Test Principal Engineer

Test Principal EngineerGlobal Enterprise Technology (GET) GroupLocation: Austin, Texas, United StatesOverviewDell Technologies is seeking a highly motivated Test Principal Engineer to lead the operational management and strategic development of a critical validation laboratory within the Global Enterprise Technology (GET) organization. This role is responsible for ensuring that the lab environment can support current and future enterprise server validation activities through effective infrastructure planning, asset management, facilities coordination, networking administration, security compliance, and capital investment management.The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise in data center infrastructure, server technologies, power and cooling systems, and networking with exceptional operational and project management skills. This individual will work across engineering, facilities, security, procurement, and vendor organizations to ensure the validation environment remains reliable, scalable, secure, and aligned with future product requirements.Key Responsibilities- Own day-to-day operations and long-term planning for a server validation laboratory supporting enterprise technology programs.- Partner with Facilities teams to define and implement laboratory requirements for: - Power delivery and distribution- Cooling infrastructure, including liquid cooling technologies- Environmental monitoring- Network connectivity and capacity planning- Manage and maintain inventory of lab infrastructure assets, including servers, storage, networking equipment, racks, power distribution equipment, and supporting hardware.- on needs.- Design, maintain, and troubleshoot laboratory networking infrastructure, including: - VLAN configuration and administration- Switch deployment and maintenance- Network segmentation and access controls- Partner with Information Security teams to identify, track, prioritize, and remediate laboratory security vulnerabilities.- Ensure compliance with corporate security policies and infrastructure standards.- Manage laboratory capital expenditure (CapEx) p