Network Testing Delivery Lead
Experience
10–14 years total IT experience, with 5+ years in Network testing delivery leadership
Role Summary
Lead Software Quality Engineer – Network responsible for validating enterprise network changes across LAN/WAN, security, and cloud platforms. Ensures changes meet functional, performance, and compliance requirements prior to production release. Partners with engineering and operations teams to enable high-quality, low-risk deployments.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute validation of network changes (routing, switching, firewall, SD-WAN, load balancers)
- Responsible for independent validation, testing, and quality assurance of enterprise network changes across LAN/WAN, security, and cloud platforms.
- Ensures all network changes meet functional, performance, security, and compliance requirements prior to production deployment.
- Collaborates with Network Engineering, Operations, CAB, and Risk teams to deliver high-quality, low-risk releases. Acts as a quality gate to reduce incidents and improve deployment success through structured testing and automation.
- Accountable to deliver estimate efforts, track and address failed changes incidents and identify do better opportunities.
- Accountable to drive quality efficiencies and effectiveness using automated solutions forNetwork and Security changes, testing life cycle and change process optimization.
- Design and run test plans, test cases, and validation scenarios.
- Identify defects, risks, and provide go/no-go recommendations
- Collaborate with engineering, CAB, and release teams for change readiness
- Drive automation and improve testing efficiency and coverage
- Maintain validation evidence, test reports, and quality metrics
- Experience on Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Service Now , ITIL Service Management Concepts and Tools HP,BMC Remedy, ServiceNow(Incident, Problem, Change, Release)
- Familiarity of Agile Methodology Scrum/Kanban and project management tools like Azure and Jira.
- Flexibility to work on weekend's
- SDAM & ITSM Regulatory documentation upkeep
Mandatory Technical Skills
- Network Change Validation & Testing
- Perform end-to-end validation of network changes (Switching, Routing, Firewall, SD-WAN, Zscaler, Load Balancers)
- Design and execute detailed test plans, test cases, and validation scenarios
- Validate functionality, performance, resilience, and security compliance
- Conduct regression and post-change validation before production release
- Ensure all validations align with CAB approvals and change governance
- Defect Management & Risk Control
- Identify, document, and track defects, risks, and validation gaps
- Provide clear go/no-go recommendations during release/bridge calls
- Coordinate with engineering teams for defect resolution and re-validation
- Ensure compliance with risk, audit, and governance requirements
- Test Strategy & Automation
- Develop and maintain standardized testing frameworks and SOPs
- Drive automation of validation processes using scripts and tools
- Improve test coverage across network technologies and environments
- Enhance efficiency and reduce manual testing efforts
- Stakeholder & Governance Engagement
- Collaborate with Network Engineering, Operations, Release Management, and CAB
- Participate in bridge calls, change reviews, and governance forums
- Communicate validation results, risks, and readiness status clearly
- Support release decision-making with quality insights
- Documentation & Reporting
- Maintain test plans, execution reports, and validation evidence
- Track and publish quality metrics (defect leakage, incident reduction, automation coverage)
- Create and maintain knowledge base articles (ServiceNow / Confluence)
- Ensure audit readiness with proper documentation and traceability
Good-to-Have Technical Skills
- Knowledge with SD-WAN (Silver Peak/Palo Alto), Zscaler, F5, Infoblox, Cloud (Azure/AWS)
- Experience in automation tools, scripting, and CI/CD validation
- Knowledge of risk frameworks, audit compliance, and governance
Soft & Leadership Skills
- Strong delivery ownership and decision-making
- Executive-level communication and stakeholder management
- Risk-based thinking and escalation judgment
- Ability to manage cross-functional, geographically distributed teams
- Structured problem-solving and incident leadership
- Support continuous improvement initiatives in testing and validation practices
- Mentor junior engineers on testing methodologies and tools
- Stay updated with emerging network technologies and testing strategies
Certifications (Preferred / Nice to Have)
- Certifications: CCNA/CCNP, ITIL (nice to have)ITIL, COBIT
Salary Range:
$95,600 - 162,400 USD
Salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits. Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.
