Senior Network Engineer - Observability & Automation

TJ Consulting Group; Springfield (VA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Holiday Pay

401K with 4% Match

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Group Life & AD&D

Voluntary Life AD&D

Short-term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Account (Health and

Critical Illness Insurance

Accident Insurance

Hospital Indemnity Insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

TJ Consulting Group is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support the DHS HSEN from Springfield, VA in a hybrid setup, with onsite requirements for DHS visits as needed.

The role emphasizes network monitoring, observability, and tool integration across on‑prem and cloud environments including Kubernetes. Candidates should have 7+ years in network engineering and strong documentation and collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in network engineering or monitoring roles.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring platforms (ScienceLogic, NetScout, VOSS, Dynatrace, SolarWinds).
• Strong SNMP, NetFlow, syslog, and TCP/IP knowledge.
• Experience onboarding and monitoring routers, switches, firewalls, cloud VMs, and Kubernetes clusters.
• Automation experience with Ansible and/or Python is a plus.
• Comfortable working in Linux and Windows environments.
• Experience producing technical documentation and network diagrams (Visio).
• Strong communication skills; able to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Prior federal or large enterprise network experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate enterprise network monitoring and observability platforms (e.g., ScienceLogic SL1, NetScout, VOSS).
• Integrate monitoring tools with network infrastructure, cloud platforms, and Kubernetes environments.
• Develop and maintain automation workflows (Ansible, Python) to support monitoring and onboarding activities.
• Configure event management, alerting, and correlation policies to reduce noise and improve incident response.
• Troubleshoot complex monitoring and performance issues across network and server environments.
• Support device onboarding, configuration changes, and incident response activities.
• Collaborate with vendors, operations teams, and architects to ensure comprehensive monitoring coverage.
• Participate in architectural reviews and planning discussions.
• Provide documentation, diagrams, and operational guidance; mentor junior engineers as needed

Skills

Network engineering

Observability

Automation (Ansible/Python)

Linux/Windows

Kubernetes

SNMP/NetFlow

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field

Tools

ScienceLogic

NetScout

VOSS

Dynatrace

SolarWinds

Visio

Job description

TJ Consulting Group is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to support the DHS HSEN from Springfield, VA in a hybrid setup, with onsite requirements for DHS visits as needed.

The role emphasizes network monitoring, observability, and tool integration across on‑prem and cloud environments including Kubernetes. Candidates should have 7+ years in network engineering and strong documentation and collaboration skills.