Hyperscale AI & Data Center Networking Architect (Pre-Sales)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Wokingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Professional development

Flexible work policy

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Winnersh, United Kingdom seeks a senior networking architect to lead design of data-center, AI networking, and hyperscale solutions. You will translate business needs into scalable technical designs and deliver compelling demos.

You will collaborate across sales engineering, product teams and partners, influencing strategy and guiding delivery with strong communication and global travel readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of technical experience in network infrastructure architecture and design.
• 15+ years of industry experience with JunOS, EOS, IOS and hyperscale networks.
• JNCIE or equivalent certification.
• Hands-on expertise with hyperscale routing, MPLS TE, SDN overlays (EVPN/VXLAN, MP-BGP).
• Familiar with networking silicon, hardware platforms and vendors like Juniper/Arista/Cisco.
• Expertise in virtualization on x86 and scaling tech like DPDK, SR-IOV, SmartNICs.
• Proven pre-sales success and stakeholder relationship skills.
• Programming and scripting experience with Python, APIs, and JSON for automation.
• Strong communication, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Act as a primary technical architect in complex sales cycles.
• Architect end-to-end networking infrastructure solutions for data centers and AI networks.
• Lead solution design, coordinating input from specialists and product teams.
• Deliver demos, POCs, and technical presentations for customer use cases.
• Engage with hyperscalers, enterprises, providers and partners to co-design solutions.
• Influence strategy during deal validation and ensure smooth handoff to delivery.
• Develop playbooks, enablement collateral, and internal architecture standards.
• Mentor junior technologists and sales engineers.
• Navigate technology transitions while leading thoughts on networking innovations.

Skills

Networking architecture

Pre-sales experience

Stakeholder communication

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

JNCIE or equivalent

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

JunOS

EOS

IOS

JSON

NETCONF/REST APIs

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Winnersh, United Kingdom seeks a senior networking architect to lead design of data-center, AI networking, and hyperscale solutions. You will translate business needs into scalable technical designs and deliver compelling demos.

You will collaborate across sales engineering, product teams and partners, influencing strategy and guiding delivery with strong communication and global travel readiness.