Cisco Catalyst & NMS Automation Engineer – Onsite Norfolk

Zachary Piper Solutions; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k Plan

Holidays & PTO

Sick leave as required by law

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Cisco Catalyst Specialist to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise Network Management Systems for a DoD program. This 100% onsite role in Norfolk, VA focuses on Catalyst Center, DNA Center, SD-WAN, and IOS-XE with emphasis on reliability and automation.

The candidate will implement network monitoring, RBAC integration with ISE, and automation workflows, while supporting lifecycle management across large Cisco environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering or related infrastructure engineering.
• 3–5+ years of dedicated experience supporting enterprise Network Management Systems (NMS).
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco Catalyst Center / DNA Center.
• Experience with Cisco Catalyst switches/routers and IOS-XE.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and optimize enterprise Network Management Systems (NMS) for large-scale Cisco environments.
• Implement Cisco Catalyst Center/DNA Center and associated management/orchestration platforms.
• Design highly available NMS environments, including HA, DR, backup, and resiliency.
• Configure SNMP, Syslog, NetFlow/IPFIX, RMON, and telemetry for monitoring and visibility.
• Integrate NMS with Cisco ISE for RBAC and secure administration.
• Support lifecycle of Catalyst devices: provisioning, stacking, upgrades, migrations.
• Develop templates, blueprints, and automated workflows within Catalyst Center.
• Leverage SWIM for OS upgrades and patch compliance.
• Develop migration plans and runbooks for legacy-to-Catalyst transitions.
• Monitor health via NMS dashboards and telemetry; perform RCA.

Skills

Cisco Catalyst Center

Network Management Systems

SNMP/ telemetry/ NetFlow

Python/ Ansible/ REST APIs

Network engineering

RBAC/ ISE integration

Network automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Networking

Tools

Cisco IOS-XE

SWIM

ServiceNow/Splunk integration

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Cisco Catalyst Specialist to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise Network Management Systems for a DoD program. This 100% onsite role in Norfolk, VA focuses on Catalyst Center, DNA Center, SD-WAN, and IOS-XE with emphasis on reliability and automation.

The candidate will implement network monitoring, RBAC integration with ISE, and automation workflows, while supporting lifecycle management across large Cisco environments.