NMS Automation Engineer (Secret) – Cisco Catalyst

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401K matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Critical Solutions IT in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Cisco Catalyst NMS Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise network management and orchestration platforms. This role focuses on Cisco Catalyst Center, SD-WAN, and automated operations to ensure visibility, health monitoring, and lifecycle management across the network.

The engineer will implement telemetry, RBAC integration with ISE, and scalable NMS workflows for campus networks, requiring hands-on experience with Cisco tools and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, network engineering, or equivalent.
• CCNP Enterprise or CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure strongly preferred.
• Cisco automation or Catalyst certifications a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy enterprise-scale NMS solutions with high availability and DR.
• Install Cisco Catalyst Center across on-premises and virtual environments.
• Configure telemetry (SNMP, Syslog, NetFlow) and RBAC with ISE.
• Develop Catalyst Center templates for campus LAN/WLAN deployments.

Skills

Cisco Catalyst Center

Catalyst SD-WAN

Cisco IOS-XE

OSPF EIGRP BGP

SNMP v2c/v3

Python/Ansible

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Network Eng

Tools

Cisco DNA Center

vManage/Validator

NMS tools

Job description

Critical Solutions IT in Norfolk, VA is seeking a Cisco Catalyst NMS Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize enterprise network management and orchestration platforms. This role focuses on Cisco Catalyst Center, SD-WAN, and automated operations to ensure visibility, health monitoring, and lifecycle management across the network.

The engineer will implement telemetry, RBAC integration with ISE, and scalable NMS workflows for campus networks, requiring hands-on experience with Cisco tools and