Senior Cisco Catalyst & NMS Engineer – Onsite Norfolk

ZP Group; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Cisco Catalyst Specialist to support a long-term DoD program in Norfolk, VA. Focus areas include enterprise network management, automation, and reliability using Cisco Catalyst Center, DNA Center, SD-WAN, and IOS-XE.

The role requires 7+ years in enterprise networking and strong NMS experience. Active Secret clearance is required. 100% onsite with duties spanning engineering, automation, and lifecycle management.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise network engineering or related infrastructure engineering.
• 3–5+ years of experience supporting enterprise Network Management Systems (NMS).
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco Catalyst Center / DNA Center.
• Experience with Cisco Catalyst switches, routers, and IOS-XE.
• Experience with Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN.
• Knowledge of OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, VLANs and Layer 2/3 networking.
• Active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and optimize enterprise NMS for large Cisco networks.
• Implement Cisco Catalyst Center / DNA Center and related management platforms.
• Create highly available NMS environments with HA and DR planning.
• Configure SNMP, Syslog, NetFlow/IPFIX for telemetry and monitoring.
• Integrate NMS with Cisco ISE for RBAC and secure admin access.
• Support lifecycle of Catalyst devices: provisioning, stacking, upgrades, migrations.
• Develop automation templates and workflows in Catalyst Center for LAN/WLAN environments.
• Utilize SWIM for OS upgrades and patch compliance.
• Create migration plans and runbooks for legacy-to-Catalyst environments.
• Monitor health via NMS dashboards, alerts, telemetry, and assurance.

Skills

Enterprise network engineering

NMS

Cisco Catalyst Center / DNA Center

Cisco IOS-XE

SD-WAN

Network automation

Python

Ansible

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Network Engineering

Tools

Cisco Catalyst Center / DNA Center

SNMP v2c/v3

NetFlow/IPFIX

Wireshark

ServiceNow integration

Splunk/SIEM

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Cisco Catalyst Specialist to support a long-term DoD program in Norfolk, VA. Focus areas include enterprise network management, automation, and reliability using Cisco Catalyst Center, DNA Center, SD-WAN, and IOS-XE.

The role requires 7+ years in enterprise networking and strong NMS experience. Active Secret clearance is required. 100% onsite with duties spanning engineering, automation, and lifecycle management.