NMS & Automation Engineer - Secret Clearance (Onsite)

CriticalSolutions, LLC; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life Insurance

401K matching

Flexible PTO

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Critical Solutions is seeking a Network Engineer in Norfolk, VA to support a federal customer. The role focuses on Network Management Systems (NMS) and automation, with extensive responsibilities around monitoring, data collection, alerting, and performance optimization.

The position requires an active DoD Secret clearance, RHCE/RHCSA preferred, and hands-on experience with NMS tools like NNMi and Network Automation, plus Open Text and Cisco Arista ecosystems. Onsite work at Norfolk, VA.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, Network Engineering, or an equivalent technical field
• RHCSA or RHCE certifications preferred
• Hands-on experience administering RHEL 8 environments
• Deep knowledge of SNMP, Syslog, SSH, ICMP, NetFlow, TACACS+/RADIUS

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and maintain RHEL 8 servers hosting core NMS applications.
• Deploy, upgrade, and troubleshoot enterprise-grade NMS apps (NNMi, Network Automation, Catalyst Center, CloudVision, Airwave).
• Configure polling, SNMP MIBs/traps, and NetFlow collectors for network matrices.
• Write and maintain Ansible playbooks to automate provisioning and routine tasks.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

RHEL 8 administration

SNMP/NetFlow proficiency

Automation scripting (Python, Bash)

Ansible

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, Network Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

Open Text NNMi

Open Text Network Automation

Cisco Catalyst Center

Arista CloudVision

Aruba AirWave

Job description

Critical Solutions is seeking a Network Engineer in Norfolk, VA to support a federal customer. The role focuses on Network Management Systems (NMS) and automation, with extensive responsibilities around monitoring, data collection, alerting, and performance optimization.

The position requires an active DoD Secret clearance, RHCE/RHCSA preferred, and hands-on experience with NMS tools like NNMi and Network Automation, plus Open Text and Cisco Arista ecosystems. Onsite work at Norfolk, VA.