Digital & Technology at UAL is on an exciting journey, shifting from a technology-centric to a user-centric approach, investing in the people and processes enabled by digital and transforming the student and staff experience.

 As an Infrastructure Specialist Wireless Network, you will be responsible for successfully delivering advanced specialist end to end support, solutions, implementation, and configuration of wireless across the Enterprise environments, through planning, onsite optimisation, surveying, and troubleshooting. Ensuring operational efficiency, stability, reliability, security and assisting the infrastructure team within and across the wider university are also key aspects of this role. 

About you

Your profile:

• Extensive experience designing and supporting complex Wireless infrastructure in a predominately Cisco Environment.
• In depth knowledge of WLAN technologies, wireless standards (such as 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), RF design and operational model, and WiFi site surveys.
• Proficiency with Cisco CMX/DNA Spaces using features such as location analytics, behaviour metrics and impact analysis.
• Wireless Automation, Assurance, SD-ACCESS: Proven ability to use Cisco Catalyst Center (DNAC) as a central platform to manage and operate wireless networks.
• Security: Deep understanding of wireless security threats, implementing robust wireless security policies and best practices.
• Experience in programming languages, API calls and Python script.
• In depth knowledge of TCP/IP, routing and switching, segmentation, configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco Networking Protocols, and CAT9K.
• A CCIE certification (preferably CCIE Enterprise Wireless) or CCNP wireless.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2024 QS World University Rankings (for the sixth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

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