Senior Network Architect & Lead Solutions Engineer

HEARTLAND-BUSINESS-SYSTEMS-LLC; Town of Wausau (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation Package

Growth Opportunities

Community Involvement

Personal Development

Employee and Family Celebrations

Green Initiatives

Personal Time Off

Work Life Balance

Recognition and Awards

Job summary

Heartland Business Systems is seeking a Technical Architect to develop, implement, and support network services and solutions for consulting clients while mentoring and sharing skills with others. This role focuses on building client relationships and identifying business challenges to deliver the best solution.

The position requires designing and architecting network solutions, experience with Cisco/HP/Aruba networking, and strong collaboration with project teams to meet timelines and budgets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a technical related field.
• Bachelor’s Degree, equivalent certifications or equivalent work experience.
• At least two or more 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

Technical leadership

Network architecture

Cisco/HP networking

OSPF/EIGRP/BGP

Project collaboration

Customer communication

Mentoring

Team leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

CCNP

CCVP

VCAP-DCV

MCA

Job description

Heartland Business Systems is seeking a Technical Architect to develop, implement, and support network services and solutions for consulting clients while mentoring and sharing skills with others. This role focuses on building client relationships and identifying business challenges to deliver the best solution.

The position requires designing and architecting network solutions, experience with Cisco/HP/Aruba networking, and strong collaboration with project teams to meet timelines and budgets.