Catalyst NMS Automation Engineer (Secret)

Critical Solutions; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision coverage

401K matching

Paid time off / Holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Critical Solutions in Norfolk, VA, seeks an NMS Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise Cisco Catalyst-based management platforms. You will bridge traditional network engineering with automated operations and ensure full visibility and lifecycle management of campus networks.

You will implement telemetry, RBAC integration with ISE, and automate provisioning using Python/Ansible while supporting patching and upgrades across large deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, network engineering, or equivalent.
• CCNP Enterprise or CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure preferred.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance required; US citizenship expected.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy enterprise-scale NMS solutions with high availability and disaster recovery.
• Install Cisco Catalyst Center across on-prem and virtual environments.
• Configure telemetry (SNMP, Syslog, NetFlow) for visibility.
• Manage RBAC integration with Cisco ISE for secure access control.
• Automate provisioning using Python/Ansible and Catalyst Center REST APIs.
• Support software image management (SWIM) and OS upgrades.
• Create dashboards and alerts for KPIs and monitor health.

Skills

Catalyst Center

Catalyst SD-WAN

IOS-XE

OSPF

EIGRP

BGP

VLANs

STP

L2/L3

SDA

VXLAN

TrustSec

SNMP

RMON

Syslog

NetFlow

REST APIs

Python

Ansible

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Network Engineering

CCNP Enterprise

CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure

Tools

Cisco DNA Center

Catalyst Center tooling

Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

Job description

Critical Solutions in Norfolk, VA, seeks an NMS Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise Cisco Catalyst-based management platforms. You will bridge traditional network engineering with automated operations and ensure full visibility and lifecycle management of campus networks.

You will implement telemetry, RBAC integration with ISE, and automate provisioning using Python/Ansible while supporting patching and upgrades across large deployments.