L3 Technical Engineer – Aruba ClearPass NAC (Banking Network)

L3 Technical Engineer – Aruba ClearPass NAC (Banking Network) This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE partner/customer office.

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HPE Operations is our innovative IT services organization. It provides the expertise to advise, integrate, and accelerate our customers’ outcomes from their digital transformation. Our teams collaborate to transform insight into innovation. In today’s fast paced, hybrid IT world, being at business speed means overcoming IT complexity to match the speed of actions to the speed of opportunities. Deploy the right technology to respond quickly to market possibilities. Join us and redefine what’s next for you. Senior-level, pure technical role for Aruba ClearPass NAC • Responsible for design, operations, and L3 troubleshooting of NAC in banking environments • Focus on network security, endpoint posture, certificates, and switch-based access control What you’ll do: Design, deploy, and operate Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) • Architect and support HA / DR ClearPass clusters • Configure services, authentication sources, authorization and enforcement policies • Perform deep troubleshooting using Access Tracker, Event Viewer, and system logs Authentication & Access Control • Implement and troubleshoot: • 802.1X (wired & wireless) • EAP-TLS, PEAP, EAP-TTLS • MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB) • Hands-on experience with RADIUS, TACACS+, and CoA (RFC 3576) • Design role-based and identity-based access policies Switch & Network Integration • Integrate NAC with access switches (Aruba / Cisco / Juniper) • Configure: • Dynamic VLAN assignment • Downloadable User Roles (DUR) • Troubleshoot switch-side issues such as re-auth loops and fail-open/fail-close scenarios Endpoint Security & Posture • Configure and support ClearPass OnGuard posture checks • Validate endpoint compliance: • Antivirus / EDR (Trellix, Defender, CrowdStrike, etc.) • OS patching, firewall, disk encryption • Design quarantine and remediation workflows • Support servers, core banking systems, ATMs, kiosks, and IoT devices Certificate & Identity Integration • Implement certificate-based authentication (EAP-TLS) • Integrate with Microsoft AD, LDAP, and AD CS (PKI) • Troubleshoot certificate lifecycle issues (expiry, trust chain, CRL/OCSP) Regd. Office : 16th Floor, Oberoi Commerz, International Business Park, Oberoi Garden City, Off Western Express Highway, Goregaon East, Mumbai – 400063 Operations & Integrations • Act as L3 escalation point for NAC incidents • Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for authentication and posture issues • Integrate ClearPass with SIEM (Splunk/QRadar) and ITSM tools (BMC/ServiceNow) • Plan and execute ClearPass upgrades and patching Mandatory Technical Skills • Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager – Expert level • NAC technologies: 802.1X, RADIUS, TACACS+, CoA • Switch-based NAC enforcement • Endpoint posture (OnGuard)Certificate-based authentication (EAP-TLS) • Windows AD, LDAP, DNS, NTP • Strong troubleshooting and log analysis skills Preferred / Good-to-Have Skills • Banking / BFSI environment exposure • SIEM / SOC integration experience • REST