Test Engineer

Redwood Software•Wallops Island, VA

About The Position

Red River is seeking a highly skilled Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Test Engineer with a strong background in U.S. Navy test and evaluation, including requirements analysis, procedure development, defect reporting, and system validation. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience testing enterprise virtualization and data center technologies such as Cisco ACI, VMware vCenter, ESXi, virtual machines, Cisco Intersight, and related infrastructure components. This role supports end‑to‑end test planning, execution, documentation, and reporting for complex IaaS environments.

Requirements

Experience supporting U.S. Navy T&E, operational test, developmental test, or data analysis.
Strong understanding of DoD test processes, documentation standards, and configuration management.
Proficiency in writing test plans, test procedures, and trouble reports.
Ability to analyze logs, system behavior, and performance metrics to identify issues.
Familiarity with networking fundamentals (VLANs, VXLAN, routing, switching).
Ability to work in secure environments and follow Navy cybersecurity and accreditation processes.
U.S. Citizenship Required

Nice To Haves

Experience with cloud or hybrid-cloud environments.
Hands-on experience with: Cisco ACI, VMware vCenter, ESXi hypervisors, and virtual machine provisioning and lifecycle management.
Experience with Cisco Intersight or similar infrastructure management platforms.
Knowledge of automation tools (PowerCLI, Ansible, Python) for test efficiency.
Experience with storage platforms.
Active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

Test Planning & Requirements Analyze system requirements, interface control documents, and engineering specifications to develop comprehensive test plans and traceability matrices. Translate high-level Navy or DoD requirements into actionable, measurable test objectives. Identify test gaps, risks, and dependencies across multi‑vendor IaaS architectures.
Test Procedure Development Create detailed test procedures for functional, integration, regression, performance, and security testing of IaaS components. Develop repeatable test workflows for provisioning, scaling, failover, and lifecycle operations across ACI, vCenter, ESXi, and VM environments. Ensure procedures align with Navy T&E standards, configuration management practices, and cybersecurity requirements.
Test Execution & Validation Execute test events in lab or operational environments, documenting results with precision and clarity. Validate system behavior, configuration baselines, and interoperability across compute, network, and storage layers. Perform root-cause analysis and collaborate with engineering teams to reproduce, isolate, and verify defects.
Trouble Reporting & Tracking Generate detailed trouble reports (TRs) consistent with Navy or DoD reporting standards. Track defects through their lifecycle, ensuring proper categorization, prioritization, and closure. Validate fixes, perform regression testing, and maintain accurate test artifacts.
Infrastructure & Virtualization Testing Test and validate: Cisco ACI fabric policies, contracts, EPGs, and spine/leaf configurations VMware vCenter operations, cluster management, DRS/HA behavior, and resource pools ESXi hosts including installation, patching, networking, and storage configurations Virtual machines provisioning, templates, snapshots, and performance baselines Cisco Intersight monitoring, orchestration, and hardware lifecycle management Support testing of additional IaaS components such as storage arrays, hyperconverged platforms, and automation/orchestration tools.
Documentation & Reporting Produce high-quality test reports, data packages, and readiness assessments for leadership and stakeholders. Maintain configuration-controlled test artifacts, including procedures, results, and traceability documentation. Support formal test events, readiness reviews, and certification milestones.