R&D Network QA Engineer — Lab Automation & Infra

Viavi Solutions; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

VIAVI Solutions in Morrisville, NC is seeking an engineer to design, configure and maintain an R&D network lab for QA testing. You will work with the Morrisville team and global colleagues to emulate customer networks and validate product features.

The role requires hands-on experience with Ethernet switching/routing, Cisco devices, Python scripting and automation frameworks. You will help ensure performance criteria and assist development teams across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree or AAS with relevant hands-on experience.
• 3+ years building, configuring, and troubleshooting Ethernet networks in lab/test/production environments.
• Interest in supporting full product lifecycle including maintenance and updates.
• Experience with switched and routed networks; Cisco switches/routers via CLI and scripting.
• Solid understanding of IP routing (BGP, OSPF, static routes) and core services (DHCP, DNS).
• Knowledge of network diagnostics with packet analysis and monitoring tools.
• Ability to rack and stack network equipment, test instruments, compute systems.
• Experience with programming languages for automation (Python and automation frameworks).
• Experience with agentic code generation and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure and maintain an R&D network lab infrastructure for product Quality Assurance testing.
• Work within the R&D team of the Morrisville, NC office, near the Research Triangle Park, and with VIAVI colleagues located worldwide.
• Build network test environments to emulate customer networks and support QA processes.
• Write automation test code to verify the network configuration and to support QA processes.
• Assist software development teams in the design and diagnosis of network performance criteria for systems deployed and emulated in the lab.

Skills

Ethernet networks

Cisco CLI

Python scripting

Automation frameworks

Network diagnostics

Lab infrastructure

Rack & stack

Education

BS/BA or AAS with hands-on experience

Tools

VMware

OpenStack

Proxmox

Docker

Kubernetes

Cisco switches

Cisco routers

Job description

VIAVI Solutions in Morrisville, NC is seeking an engineer to design, configure and maintain an R&D network lab for QA testing. You will work with the Morrisville team and global colleagues to emulate customer networks and validate product features.

The role requires hands-on experience with Ethernet switching/routing, Cisco devices, Python scripting and automation frameworks. You will help ensure performance criteria and assist development teams across the product lifecycle.