Systems Engineer – Service Providers

🔥 14 hours ago

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔧 Field Service Engineer

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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10,000+ employees

🏢 Enterprise

🔧 Hardware

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💰 $1.5G Post-IPO Equity - Hewlett Packard Enterprise on 2025-04

Enterprise • Hardware • Artificial Intelligence

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an enterprise-focused technology company that delivers infrastructure, software, and services to help organizations build, manage, and secure hybrid cloud and AI-enabled environments. The company’s offerings — reflected in the provided text — include servers and high-performance computing (HPE ProLiant, HPE Cray), enterprise storage (HPE Alletra), networking products and services (HPE Aruba, Juniper partnership), AI platforms and turnkey AI factories, hybrid cloud and as-a-service offerings (GreenLake), security and networking (Zero Trust, SASE), and a broad portfolio of professional, advisory, and support services. HPE positions itself as a partner for large organizations modernizing data centers, deploying AI at scale, and adopting hybrid cloud operations.

📋 Description

• Drive technical sales activities for selected Tier 2 service provider customers in the UK • Act as a trusted technical adviser and translate customer priorities into solution architectures • Lead technical sales engagement across routing, switching, security, automation, assurance and cloud operations • Own and drive technical sales strategies and technical account plans • Discover and qualify customer requirements, operational challenges and desired outcomes • Design and propose HPE Networking solutions using the wider HPE portfolio and partner ecosystem • Lead executive and technical presentations, whiteboarding, architecture workshops, demonstrations, events, evaluations and proofs of concept • Build and maintain relationships with technical decision-makers, architects, operations teams, procurement stakeholders and partners • Lead technical responses to RFI, RFP and RFQ processes, including solution compliance, high-level designs, bills of materials, risk identification and technical validation • Coordinate HPE specialists and internal resources to deliver customer outcomes • Capture customer requirements, market trends and competitive insight and provide feedback to product management and business units • Maintain accurate opportunity and activity information and support the account team through the full sales cycle • Continuously develop technical, industry and competitive knowledge and share expertise with colleagues and customers • Collaborate with Systems Engineers, Account Managers, specialists, product teams, partners and colleagues across HPE • Travel within the UK and occasionally internationally

🎯 Requirements

• Typically 6+ years of relevant experience with service provider networks in technical pre-sales, Sales/Systems Engineering, consulting or network architecture • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent practical experience • Expert-level understanding of IP routing technologies and protocols • Strong knowledge of MPLS and segment routing • Hands-on capability in service provider routing • Experience in one or more adjacent areas: data centre switching, network security, automation, network virtualisation, cloud networking, or observability and assurance • Experience designing resilient, scalable and operationally supportable network solutions • Knowledge of network automation and programmability using Python, Ansible, NETCONF, YANG, REST APIs, JSON and OpenConfig is desirable • Understanding of service provider security, DDoS protection, zero-trust principles or secure managed services is an advantage • Awareness of service provider market trends and emerging use cases, including AI infrastructure, network-as-a-service, sustainability and operations automation • Knowledge of HPE Networking products and solutions is desirable • Ability to build and deliver demonstrations or proofs of concept • Strong written, verbal, presentation and whiteboarding skills • Ability to communicate complex topics to network engineers and senior technical and business leaders • Relevant industry certifications such as JNCIP/JNCIE, CCNP/CCIE, CISSP or HPE technical certifications are beneficial but not mandatory • Self-motivated and collaborative, able to work independently and prioritise effectively

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits suite supporting physical, financial and emotional wellbeing • Personal and professional development programs • Career development opportunities and programs • Flexible work and personal needs management • Home-based working model • Customer and team travel as required • Inclusive workplace culture • Equal Employment Opportunity