Onsite Network Automation Engineer — NMS & IaC Expert

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

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Network Automation Engineer to support a long-term DoD program focused on enterprise network automation, management, and reliability. This 100% onsite role is based in Norfolk, VA with opportunities in Jacksonville, FL or Pearl Harbor, HI.

You will combine network engineering with automation, NMS, and Linux administration to automate configuration and provisioning across a distributed environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in network engineering, network automation, network management, systems engineering, or related infrastructure disciplines
• 3–5+ years of experience supporting enterprise network environments and Network Management Systems
• Active Secret clearance
• Strong understanding of multivendor network environments including Cisco, Arista, Brocade, Juniper, and/or McAfee
• Experience supporting enterprise routing and switching environments
• Hands‑on experience with network configuration management and automated provisioning
• Strong experience developing and deploying Ansible playbooks
• Proficiency with Python, PowerShell, and/or YAML for network automation
• Hands‑on experience administering enterprise NMS platforms such as Cisco Catalyst Center, OpenText Network Automation, OpenText NNMi, and Arista CloudVision
• Hands‑on experience administering RHEL 8
• Experience with Kubernetes and/or containerized infrastructure
• Strong understanding of SNMP, Syslog, SSH, ICMP, NetFlow, IPFIX, TACACS+, and RADIUS
• Experience integrating network monitoring with ServiceNow, CMDB, or ITSM platforms
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent experience may be considered

Responsibilities

• Support and administer large-scale, multivendor enterprise network environments spanning Cisco, Arista, Brocade, Juniper, McAfee, and other network technologies
• Support the lifecycle management, configuration, provisioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting of enterprise network devices
• Analyze and troubleshoot complex routing, switching, network connectivity, and infrastructure issues across distributed environments
• Support enterprise firewalls, ACLs, and network security controls
• Develop and implement automated network configuration and provisioning workflows
• Develop, test, and deploy Ansible playbooks for network automation and infrastructure management
• Use Python, PowerShell, and YAML to automate network operations, configuration management, and repetitive engineering tasks
• Develop automated policy enforcement mechanisms across enterprise network infrastructure
• Automate network node provisioning, configuration deployment, validation, and lifecycle management
• Implement configuration management processes designed to improve consistency, compliance, and operational reliability
• Support configuration backups, configuration validation, drift detection, remediation, and mass configuration changes
• Administer and support enterprise NMS including Cisco Catalyst Center, OpenText Network Automation, OpenText NNMi, and Arista CloudVision
• Deploy, configure, upgrade, troubleshoot, and optimize NMS applications and supporting infrastructure
• Support integration between NMS platforms, network devices, CMDBs, and ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow
• Configure and troubleshoot network monitoring and telemetry using SNMP, Syslog, NetFlow, IPFIX, ICMP, SSH, and related protocols
• Develop and maintain NMS polling, alerting, threshold, fault-management, and network performance monitoring capabilities
• Analyze network telemetry and monitoring data to identify performance issues, configuration problems, outages, and other infrastructure anomalies
• Perform root-cause analysis and fault isolation across complex network and NMS environments
• Support network performance optimization through proactive monitoring, analysis, and tuning
• Administer RHEL 8 systems supporting enterprise NMS applications and network management infrastructure

Skills

Network engineering

Automation

NMS

Python

Ansible

YAML

RHEL 8

Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

Ansible

OpenText NNMi

Cisco Catalyst Center

Kubernetes

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Network Automation Engineer to support a long-term DoD program focused on enterprise network automation, management, and reliability. This 100% onsite role is based in Norfolk, VA with opportunities in Jacksonville, FL or Pearl Harbor, HI.

You will combine network engineering with automation, NMS, and Linux administration to automate configuration and provisioning across a distributed environment.