Network Automation Engineer - Secret Clearance Required

CriticalSolutions, LLC; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% premium coverage for Medical, D e

401K matching

Flexible Time Off (PTO/Holidays)

Higher Education/Training Reimbursemen

Job summary

Critical Solutions in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Network Automation Engineer – Configuration Management to automate configuration lifecycles across routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers. The role aims to reduce drift and manual errors by leveraging modern NM S and IaC workflows.

The candidate will implement NMS platforms and automation tools to enforce standards, manage backups, and perform rapid rollbacks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• Experience with network automation tools and modern CI/CD workflows.
• Strong understanding of core networking protocols and vendor OS.
• Proven ability to manage baseline configurations and automations.

Responsibilities

• Configuration Lifecycle & Baseline Management across global production nodes.
• Drift detection and real-time audit against gold standards.
• Backup management and rapid rollback procedures for outages.
• Automated remediation for non-compliant infrastructure nodes.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for network changes.
• Tier-3 troubleshooting for complex outages caused by configuration or upgrades.
• Coordinate mass patching campaigns across thousands of devices.

Skills

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Jinja2

Git

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Docker

Nautobot

Cisco IOS/IOS-XE/XR

OpenText Network Automation

Infoblox IPAM

Wireshark

BGP

OSPF

VLANs

VRFs

ACLs

SSH/SNMP

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Cisco Catalyst Center

OpenText NNMi

OpenText Network Automation

Nautobot

Infoblox IPAM

Wireshark

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Docker

Job description

Critical Solutions in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Network Automation Engineer – Configuration Management to automate configuration lifecycles across routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers. The role aims to reduce drift and manual errors by leveraging modern NM S and IaC workflows.

The candidate will implement NMS platforms and automation tools to enforce standards, manage backups, and perform rapid rollbacks.