[Hiring] HPE Networking Federal Presales System Engineer @Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Role Description

This role has been designated as ‘Remote/Teleworker’, which means you will primarily work from home.

HPE Networking is redefining the Edge, delivering intelligent spaces and digital workspaces, and leading the way in next-generation network access for the mobile enterprise. We focus on campus, branch, mobility, and IoT solutions, combining compute, context, control, analytics, automation, and secure connectivity to transform businesses worldwide. We partner with some of the largest and most innovative companies globally to modernize their networks for the digital future.

We are seeking a Pre-Sales Systems Engineer supporting Federal / National Security accounts aligned to Maryland, D.C and Virginia customers. This role will be supporting a Federal customer so requires US citizenship and TS/SCI security clearance at time of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre-sales technical leadership for strategic Federal / National Security customers.
• Design and position secure networking solutions across campus, WAN, data center, and mission-critical environments.
• Lead customer presentations, workshops, demonstrations, and proof of concept engagements.
• Partner with Account Managers to qualify opportunities and drive technical strategy through closure.
• Build trusted advisor relationships with customer stakeholders in highly secure environments.
• Translate customer requirements into scalable HPE Networking solutions.
• Collaborate with internal engineering, services, channel, and sales teams to deliver winning solutions.
• Maintain strong competitive knowledge of networking vendors and market trends.
• Support account planning, pipeline development, and long-term territory growth.
• Travel to customer locations as business needs require.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of pre-sales, systems engineering, or networking experience.
• 3+ years of experience working with a Federal, DoD, IC, or classified customer experience required.
• Candidate must possess active TS/SCI security clearance at time of hire; CI Poly preferred.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to travel approximately up to 25% of the time.
• Expertise in routing, switching, security, and data center networking.
• Strong understanding of enterprise, WAN, data center, and service provider networking architectures.
• Working knowledge of networking protocols and technologies such as BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, EVPN/VXLAN, Segment Routing, multicast, and network automation frameworks.
• Experience designing, positioning, and troubleshooting Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking solutions in complex customer environments.
• Ability to discuss networking design, resiliency, scalability, segmentation, and security best practices with both technical and executive audiences.
• Strong customer-facing communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to explain complex technologies in simple business terms.
• Proven success operating in relationship-driven customer environments.
• Knowledge of HPE, Juniper, Cisco, or comparable technologies.
• Self-starter able to ramp quickly and work independently.
• Experience supporting or discussing technologies across campus, branch, data center, WAN, cloud connectivity, and mission-critical environments.
• Self-starter able to ramp quickly and work independently.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent experience considered.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive suite of benefits that supports physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development: Specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have.
• Unconditional Inclusion: An inclusive work environment that celebrates individual uniqueness.

Company Description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world.