Senior Network Automation Engineer - NMS & IaC Expert

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

Job summary

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

The engineer will automate configuration and provisioning across a multivendor network, manage NMS platforms, and administer Linux (RHEL 8) infrastructure to optimize performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in network engineering, automation, or related infrastructure disciplines.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Experience with multivendor networks (Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Brocade, McAfee).
• Hands-on with network configuration management and automated provisioning.

Responsibilities

• Support and administer large-scale, multivendor enterprise network environments.
• 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 for network automation tasks.
• Administer and support enterprise NMS platforms (e.g., Cisco Catalyst Center, OpenText NNM).
• Provision, configure, patch, and secure RHEL 8 servers across environments.
• Collaborate with distributed teams across locations to improve reliability.

Skills

Network engineering

Network automation

Ansible

Python

PowerShell

YAML

NMS administration

RHEL 8 administration

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Education

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

Tools

Ansible

GitLab

Jenkins

REST APIs

Job description

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

The engineer will automate configuration and provisioning across a multivendor network, manage NMS platforms, and administer Linux (RHEL 8) infrastructure to optimize performance and reliability.