Channel Presales Technical Architect – Southern California

🕒 September 28

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $110k - $227.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔍 Pre-sales 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

• Grow technical advocacy for HPE storage solutions across the partner community • Serve as trusted technical advisor to channel partners • Help partner teams position, design and deliver HPE storage and data protection solutions • Build partner capability through enablement sessions, workshops, whiteboarding and hands-on labs • Identify and develop technical champions within partner organizations • Represent HPE at partner events, tech days and customer-facing briefings • Understand technical needs and assess current IT infrastructure with partners and end customers • Translate requirements into architected solutions, alternatives and gap assessments • Deliver presentations and demonstrations connecting HPE capabilities to business outcomes • Support solution configurations and proofs of concept • Develop competitive strategies with partners • Generate, qualify and progress storage opportunities with account teams, channel managers and partners • Drive technology adoption, upgrades and refreshes across the installed base • Maintain accurate and current pipeline information • Ensure smooth handoff from sale to implementation and identify training needs

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience • 5+ years of technical presales experience with a major storage vendor or storage-focused channel partner • Deep hands-on expertise in pitching, demoing and architecting complex storage solutions • Knowledge of virtualization, including VMware or KVM-based environments • Experience with at least two application stacks, such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle or SAP • Hands-on working knowledge of at least one major public cloud: AWS, Azure or Google Cloud • Expertise across block, file, backup, ransomware protection and related data-lifecycle solutions • Deep competitive knowledge of at least one major storage vendor • Strong knowledge of channel partner business models and offerings • Consultative selling skills, including active listening, framing, whiteboarding and storytelling • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Strong knowledge of storage industry trends, competitor products and strategies • Strong business and financial acumen • Project management, analytical and problem-solving skills • Familiarity with CRM systems and sales tools • Must reside within the greater Southern California region • Ability to travel approximately 50% of the time to partner and customer locations • Storage-related industry certifications strongly preferred • Public-cloud certifications preferred • Expertise in a major vertical such as financial services, manufacturing or healthcare preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial and emotional wellbeing • Personal and professional development programs • Flexible work and personal needs management • Inclusive workplace • Reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process

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