Senior Network QA Engineer​/Project 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 an Edwardsville resident with 8+ years of progressive network engineering experience, expertise in quality assurance and technical runbook ownership, and familiarity with centralized network management platforms like Forti Manager.

Thanks,

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.

This position is for an experienced network professional who will apply their expertise through technical oversight, quality assurance, documentation ownership, and process improvement initiatives. The engineer will serve as the final technical quality checkpoint prior to deployment, ensuring consistency and preventing defects without directly performing hands‑on configurations.

• 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

• 8+ years of progressive network engineering experience, including senior‑level engineering or architecture responsibilities
• Experience in runbook creation, ownership, and execution
• Experience in technical documentation development
• Experience in quality assurance or quality process ownership within network environments
• Experience supporting enterprise firewall deployments
• Experience supporting enterprise routing and switching implementations
• Strong understanding of routing and switching
• Strong understanding of VLAN design
• Strong understanding of network circuits and connectivity
• Strong understanding of centralized network management platforms
• Strong understanding of 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

• Experience with centralized network management platforms such as Forti Manager or similar technologies
• Familiarity with technologies including Fortinet, Juniper, and Cradlepoint
• Experience working within highly regulated or enterprise environments