Senior Network QA Engineer

Veteran Firm Seeking a Senior Network QA Engineer for an Onsite Assignment in Edwardsville, IL

My name is Stephen Hrutka. I lead a Veteran-Owned management consulting firm in Washington, DC. We specialize in Technical and Cleared Recruiting for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and other advanced defense agencies.

At HRUCKUS, we support fellow Veteran-Owned businesses by helping them recruit for positions across organizations such as the VA, SBA, HHS, DARPA, and other leading-edge R&D-focused defense agencies.

We seek to fill a Senior Network QA Engineer role in Edwardsville, IL

The ideal candidate is a Edwardsville resident with 8 years of progressive network engineering experience, strong understanding of enterprise routing/switching, change management, and process controls, as well as experience with centralized management technologies like Fortinet or Juniper.

If you’re interested, I'll gladly provide more details about the role and further discuss your qualifications.

Thanks,

Stephen M Hrutka

Principal Consultant

www.hruckus.com

Executive Summary: HRUCKUS is looking for an experienced Senior Network QA Engineer to lead quality assurance, process ownership, and documentation excellence for a large-scale, multi-vendor network deployment environment.

Position Description: Perform pre-deployment quality assurance reviews of network device configurations, serve as the final technical quality checkpoint prior to deployment, validate configurations against established runbooks, manage technical documentation, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure network devices meet documented standards before implementation.

Position Responsibilities:

• Perform pre-deployment quality assurance reviews of network device configurations across multiple technologies and platforms

• Serve as the final technical quality checkpoint prior to deployment or shipment

• Validate configurations against established runbooks, standards, and documented requirements

• Identify errors, omissions, and deviations from standards

• Provide real-time guidance and procedural support during staging and deployment activities without directly performing configurations

• Review, validate, and continuously improve technical runbooks supporting the device deployment lifecycle

• Ensure procedures and standards remain current, accurate, and scalable

• Update documentation and processes as issues are identified to capture lessons learned and reduce repeat issues

• Drive change-control discipline by documenting, reviewing, and approving process deviations

• Develop and maintain clear technical documentation that teams can easily follow

• Create templates, checklists, and reference materials to improve consistency and reduce operational risk

• Document systems, workflows, and technical dependencies supporting deployment processes

• Support continuous process improvement initiatives

• Communicate quality status, deployment readiness, findings, and recommendations to stakeholders

• Partner with engineering, project management, and operations teams throughout the deployment lifecycle

• Provide written and verbal updates on findings, risks, and remediation activities

• Support knowledge sharing and mentor team members on quality standards and best practices

Required Qualifications:

• 8 years of progressive network engineering experience, including senior-level engineering or architecture responsibilities

• Experience in one or more of the following: Runbook creation, ownership, and execution; Technical documentation development; Quality assurance or quality process ownership within network environments

• Experience supporting one or more of the following: Large-scale circuit deployments (DIA, WAN, cellular, etc.); Enterprise firewall deployments; Enterprise routing and switching implementations

• Strong understanding of: Routing and switching; VLAN design; Network circuits and connectivity; Centralized network management platforms; Change management and process controls

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to identify and resolve process gaps and technical quality issues

• Strong attention to detail and customer-focused mindset

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with centralized network management platforms such as FortiManager or similar technologies

• Familiarity with technologies including: Fortinet, Juniper, Cradlepoint

• Experience supporting large-scale, repeatable deployment initiatives

• Experience working within highly regulated or enterprise environments

Details: Job Title: Senior Network QA Engineer

Location: Edwardsville, IL 62025

Salary Range: USD 60 - 90/Hourly/W-2