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Test and Validation Integration Engineer Location:

Chantilly, VA Job Description:

• Serve as a Test & Validation Integration Engineer
• Be the critical bridge between staging and field deployment
• Ensure enterprise-grade infrastructure operates seamlessly before reaching production

Rack, Stack & Physical Integration:

◦ Physically assemble, mount, and cable

▪ High-density Dell PowerEdge servers

▪ High-performance storage arrays, and network appliances

• Execute rigorous pre-deployment functionality tests
• Validate interoperability across network and container stacks
• Fine-tune staging workflows to guarantee field teams can bring systems online rapidly
• When configuration defects, hardware anomalies, or deployment bottlenecks arise: ◦ Troubleshoot issues down to the component or protocol level ◦ Author prescriptive deployment runbooks ◦ Collaborate directly with systems and network architects ◦ Ensure repeatable, zero-defect rollouts
• Apply baseline firmware, out-of-band management settings, and initial configurations ◦ Across Cisco, Arista switches, Palo Alto firewalls, and Dell storage systems
• Execute End-to-End Functionality Testing ◦ Perform comprehensive pre-shipment validation ◦ Test network throughput, VLAN segmentation, routing protocols ◦ Ensure Firewall policy enforcement ◦ Storage volume availability prior to crating and shipping
• Provide Container & Platform Validation ◦ Deploy, bootstrap, and validate baseline Kubernetes clusters ◦ Verify container runtime health, CNI network plumbing, and storage integration
• Build & Optimize Deployment Runbooks ◦ Formulate and refine step-by-step staging and commissioning procedures ◦ Identify failure points in the lab

Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience racking, stacking, cabling, configuring enterprise infrastructure ◦ Specifically involving Cisco, Arista, and Palo Alto hardware platforms
• Proficiency provisioning enterprise compute storage fabrics, including: ◦ RAID configuration and out-of-band management (iDRAC) ◦ Dell PowerEdge ◦ SAN/NAS, iSCSI, NVMe-oF, or NFS
• Experience installing, configuring, and verifying: ◦ Kubernetes environments ◦ Container runtimes ◦ Basic container networking/storage plugins
• Demonstrated ability to isolate physical/logical faults across Layer1-4 using: ◦ CLI diagnostics, optics validation tools, and packet captures
• Experience writing SOPs, cabling diagrams, and site activation runbooks
• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs Preferred qualifications
• Intermediate to advanced networking, systems, or security certifications such as: ◦ Cisco CCNP, Arista ACE, Palo Alto PCNSE, ◦ Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Experience deploying configurations using: ◦ Ansible, Terraform, Python, or Bash
• Spine-leaf architectures, BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, security inspection policy experience
• Linux Systems Administration experience
• Familiarity with power distribution units (ePDU)

Required:

TS/SCI Security Clearance Job Type:

Full-time Salary:

$100,000-$150,000 group id: 90942178 Log in to view the job poster Apply now