Job Requirements
Chantilly, VA
Top Secret/SCI Polygraph not specified
Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
$100,000 - $150,000
Job Description
DCI Job Requirement for:
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
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
