Test and Validation Engineer with Security Clearance

DCI Solutions; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

DCI Solutions in Chantilly, VA seeks a Test & Validation Integration Engineer to bridge staging and field deployment, ensuring enterprise-grade infrastructure is production-ready. You will rack and integrate Dell servers, storage, and network gear, perform pre-deployment tests, and validate Kubernetes platforms and container runtimes.

Responsibilities include refining staging workflows, troubleshooting down to components or protocols, and authoring deployment runbooks.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience racking, stacking, cabling enterprise infrastructure.
• Proficiency with Cisco, Arista and Palo Alto hardware platforms.
• Experience deploying configurations using Ansible, Terraform, Python or Bash.
• Experience with Kubernetes environments and container runtimes.
• Ability to isolate physical/logical faults across Layer 1-4 using CLI and packet captures.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Test & Validation Integration Engineer bridging staging and field deployment.
• Ensure enterprise-grade infrastructure operates seamlessly before production.
• Rack, stack, cable Dell PowerEdge servers, storage arrays, and network appliances.
• Execute pre-deployment functionality tests and end-to-end testing.
• Develop and refine deployment runbooks and staging workflows.
• Collaborate with systems and network architects to enable repeatable rollouts.

Skills

Racking & cabling

Enterprise infrastructure

Kubernetes environments

Linux systems administration

Networking hardware (Cisco Arista Palo

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Bash

Job description

DCI Job Requirement for: Test & 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