Senior Network Architect & Client Solutions Lead

Heartland Business Systems; Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Growth opportunities

Work-life balance

Employee recognition

Community involvement

Job summary

Heartland Business Systems in Minnesota is seeking a Technical Architect to develop, implement, and support network services for consulting clients, while mentoring peers. You will lead diverse engineering teams on multi-technology projects, maintain vendor certifications, and collaborate with Practice Leads to ensure timely, within-budget delivery and excellent customer outcomes.

This role demands deep routing, switching, and design expertise, plus strong communication and leadership to drive

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a technical field.
• Bachelor’s Degree, equivalent certifications or equivalent work experience.
• At least two professional level certifications (CCNP, CCP-V, VCAP-DCV, MCA).
• Experience designing and architecting network-based solutions.
• Installing and supporting Cisco or HP/Aruba network switching and routing products.
• IOS, IOS-XR, NX-OS Experience/Best Practices.
• Routing Protocols—OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, L2 / L3 Architecture and Design Multicast, QoS.
• Maintain an outcome focused mindset.
• Have strong prioritization skills.
• Always be a team player.
• Carry a professional attitude and respectful demeanor.

Responsibilities

• Play an active role by collaborating with Practice Leads to create and maintain documents and procedures.
• Execute, with Project Managers and Practice Leads, on large projects on time and on budget.
• Provide active leadership and articulate to the Project Management Team what is needed for success and lead the other Engineers to ensure tasks are being completed accurately and timely.
• Be the Lead Engineer on projects that have multiple different technologies.
• In collaboration with the Project Management Team Members, if applicable, provide daily updates on all projects and be proactive with communication to all parties on timelines, hours, resources, concerns, etc.
• Proactively execute collaboration between different business units to provide a world class experience for the customer.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills and take a leadership role in Team and customer meetings.
• Contribute to product selection and research, configuration standards and best practices and educate our sales teams on these products and services so that they can sell them.
• Work in a team atmosphere between regional and virtual practices, while at all times maintaining a professional and respectful demeanor.
• Maintain current vendor/industry specific certifications and stay current on new products and solutions.
• Continue to grow personally along the guidelines of the Engineering skills matrix, improving your skill set around project experience, leadership, certifications and technical expertise.
• Meet annual billable hour goal, as defined by HBS. This number may change over time as the business evolves.

Skills

Network design

Leadership

Project coordination

Cisco IOS/NX-OS

OSPF/EIGRP/BGP

Vendor certifications

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Cisco IOS

NX-OS

HP/Aruba switching

Routing protocols

Job description

Heartland Business Systems in Minnesota is seeking a Technical Architect to develop, implement, and support network services for consulting clients, while mentoring peers. You will lead diverse engineering teams on multi-technology projects, maintain vendor certifications, and collaborate with Practice Leads to ensure timely, within-budget delivery and excellent customer outcomes.

This role demands deep routing, switching, and design expertise, plus strong communication and leadership to drive