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
Company Overview
Honest Networks provides internet services aimed at providing its customers with a high-quality internet network. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://honest.net.