WAN Test Engineer — Hybrid Onsite, Large-Scale Network

Cypress Consulting; Fairfax, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Cypress Consulting in Fairfax County, Virginia, is seeking a WAN Test Engineer to own acceptance testing for a large-scale WAN deployment. The role combines hands-on network testing with requirements verification, technical writing, defect resolution, and coordination across engineering, QA, supplier, and customer-facing teams.

This full-time, hybrid position requires developing factory and site acceptance tests, leading peer reviews, validating test readiness, and producing formal reports with

Qualifications

• Five or more years in WAN engineering, network integration, or related field.
• Hands-on experience developing and executing factory/site acceptance tests.
• Strong understanding of routed/switch networks, TCP/IP, routing protocols.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain WAN acceptance test plan and obtain approvals.
• Develop factory/site acceptance test procedures with traceable test coverage.
• Lead peer reviews and revisions of test procedures and reports.
• Run draft procedures on factory equipment to validate readiness.
• Plan and conduct test dry runs and formal runs for record with QA and witnesses.
• Use test tools to validate connectivity, performance, resiliency, and behavior.
• Document test evidence and results in formal reports for internal review.
• Verify requirements via inspection of engineering docs and supplier data.
• Investigate failures and drive corrective actions and regression testing.
• Contribute to automated evidence collection and repeatability.

Skills

WAN testing

TCP/IP

Test procedures

Packet capture

Documentation

Tools

Wireshark

Traffic generators

Job description

Cypress Consulting in Fairfax County, Virginia, is seeking a WAN Test Engineer to own acceptance testing for a large-scale WAN deployment. The role combines hands-on network testing with requirements verification, technical writing, defect resolution, and coordination across engineering, QA, supplier, and customer-facing teams.

This full-time, hybrid position requires developing factory and site acceptance tests, leading peer reviews, validating test readiness, and producing formal reports with