Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Honest Networks is a rapidly expanding internet service provider dedicated to delivering high-quality and affordable internet service. They are seeking a highly technical engineer to manage and extend a large-scale wireless authentication and access platform, focusing on operational, development, and troubleshooting aspects of wireless onboarding and authentication.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot OpenWRT-based wireless infrastructure
• Configure and manage FreeRADIUS environments
• Support PPSK/DPSK/MPSK wireless authentication systems
• Troubleshoot WPA/WPA2/WPA3 enterprise and PPSK authentication flows
• Debug RADIUS authentication/accounting issues using tools such as tcpdump and Wireshark
• Maintain wireless VLAN assignment and dynamic policy systems
• Work with MikroTik RouterOS and switching infrastructure
• Configure and troubleshoot hostapd, UCI, ubus, and Linux networking
• Build and maintain integrations between wireless controllers and RADIUS systems
• Troubleshoot roaming, DHCP, VLAN tagging, multicast, and client connectivity issues
• Support large-scale WiFi deployments in residential and ISP environments
• Maintain firmware upgrade and configuration automation workflows
• Assist with AP provisioning, telemetry collection, and monitoring systems
• Analyze wireless performance issues including RSSI, CCQ, airtime, retries, and channel utilization
• Develop scripts and automation tooling in Python, Bash, Go, and LUA
• Participate in architecture and scaling discussions for wireless infrastructure

Skills

• Strong Linux networking knowledge
• Strong understanding of: 802.11 wireless networking
• Strong understanding of: VLANs
• Strong understanding of: DHCP
• Strong understanding of: DNS
• Strong understanding of: NAT
• Strong understanding of: Routing
• Strong understanding of: Firewalling
• Experience with: OpenWRT
• Experience with: FreeRADIUS
• Experience with: MikroTik RouterOS
• Experience with: hostapd
• Experience with: WPA/WPA2/WPA3 authentication
• Experience troubleshooting RADIUS: Access-Request / Access-Accept / Reject flows
• Experience troubleshooting RADIUS: Accounting packets
• Experience troubleshooting RADIUS: Vendor-specific attributes (VSAs)
• Comfortable using: tcpdump
• Comfortable using: Wireshark
• Comfortable using: SSH
• Comfortable using: Linux CLI
• Understanding of PPSK/DPSK systems and dynamic VLAN assignment
• Experience with scripting or development in: Python
• Experience with scripting or development in: Bash
• Familiarity with SQL databases (MariaDB/MySQL/SQLite)
• ISP or carrier WiFi experience
• Experience with: Ruckus
• Experience with: TP-Link Omada
• Experience with: OpenWRT firmware customization
• Experience with: Mediatek, Broadcom, and Qualcom-based wireless platforms
• Experience with: TR-069 / ACS systems
• Experience with: MQTT-based device communication
• Understanding of EAPOL and WPA handshake internals
• Experience building or maintaining custom RADIUS middleware/shims
• Familiarity with Docker and containerized deployments
• SNMP monitoring and telemetry systems
• Experience scaling WiFi systems across hundreds of thousands of APs

Benefits

• Paid time off (PTO)
• Paid Sick Leave (PSL)
• Medical, vision and dental benefits
• 401k program after 3 months of employment

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