Principal Network Sales Engineer – Service Provider

🕒 September 29

💵 $131.3k - $308.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

💸 Sales Engineer

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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 consulting activities in new and existing opportunities • Act as a trusted adviser to account teams and customers across routing, automation, and cross-segment technologies • Build and maintain relationships with account management, Product Line Management, and Engineering teams • Understand customer requirements and provide solution-design guidance • Deliver technical deep-dive presentations and demonstrations • Contribute to proof-of-concept tests and assist with RFP responses • Advise customers and sales teams on the product portfolio, automation solutions, industry trends, and competitive landscape • Speak at internal and external conferences, technology days, innovation days, and industry events • Connect proposed technical solutions to customer business requirements, including for executive-level decision-makers • Support a Tier 1 Service Provider customer as part of the Service Provider Pre-Sales Engineering team

🎯 Requirements

• 12+ years of relevant networking experience • Proven track record in a customer-facing pre-sales role selling networking equipment, or equivalent end-user experience in design, architecture, or vendor selection • Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical discipline required • Exceptional hands-on skills supporting complex proof-of-concept tests involving new products and emerging technologies • Outstanding written, verbal, and presentation communication skills • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in virtual, multinational teams with little supervision • Ability to interact technically with Enterprise and Service Provider engineering teams on service provider domain topics • Comfortable traveling to customers, partners, and account teams, typically 20–30% of working time • Expert-level hands-on knowledge of BGP, ISIS, OSPF, Multicast, L2/L3 VPNs, BNG, Carrier Ethernet, MPLS, RSVP, SR-TE, and SRv6 • Strong knowledge of access, metro, and core backbone routing design and MPLS-enabled services including Multicast-VPN, L3VPN, L2VPN, and EVPN • Strong knowledge of mobile wireless architecture, virtualization technologies, and data center networking • Knowledge of network management, service provisioning, automation, monitoring, telemetry interfaces, Netconf/REST APIs, YANG, OpenConfig, and gRPC • Experience with Paragon, MIST, Apstra, or equivalent competitive products is an advantage • Extensive knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, containers, and Linux operating systems • Automation and programming skills such as Python and Ansible • General knowledge of emerging protocols and standards-body technologies • General knowledge of high-performance security solutions for network infrastructure, cloud, and mobility • Familiarity with merchant silicon technologies such as Trident, Tomahawk, and Jericho • Understanding of MX/PTX, SRX, QFX/Nexus/Arista, or equivalent networking platforms • Professional-level industry certification desired

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing • Personal and professional development programs • Flexible work arrangements to manage work and personal needs • Remote/teleworker work arrangement • Inclusive workplace • Employee benefits offered in the US

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