Systems Engineer: 26-03050

Primary Skills: Network & Security Architecture (Proficient), Lab Environment Validation (Expert), Cross-Domain Troubleshooting (Advanced), Technical Documentation (Advanced), Cloud & AI Infrastructure (Intermediate)
Contract Type: W2 Only
Duration: 6+ month with possible extension
Location: Atlanta, GA & RTP, NC (Cary, Durham, Morrisville, Raleigh)
Pay Range: $50.00 - $60.00 per hour
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Job Summary:
This role is critical to the Validated team, responsible for turning integrated technology strategies into field-credible, evidence-backed proof. You will independently build and validate complex lab environments that mirror real-world customer deployments across networking, security, cloud, and AI. By testing these cross-portfolio solutions, you will identify integration gaps and translate your findings into trusted reference architectures and deployment guides for sales teams, partners, and customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead technical validation workstreams for integrated, cross-portfolio solutions to ensure they are repeatable and supportable.
• Build, configure, test, and troubleshoot complex lab environments that accurately reflect real-world customer deployment scenarios.
• Execute rigorous validation plans, capture evidence, identify integration gaps, and document repeatable outcomes.
• Translate technical lab findings into highly trusted, field-facing assets (such as reference architectures and deployment guides).
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (Product Managers, Architects, and field teams) to ensure validation work remains technically credible and field-relevant.
• Support and mentor earlier-career engineers and external partners on lab best practices and troubleshooting approaches.

Must-Have Skills:

• 7+ years of hands-on engineering experience designing, configuring, and troubleshooting complex enterprise networking, security, or data center environments.
• Proven lab validation expertise, with the ability to independently build, test, and break complex, multi-product lab environments from scratch.
• Strong technical writing skills, with demonstrated experience translating technical lab findings into field-facing deployment guides, reference architectures, or proof-of-concept (PoC) documentation.

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