Test & Validation Integration Engineer

What you'll do

• Physically rack, stack, and cable high-density Dell servers, storage arrays, and network appliances.
• Provision baseline firmware and out-of-band management settings for Cisco, Arista, and Palo Alto devices.
• Perform pre-shipment validation of network throughput, VLAN segmentation, routing protocols, and firewall policies.
• Deploy and validate baseline Kubernetes clusters across bare-metal and virtualized nodes.
• Troubleshoot hardware anomalies and configuration defects down to the component or protocol level.
• Author prescriptive deployment runbooks and standard operating procedures for field technicians.
• Validate container runtime health, CNI network plumbing, and persistent storage integration.

What we're looking for

• Active TS/SCI security clearance is required.
• Hands-on experience racking, stacking, and cabling Cisco, Arista, and Palo Alto hardware platforms.
• Proficiency provisioning Dell PowerEdge servers and enterprise storage fabrics (SAN/NAS, iSCSI, NVMe-oF, or NFS).
• Practical experience installing, configuring, and verifying Kubernetes environments and container runtimes.
• Ability to isolate physical and logical faults across Layer 1 through Layer 4 using CLI diagnostics and packet captures.
• Strong documentation skills to write Standard Operating Procedures, cabling diagrams, and site activation runbooks.
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs.
• Intermediate to advanced certifications such as Cisco CCNP, Arista ACE, Palo Alto PCNSE, or CKA (preferred).