R&D Networking QA Engineer

VIAVI Solutions • Morrisville, NC

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About The Position

VIAVI is hiring an R&D Networking QA Engineer to design, configure, and maintain an R&D network lab infrastructure for product quality assurance testing. The role is based in the Morrisville, North Carolina office near Research Triangle Park and involves working with the R&D team and VIAVI colleagues worldwide.

The engineer will build network test environments with application development and product management teams to emulate customer networks and support quality assurance processes. The role also includes writing automation test code to verify network configurations and product features, and assisting software development teams with designing and diagnosing network performance criteria for systems deployed and emulated in the lab. The position supports the full product development lifecycle, including system maintenance, expansion planning, and technology updates.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or an Associate of Applied Science degree with equivalent hands-on work experience.
• At least 3 years of experience building, configuring, and troubleshooting switched and routed Ethernet networks in a lab, test, or production environment.
• Experience with switched and routed networks, including configuring Cisco switches and routers through CLI and scripting.
• Solid understanding of IP routing, BGP, OSPF, static routes, and core network services such as DHCP and DNS.
• Knowledge of network diagnostics, including packet analysis and monitoring tools.
• Ability to rack and stack network equipment, test instruments, and compute systems.
• Experience with programming languages for automation, including Python and automation test frameworks.
• Experience with agentic code generation and maintenance.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with Ethernet test equipment, including traffic generators and analyzers, and industry test methodologies such as RFC 2544 and Y.1564.
• Use of Atlassian project management tools, including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo, and Git repository usage.
• Experience using CI/CD pipelines for test automation delivery.
• Experience with virtual server infrastructure, including VMware, OpenStack, or Proxmox.
• Experience with containerization, including Docker or Kubernetes, for scalable test infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain an R&D network lab infrastructure for product quality assurance testing.
• Build network test environments with application development and product management teams to emulate customer networks and support quality assurance processes.
• Write automation test code to verify network configurations and support quality assurance testing of product features.
• Assist software development teams in designing and diagnosing network performance criteria for systems deployed and emulated in the lab.
• Support the full product development lifecycle, including system maintenance, expansion planning, and technology updates.
• Rack and stack network equipment, test instruments, and compute systems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level