Senior QC Network Engineer
Summary
Onsite (5 days/week, Edwardsville, IL) senior network QC role: acts as the final quality gate reviewing Fortinet, Juniper, and Cradlepoint device configurations against 35-step runbooks before shipment, owns runbooks and technical documentation, and coaches build engineers. Needs 8+ years network engineering; W2 direct hire, US citizens/GC holders only.
Onsite - 5days a week - No Remote
US Citizens or GC Holders only
Must be on W2 (Direct - Hire) - no C2C
What You Will DoQuality Control and Oversight
- Perform pre shipment quality control reviews of network device configurations across Fortinet, Juniper, and Cradlepoint platforms
- Serve as the final technical review and quality gate before devices are released for shipment
- Validate configurations against detailed multi step runbooks and standards to identify errors, omissions, or deviations
- Provide real time oversight and coaching to engineers during staging and build activities without directly performing configurations
- Review, validate, and continuously improve technical runbooks covering the full device build lifecycle
- Ensure runbooks accurately reflect the current thirty five step configuration standard
- Update documentation immediately when issues are discovered so lessons learned are captured and reused
- Drive strong change control discipline by ensuring deviations are documented, reviewed, and approved
- Develop and maintain clear technical documentation that engineers can follow without prior project context
- Document the ecosystem of systems involved in the build process, including sixteen source systems and approximately twenty five required data points per device
- Create templates, checklists, and reference materials that reduce risk and improve consistency in a highly manual environment
- Communicate quality control status, readiness, and outcomes to internal and customer stakeholders
- Provide written and verbal updates on findings, exceptions, and resolutions
- Partner with project managers, logistics teams, and senior engineers throughout the device build and shipping lifecycle
We are intentionally not limiting this role to a specific vendor certification or technology stack. We are looking for experienced network professionals who bring depth in at least one of the following areas.
Required Experience
- Demonstrated depth in one or more of the following:
- Runbook creation, ownership, and execution in real deployment environments
- Technical documentation that engineers can reliably execute
- Quality control or quality process ownership in a network engineering context
- Experience with at least one of the following deployment backgrounds:
- Large scale circuit rollouts including cellular, DIA, or WAN
- Enterprise firewall deployments across multiple sites
- Enterprise routing and switching deployments
- Eight or more years of progressive network engineering experience with senior engineer or architect level exposure
- Strong foundational understanding of networking including circuits, routing, switching, VLAN design, and centralized management platforms
- Strong change control mindset with an emphasis on process discipline and quality outcomes
- Excellent written communication skills and customer facing professionalism
- Experience with FortiManager or similar centralized network management platforms
- Familiarity with Fortinet, Juniper, or Cradlepoint environments
- Experience supporting large scale, repeatable network deployment programs
- Configuration defects do not reach the customer site
- Runbooks are accurate, current, and trusted by the engineering team
- Engineers follow established procedures consistently and deviations are formally reviewed
- New team members ramp quickly using clear, reliable documentation
- Field issues result in immediate root cause analysis and same day runbook updates


