Senior Cisco Catalyst & NMS Engineer (Onsite)

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

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Cisco Catalyst Specialist to support a long-term DoD program in Norfolk, VA. The role focuses on enterprise network management, automation, and reliability using Cisco Catalyst, DNA Center, SD-WAN, and IOS-XE.

The successful candidate will design and deploy NMS, implement Catalyst Center, and drive automation with Python/Ansible while ensuring high availability and security across a large campus network.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in enterprise network engineering or related infra engineering.
• 3–5+ years supporting enterprise NMS environments.
• Hands-on Cisco Catalyst Center / DNA Center experience.
• Experience with Catalyst switches/routers and IOS-XE.
• Knowledge of OSPF/EIGRP/BGP, VLANs and Layer 2/3 networking.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and optimize enterprise NMS for large Cisco networks.
• Implement and maintain Catalyst Center and related platforms.
• Design highly available NMS with HA/DR and backup strategies.
• Configure SNMP, Syslog, NetFlow/IPFIX, and streaming telemetry.
• Integrate NMS with Cisco ISE for RBAC and secure admin access.
• Handle lifecycle of Catalyst switches/routers: provisioning, upgrades, migrations.
• Develop automation workflows in Cisco Catalyst Center for LAN/WAN.
• Utilize SWIM for OS upgrades and patch compliance at scale.
• Create migration/runbooks for legacy to Catalyst environments.
• Monitor health via NMS dashboards, alerts, telemetry, assurance.
• Analyze anomalies and perform root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity and ops teams.
• Produce documentation, standards, migration procedures, runbooks.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Network management

NMS experience

Cisco Catalyst Center

Automation (Python/Ansible)

RBAC/ISE security

Education

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

Tools

Cisco Catalyst Center / DNA Center

Cisco IOS-XE

SNMP

NetFlow/IPFIX

RMON

Syslog

REST APIs

Python

Ansible

ServiceNow

Splunk

Wireshark

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Cisco Catalyst Specialist to support a long-term DoD program in Norfolk, VA. The role focuses on enterprise network management, automation, and reliability using Cisco Catalyst, DNA Center, SD-WAN, and IOS-XE.

The successful candidate will design and deploy NMS, implement Catalyst Center, and drive automation with Python/Ansible while ensuring high availability and security across a large campus network.