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# Systems Engineer MID - Configuration Management Engineer

- **Company:** Everforth Apex
- **Location:** Norfolk, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, Cisco IOS, Configuration Management, Complex Networks, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Github, Network Topologies, Networking Hardware, Jinja (Template Engine), Junos, Python (Programming Language), Network Architecture, Network Monitoring, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Ansible, Simple Network Management Protocols, Wireshark, Virtual Local Area Networks, Automatic Programming, Software Repository, Load Balancing, Computer Network Technologies, Juniper, Git, Gitlab-ci, OpenText, Data Analytics, Terraform, Open Network Automation Platform, Cisco Switches, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/90647ed1-1ff0-48d1-9248-668c1a4dfb36

## About the Role

Technical Skills:

 * Network Automation: Ansible, Terraform, Python, Jinja2.
 * NMS & Tools: Cisco Catalyst Center, OpenText Network Automation, Nautobot, Infoblox IPAM, Wireshark.
 * DevOps Workflows: Git, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Docker.
 * Core Networking: Understanding of BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, ACLs, and SSH/SNMP protocols.
 * Vendor OS Fluency: Cisco IOS/IOS-XE/XR, Juniper JunOS, Arista EOS.

Soft Skills:

 * Data-driven analytical thinker skilled at identifying anomalies in configuration files.
 * Detail-oriented planner capable of coordinating large-scale automated pushes across global time zones.

## Description

The Configuration Management Engineer is responsible for ensuring the stability, consistency, and compliance of the enterprise network infrastructure. This role focuses on maintaining the lifecycle of network device configurations across all nodes, including routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers. The engineer will work to eliminate manual errors and baseline drift by leveraging Network Management Systems (NMS) and infrastructure-as-code automation frameworks., * Establish official baselines for all production network node types and perform drift detection to audit configurations against approved standards.

 * Manage configuration backups and rollback procedures to ensure disaster recovery.
 * Enforce compliance standards by executing automated remediation on non-compliant infrastructure nodes.
 * Administer NMS platforms such as Cisco Catalyst Center, OpenText NNMi, and OpenText Network Automation for inventory discovery and configuration storage.
 * Integrate Source-of-Truth systems with the NMS to keep network topology and IPAM data synchronized.
 * Write automation playbooks using tools like Ansible, Terraform, and Python to implement global changes.
 * Maintain Git repositories for network infrastructure code and build CI/CD pipelines to validate and test network changes before deployment.
 * Provide Tier-3 troubleshooting for complex network outages and coordinate mass patching campaigns.


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