Heartland Business Systems · 15 hours ago
Principal Engineer - Networking
Washington, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
8+ years expHeartland Business Systems is seeking a Principal Engineer for Networking to lead multi-technology projects and support collaboration services for consulting clients. The role involves managing teams, executing large projects, and maintaining customer relationships to identify business challenges and develop solutions.
ConsultingLegalSoftwareInformation TechnologyInformation Services
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor an entire team of team members for large projects including but not limited to; other Engineering resources, sales team members, project management, etc. while working towards a positive outcome for all involved
Execute large projects multifaceted and challenging customer projects, with Project Managers and Leads, on time and on budget
Take an active leadership and articulate to Project managers what is needed and lead the other engineers to ensure tasks are being completely accurately
Take ownership of the Engineering of multi technology project including; creating project templates, researching and utilizing appropriate resources
Provide daily updates on all projects and being proactive with communication to all parties on timelines, hours, resources, concerns, etc
Demonstrates 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
Provide support, maintenance, and administration for customer networks
Ability to work in a team atmosphere between regional and virtual practices. At all times maintaining a professional and respectful demeanor
Provide time estimates and project scopes for networking related projects
Maintain current vendor/industry specific certifications and stay current on new products and solutions
Follow the Engineering skills matrix to continue to challenge the status quo
Meet annual billable hour goal, as defined by HBS. This number may change over time as the business evolves
Qualification
Required
8+ years in a technical related field
Bachelors Degree or equivalent certifications
CCNP, CCDP, CCIE, ACMP, ACCP, ACCX, ACEAP or equivalent level certifications
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
Preferred
10+ years in a technical related field
8+ years' experience working as a consultant
Bachelors Degree or equivalent certifications
CCNP, CCDP, CCIE, ACMP, ACCP, ACCX, ACEAP or equivalent level certifications
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
Bachelors Degree
At least two or more Associate level certifications
CCNA, ACMA, ACCA, CMNA or equivalent level certifications
Installing and supporting Cisco or HP/Aruba network switching and routing products
IOS, IOS-XR, NX-OS Experience/Best Practices
Cisco Nexus technologies such as VDC, vPC, VXLAN, etc
Routing Protocols—OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, L2 / L3 Architecture and Design Multicast, QoS
Cisco based ISR-based VPN solutions such as FLEX-VPN, GET-VPN, or DMVPN
Data Center / Core design, configuration, and implementation utilizing Cisco Nexus Architecture (9K, 7K, 6K, 5K, 3K, 2K, 1000V)
Software Defined Networking (SDA, SD-WAN)
Cisco/Meraki/Aruba Wireless
Controller or autonomous based
Design using Ekahau or similar product
High Density/Manufacturing/Office/Education
Familiarity or experience with: Meraki (Wireless, Security Products, Switches, SDWAN)
Citrix NetScaler ADC/SDWAN deployment a plus
Network security appliances Including Cisco ASA/FTD, Palo Alto firewalls and related technology
Additional core technologies such as: Riverbed, OpenDNS, Infoblox, Cisco Optical, NetBrain, FireEye, SolarWinds, SPLUNK?
Company
Heartland Business Systems
Heartland Business Systems is a single source for consulting, design, solutions.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2025-10-07Acquired
Leadership Team
Jimmy Buddenberg
Chief Executive Officer
Peter Helander
Principal
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