
10+ years of experience in network monitoring, network engineering, or NOC operations in large enterprise or federal environments
Hands-on experience with at least one major monitoring platform such as: o VMware SMARTS (Smart Assurance) o Broadcom DX NetOps (Spectrum) o ScienceLogic SL1 o IBM Netcool o or comparable enterprise monitoring tools
Demonstrated expertise in: Event correlation and alarm management, Network topology modeling and dependency mapping, Root cause analysis in complex, distributed environments
Strong understanding of: SNMP, NetFlow/IPFIX, telemetry, syslog, WAN/LAN, firewalls, load balancers, and hybrid cloud networks
Experience integrating monitoring tools with log analytics and SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk)