Job Description A client in the Chantilly, VA area is seeking a Test and Validation Integration Engineer professional in support of a federal project.

Candidates will be onsite 5x a week in Chantilly, VA. Candidates must have a TS/SCI clearance

• candidates will be submitted for additional security screening after a successful interview and must pass a customer BG check.

Candidates will be the bridge between staging and field deployment, ensuring enterprise-grade infrastructure operates seamlessly before reaching production sites. In this role, you will physically rack, stack, cable, and configure complex, multi-vendor compute, storage, and networking systems within a controlled lab environment. You will execute rigorous pre-deployment functionality tests, validate interoperability across network and container stacks, and fine-tune staging workflows to guarantee that onsite field teams can bring systems online rapidly with minimal friction. Skills and Requirements

• TSSCI Clearance-rack, stack, physical integration
• assemble/mount/cable high density Dell Power Edge servers, high-perf.

storage arrays and network appliances within standard data center racks-apply baseline firmware, out of band management settings (iDRAC, console) and configurations across CISCO, Arista switches, Palo Alto firewalls, and Dell storage systems-deploy, bootstrap, and validate baseline Kubernetes clusters across bare-metals and virtualized nodes-

Systems & Network Integration:

Hands-on experience racking, stacking, cabling, and configuring enterprise infrastructure—specifically involving Cisco, Arista, and Palo Alto hardware platforms

• Server & High-Performance Storage:

  Practical proficiency provisioning enterprise compute (Dell PowerEdge) and enterprise storage fabrics (SAN/NAS, iSCSI, NVMe-oF, or NFS), including RAID configuration and out-of-band management (iDRAC

• Kubernetes & Container Fundamentals:

  Practical experience installing, configuring, and verifying Kubernetes environments, container runtimes (containerd), and basic container networking/storage plugins
• Cisco CCNP, Arista ACE, Palo Alto PCNSE, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Experience deploying configurations using Ansible, Terraform, Python, or Bash to accelerate repetitive staging workflows and validation suites
• Strong command of Linux internals, systemd services, kernel networking parameters, and driver/firmware upgrades We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day.

We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.