RL Lab Network Architect

Agent-Driven Network Automation

Mass deploy scale network designs across 8+ global lab sites; define fabric provisioning automation, SSID rollouts, VLAN configurations, security policy enforcement, and AWS hybrid connectivity. Operation maintain network health - monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, time-series metrics), incident response, capacity planning, WiFi performance management, troubleshooting device connectivity, managing firewall rules and security policies. Optimization analyze network telemetry to improve throughput, reduce latency, optimize WiFi roaming, tune 464

XLAT performance, eliminate single points of failure, and evolve the fabric architecture.

1. Network Fabric Architecture You will design and maintain Clos-topology data center fabrics for lab environments.

Skills Required:

Clos/Leaf-Spine Design - multi-stage fabric architecture, spine redundancy (2 per pod), rack-level leaf switches, border leaf gateway design EVPN-VXLAN - L2/L3 overlay configuration, VNI mapping, multi-tenancy, route-type understanding (Type-2/5) Routing Protocols - BGP (eBGP underlay, iBGP overlay), OSPF, route filtering, prefix advertisement VLAN Architecture - designing segmented networks for control plane, data plane, internet access, emulator environments, and remote rendering IPv6 Networking - SLAAC, DHCPv6, 464

XLAT (CLAT/PLAT), IP-per-Task, prefix delegation, dual-stack design Switch Platforms
- Arista, Cisco Nexus/Catalyst, configuration management at scale Network Automation - infrastructure-as-code for fabric provisioning, templated configs, zero-touch deployment

2. Wireless Architecture (WiFi and Cellular) You will architect wireless connectivity for thousands of test devices across RF-isolated and open-air environments.

Skills Required:

WiFi 5/6/6E/7 - 802.11ac/ax/be protocol expertise, channel planning (2.4/5/6 GHz), MU-MIMO, OFDMA, MLO (Multi-Link Operation for WiFi
7) Wireless LAN Controllers
- Cisco WLC 9800 (CAPWAP tunnel termination, policy enforcement, RF management) Next-Gen Wireless
- Arista Cognitive Unified Edge (CUE), distributed control/data plane, on-prem management migration from centralized WLC Access Point Management
- Cisco 9130 (WiFi
5), Cisco 9166 (WiFi 6E), Arista C-460 (WiFi 7 tri-radio), PoE/PoE+/UPoE/PoE++ power budgeting SSID Design - band-specific SSIDs, authentication method selection (CBA vs. iPSK), migration planning RF Engineering - RF chamber isolation, interference mitigation, signal propagation in shielded environments Cellular (4G/5G) - small cell deployment (e.g., Amarisoft), DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems), programmable RF attenuation, eNB/gNB configuration Network Authentication
- Certificate-Based Auth (CBA/EAP-TLS), iPSK (WPA3 identity pre-shared key), 802.1X, RADIUS

3. Network Security and Access Control You will implement and manage network security policies across all lab environments.

Skills Required:

802.1X / EAP-TLS - device certificate authentication, RADIUS integration, certificate lifecycle management MAC Authentication (MAB) - allow listing, device registration workflows, random MAC handling Firewall Design - zone-based policies, corporate-to-production segmentation, ACLs IPsec/VPN - secure tunnel design for remote lab access, site-to-site connectivity Network Segmentation - isolation between lab types (internet-connected vs. air-gapped), production/corporate/lab boundaries Compliance Enforcement - staged security rollouts (MAC-based auth through certificate-based auth)

4. Host Network Connectivity You will ensure reliable network connectivity for diverse host platforms running device automation.

Skills Required:

Linux Networking - bonding, VLAN tagging, IPv6 configuration, bridge interfaces for USB-Ethernet, network name spaces for container-per-device isolation Windows Networking - PC-VR streaming hosts: mDNS configuration, low-latency network tuning for remote rendering macOS Networking
- Mac Mini hosts for AR glasses:
WiFi 6E client configuration, Thunderbolt networking Host Provisioning - configuration management (Chef/Ansible) for network setup, container networking (Nomad/Kubernetes), API-driven IP prefix delegation USB-Ethernet Bridging - host-to-device network bridging for air-gapped labs, managed USB hub integration mDNS/Service Discovery - enabling device-host discovery for remote rendering workflows

5. Device Connectivity Architecture You will design network connectivity solutions for the full spectrum of RL devices.

Skills Required:

VR Device Networking
- WiFi connectivity for VR headsets, OTA update channels, streaming protocols AR Device Networking
- Smart glasses:
WiFi 6E requirements, phone-tethered connectivity, Bluetooth coexistence Wearables Networking
- Wristbands and watches: BLE (Nordic dongle constellation), cellular (LTE Cat-M/NB-IoT), WiFi Device Onboarding - automated WiFi provisioning, SSID selection APIs, MAC registration workflows Random MAC Handling - iPSK-based VLAN exemption for devices with randomized MAC…