Presales Systems Consultant- HPE Networking

HPE Aruba Networking; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Professional development

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Bilingual Presales Systems Consultant to support Networking Account Managers, Partners, and customers. This inside consultant role focuses on modernizing, securing, and simplifying network infrastructure with HPE Networking solutions across wired and wireless, security, SD‑WAN, SASE, and cloud‑managed environments.

The position is remote-friendly and fast-paced. You will collaborate with sales teams to drive customer success and business growth, delivering

Qualifications

• Fluent in English and French, able to communicate with stakeholders.
• 3–5 years in pre-sales, sales engineering, or customer-facing technical role.
• Strong networking knowledge across campus, wireless, routing, WAN, SD‑WAN, SASE or Zero Trust.

Responsibilities

• Partner with account managers to develop account strategy and drive technical wins.
• Lead discovery sessions to uncover business drivers and requirements.
• Conduct assessments to evaluate current environments and define solution approaches.
• Design end‑to‑end HPE Networking solutions across campus, wireless, routing, SD‑WAN, and security.
• Deliver technical presentations and product demonstrations for technical and executive audiences.
• Support proposals, RFP/RFI responses, BOMs, and documentation.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and specialists on complex opportunities.

Skills

Bilingual English & French

Presales experience

Consultative selling

Networking foundations (campus, WAN, /

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent

Aruba ACA / ACP

Juniper JNCIA

Cisco CCNA

Fortinet FCA/FCP

CWNA

Job description

Who We Are

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. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

The Bilingual Presales Systems Consultant serves as a trusted technical advisor supporting HPE Networking Account Managers, Channel Partners, and customers throughout the sales cycle. This inside consultant role is responsible for helping small and medium-sized businesses modernize, secure, and simplify their network infrastructure through HPE Networking solutions. The Bilingual Presales Systems Consultant combines networking knowledge, consultative selling skills, and customer-facing expertise to position and recommend solutions across wired and wireless networking, network security, routing, SD-WAN, SASE, and cloud-managed networking environments. Working in a high-velocity sales environment, the Bilingual Presales Systems Consultant remotely supports multiple opportunities simultaneously and partners closely with sales teams to drive customer success and business growth.

What You Will Do

• Partner with account managers to develop account strategy, qualify opportunities, and drive technical wins across assigned territory
• Lead discovery sessions to uncover customer business drivers, technical requirements, and modernization goals
• Conduct technical assessments to evaluate current environments, identify gaps and risks, and define solution approaches
• Design and architect end-to-end HPE Networking solutions across campus, branch, wireless, routing, SD-WAN, and security domains
• Recommend solutions aligned to customer business outcomes, digital transformation initiatives, and modernization strategies
• Deliver customized technical presentations, product demonstrations, and virtual engagements for both technical and executive audiences
• Support the development of proposals, RFP/RFI responses, bills of materials, and solution documentation
• Collaborate with senior engineers, architects, and specialists on complex or multi-domain opportunities
• Maintain deep expertise across HPE Networking portfolios (Juniper/Aruba—including wired, wireless, routing, data center, and SASE)
• Stay current on industry trends such as AI-Ops, Zero Trust, NaaS, AI-driven networking, and campus fabric evolution
• Analyze competitive technologies and articulate HPE differentiation in customer conversations
• Continuously expand technical and industry expertise through certifications and professional development

Who You Are

• You are fully bilingual English & French.
• You have 3–5 years of experience in pre-sales, sales engineering, or a customer-facing technical role, with a consultative approach to solving customer challenges.
• You bring a strong foundation in networking technologies (campus, wireless, routing, WAN), with exposure to modern architectures such as SD-WAN, SASE, or Zero Trust
• You approach customer engagements as a trusted advisor, focusing on understanding business objectives and aligning technology solutions to measurable outcomes
• You are skilled at leading discovery conversations that uncover both technical requirements and strategic priorities
• You can translate complex technical concepts into clear, business-relevant value for a wide range of stakeholders, from engineers to executives
• You are comfortable guiding customers through solution evaluation and decision-making, articulating tradeoffs, risks, and recommended approaches
• You have hands‑on experience with solution design and architecture, and can confidently map solutions to customer environments
• You collaborate effectively across teams, partnering with account managers, architects, and specialists to deliver well-rounded solutions
• You thrive in a fast‑paced, high-volume inside sales environment, managing multiple opportunities while maintaining attention to detail
• You are intellectually curious and proactive, staying current with industry trends and continuously expanding your technical and business acumen
• You communicate with clarity and confidence, demonstrating strong presentation, storytelling, and interpersonal skills

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• Industry certifications preferred:in
• Aruba ACA / ACP
• Juniper JNCIA
• Cisco CCNA
• Fortinet FCA/FCP
• CWNA

The ideal candidate possesses a solid networking foundation (Aruba & Juniper) and a desire to continue developing technical expertise, enjoys interacting with customers and thrives in a team‑oriented, high‑velocity sales environment solving business problems through technology.

What We Can Offer You

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 also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

• We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

Let’s Stay Connected

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Job

Sales

Job Level

TCP_02

"The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. – Canada: Annual Salary CAD 89,900 - 166,900 This range reflects the minimum to maximum combined base and target-level sales compensation that would be paid if the hire performs at 100% of their sales plan. Of that on-target pay amount, the mix of base salary and target-level sales compensation is 75%/25%. L’échelle salariale prévue pour un nouvel embauché basé au Canada occupant ce poste est indiquée ci-desus. L'offre peut varier dans cette échelle en fonction de l'emplacement géographique, de l'expérience professionnelle, de et/ou du niveau des compétences. S'il s'agit d'un rôle de vente, l'échelle salariale indiquée reflète le salaire de base combiné à la rémunération des ventes ciblées. S'il s'agit d'un rôle non commercial, l'échelle salariale indiquée reflète uniquement le salaire de base. Des incitations variables peuvent également être proposées."

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