Execute End-to-End Functionality Testing: Perform comprehensive pre-shipment validation, testing network throughput, VLAN segmentation, routing protocols, firewall policy enforcement, and storage volume availability prior to crating and shipping.
Container & Platform Validation: Deploy, bootstrap, and validate baseline Kubernetes clusters across bare-metal and virtualized nodes, verifying container runtime health, CNI network plumbing, and persistent storage integration.
Build & Optimize Deployment Runbooks: Formulate and refine step-by-step staging and commissioning procedures, identifying failure points in the lab so that field technicians can execute plug-and-play onsite activations with minimal engineering overhead.
Required Qualifications
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.
Pre-Deployment Diagnostics & Validation: Demonstrated ability to isolate physical and logical faults across Layer 1 through Layer 4 using CLI diagnostics, optics validation tools, and packet captures.
Technical Authoring & Process Discipline: Strong documentation skills to write clear, foolproof Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), cabling diagrams, and site activation runbooks tailored for field deployment teams.
Clearance: Active TS/SCI and the ability to maintain access as required by the program.
Physical Requirements: Candidates must be able to lift up to 50lbs.
Preferred Qualifications
Professional Certifications: Intermediate to advanced networking, systems, or security certifications such as Cisco CCNP, Arista ACE, Palo Alto PCNSE, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Experience deploying configurations using Ansible, Terraform, Python, or Bash to accelerate repetitive staging workflows and validation suites.
Advanced Network Architecture: In-depth understanding of leaf-spine architectures, BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, and stateful security inspection policies.
Linux Systems Administration: Strong command of Linux internals, systemd services, kernel networking parameters, and driver/firmware upgrades.
Lab & Data Center Operations: Familiarity with power distribution units (ePDU), high-density optic standards (QSFP28/QSFP-DD), and lab asset-tracking tools.
What We Offer
Cutting-Edge Lab Access: Direct access to enterprise-class hardware, sandbox environments, and emerging software stacks.
Technical Growth: Sponsored training, conference attendance, and certification support to continuously sharpen your engineering toolkit.
Collaborative Engineering Culture: A multidisciplinary team that values bias for action, intellectual curiosity, and autonomous problem-solving.
