[Hiring] Principal PreSales Systems Engineer @Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Role Description

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

We are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer – Global Major Accounts to support strategic enterprise customers throughout the Northern California Bay Area. This is a highly customer-facing, pre-sales role where you'll partner closely with Account Managers to design, position, and deliver innovative networking solutions that address complex business and technical challenges.

As a Systems Engineer, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the sales cycle by:

• Partnering with Account Managers to identify, qualify, and close complex enterprise opportunities.
• Designing and presenting end-to-end networking solutions that align with customer business objectives.
• Delivering technical presentations, product demonstrations, workshops, and Proofs of Concept (PoCs).
• Developing technical proposals and solution architectures for enterprise customers.
• Positioning HPE Networking solutions against competitive offerings while articulating business value.
• Building long-term relationships with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Supporting demand-generation activities alongside channel and technology partners.
• Maintaining expertise in emerging networking technologies and competitive market trends.
• Helping drive opportunities from initial discovery through successful deployment and customer adoption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of related experience, or a Master's degree with 5+ years of experience.
• Strong pre-sales, systems engineering, or infrastructure engineering experience supporting enterprise customers.
• Excellent customer-facing communication, presentation, and consultative selling skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business value for customers.
• High-density enterprise wireless LANs.
• Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing (BGP, OSPF).
• TCP/IP networking, IP addressing, and subnetting.
• Network Access Control (NAC) solutions such as Aruba ClearPass or Cisco ISE.
• Enterprise routing, switching, and campus networking.
• Python scripting and network automation frameworks.
• Cloud-managed networking platforms and cloud technologies.

Requirements

• Candidates must reside in the Northern California Bay Area.
• This is a customer-facing role requiring regular travel throughout the assigned territory to support customer meetings, presentations, demonstrations, and Proofs of Concept.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing: We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal & Professional Development: We invest in your career with specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have.
• Unconditional Inclusion: We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness.